Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.154
English (machine translation) 2-4.154
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2-4.154
He cut off his heads with his thunderbolt.
They became birds.
The one that was for drinking soma became a francolin partridge;
therefore it is brownish, as it were,
for brownish, as it were, is Soma.
And the one that was for drinking surā became a sparrow;
therefore it chirps as if intoxicated.
And the one that was for eating food became a black partridge;
therefore it is multi-colored, as it were,
for multi-colored, as it were, is food.
Therefore, its food is this: 'the scorpion situated on a peg'.
Tvaṣṭṛ, his son having been slain, brought forth soma excluding Indra.
Indra considered: "If he excludes me from this sacrifice, I shall indeed be excluded from the sacrifice.
Come, let me kill him."
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With thunderbolt in hand, he ran towards him.
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Tvaṣṭṛ, falling backward, took refuge with the wives [of the gods].
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He did not pursue him there.
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Therefore, they offer to Tvaṣṭṛ among the wives [of the gods].
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Therefore, one should not kill someone who has taken refuge with women.
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Indra stepped forth.
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Right between the two havirdhāna sheds, he approached the droṇakalaśa trough to purify King Soma.
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Putting his mouth to the droṇakalaśa trough itself and drinking, he went away.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit