Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.267
English (machine translation) 2-7.267
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2-7.267
From his very forehead the lion was born; from his chest, the tiger; from his belly, the leopard; from his two eyes, two bee-eaters; from his two ears, two aśvakarṇa plants; from his mane, bears and she-bears; from his hairs, dūrvā grass; from his spine, the crocodile; from his tail-hairs, horse-tail grasses; from his two thighs, two krauñca birds; from his testicles, two boars; from his two mouths, two cakravāka birds; from the entrails, the Rudra; from his intestines, snakes and pythons; from his dewclaws, quails; from his hooves, porcupines; from the balls of his dung, pumpkins; from the undigested food in the stomach, cucumbers, creeping vines, and rice-grass; from these arose this lesser food such as śyāmāka and lohitaka grains.
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On this they say: 'Of what kind is he that is to be seized [as victim]?'
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'He who is famous far and wide is to be seized,' they say.
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'For through vital power is he famous.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit