Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.276

2-8.276

Now, as for this [rite] whose day is threefold (trivṛt) and night fifteenfold, whose day is threefold and night fifteenfold, whose day is threefold and night fifteenfold: one desirous of the heavenly world should sacrifice with this. / Datva Sautemanasa and Mitravid Daṃṣṭradyumna were students of Pratidarśa Vaibhāvata, the Śvaitna king. / Between the two of them, Mitravid Daṃṣṭradyumna performed the teacher's service: he guarded the cows. / The other, however, pursued only study. / Meeting in the evening, they would say to each other: "Come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands [together] over what has been recited; come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands [together] over what has been well conducted." / Then the teacher gave instruction to Datva Sautemanasa. / Meeting in the evening, they said to each other: "Come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands [together] over what has been recited; come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands [together] over what has been well conducted." / He said: "No. / I have surpassed you; I am one instructed by the teacher." / He spent that night struck with sorrow. / On the next day, he went after the cows. / A cow, just looking at him, perceived: "Verily, something unpleasant has happened to him."