Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.291
English (machine translation) 2-8.291
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2-8.291
The sacrifice consists of five parts: [he thinks,] 'As great as is the measure of the sacrifice, that may I attain.' Cattle consist of five parts: [he thinks,] 'As great as is the measure of cattle, by so much may cattle wait upon me, being obtained.' Food consists of five parts: [he thinks,] 'As great as is the measure of food, by so much may food wait upon me, being obtained.' These are five days. The year has five seasons; the year is Prajāpati, the sacrifice. By this, he attains the year, Prajāpati, the sacrifice. The gods and the Asuras contended; they did not conquer by clubs or arrows. They said: 'We shall not conquer by clubs or arrows; let our victory be in speech alone, in the brahman.' They thought: 'Whichever of us shall speak first to the other, those shall overcome the others.' Those gods said to the Asuras: 'Speak first.' 'You indeed,' the Asuras said to the gods. Those gods saw this pair of speech.
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'One [masculine] is ours,' said the gods; 'one [feminine] is ours,' said the Asuras.
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The gods spoke of the mind; the Asuras, of speech.
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Those gods, by the mind alone, wrested speech from the Asuras.
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Therefore, whatever one grasps with the mind, that one speaks with speech.
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'Two [masculine] are ours,' said the gods; 'two [feminine] are ours,' said the Asuras.
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