Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.121
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21.121
While he was praising, Śaryāta Mānava camped over [him] with his clan. Boys, cowherds, and shepherds smeared him with mud, balls of dung, and ashes from hearths. He caused discord among the Śāryātas. Then mother did not recognize son, nor son mother. Śaryāta Mānava said: 'Did you see anything around here, from which this has happened in this manner?' They said to him: 'Nothing other than that: an old, worn-out man lies here. Today boys, cowherds, and shepherds have smeared him with mud, balls of dung, and ashes from hearths. From that, this has happened in this manner.'
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He said: 'That was indeed Cyavana Bhārgava.
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He knows the ritual mystery of the remnant of the dwelling.
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His sons have surely driven off, leaving him on the site of the dwelling.'
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Running up to him, he said: 'O seer, homage be to you!
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