Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.122

21.122

Be gracious, through fortune, to the Śāryātas.' Now Sukanyā, daughter of Śaryāta, was beautiful. He said: 'Then give me Sukanyā.' 'No,' he said, 'ask for other wealth.' 'No,' he said, 'Indeed I know the ritual mystery of the remnant of the dwelling. Having left her beside me here, move on today with the clan before evening.' [They said:] 'Deliberating together, we will give you an answer.' Having deliberated, they said: 'We might obtain one, two, or at most three pieces of wealth through her, but by means of her we shall obtain everything right here. Come, let us give her to him.' They gave her to him. They said to her: 'O maiden, this is an old, worn-out man, not capable of following. When we harness, then run after [us].' As she was about to follow the harnessed clan, she stood up after [them]. He said: 'O serpent, run around my life-taking companion!' As she went this way or that,