Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 25.151
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25.151
Now the Vājajit.
Food indeed is booty (vāja).
When an ox, a horse, or a man is well-satisfied with food, then he becomes strong (vājī).
The gods and the asuras contended for food.
The gods desired: 'May we exclude the asuras from food.'
They saw this sāman.
They praised with it.
Saying 'Winner of booty, having conquered!', they excluded the asuras from food.
That is the booty-winning nature of the Vājajit.
This sāman is the securing of food.
He secures food, he cuts off the food of his hateful rival, who knows this.
It has a five-syllable finale.
The sacrifice is fivefold.
Those who come to this day go exceedingly beyond the measure of the sacrifice.
When it has a five-syllable finale, [it is because] the sacrifice is fivefold, [thinking]: 'Lest we exceed the full measure of the sacrifice.'
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Now the Varuṇasāman.
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King Varuṇa was on an equal revelry, as it were, with the other deities.
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He desired: 'May I be consecrated to the kingship of all the gods.'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit