Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 26.161

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26.161

Now, the Asuric intoxication (mada) became afraid.
He said: "Do not call me forth in vain; place me apart!"
They said: "Thinking 'we will drink,' let us fetch liquor (surā) from the food of Varuṇa.
In it no one was afflicted, [thinking] 'I shall perish.'
There, O intoxication, go!"
That Asuric intoxication was placed in the liquor.
"He is pressed, who [is the lord] of riches, who of wealth"—
in this way 'rūti' is the form of the Revatīs.

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Upon them [is sung] the Dīrgha, one of the Bṛhat [sāmans].

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By this indeed this day is made connected with the Bṛhat.

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The gods, desirous of heaven, practiced austerity.

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They saw this sāman.

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With it they praised.

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Then, having become long (dīrgha) indeed, it carried them to the heavenly world.

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