Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 29.171
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29.171
All the gods laid claim to it, saying: "Mine, mine!" Agni desired: "May I conquer this food." He saw this sāman. With it he enclosed it. He conquered it. Therefore all this food is in Agni alone. That is why to whichever deity they offer, they offer in Agni alone. Over it he exulted. Because he exulted, that indeed is the essence of the Gūrda. That is this sāman for the obtainment of food. He obtains food, he becomes an eater of food, the best of his own people, who knows thus. "May Indra and all the gods now set these worlds in order"—[these verses] belong to the All-Gods. Vṛṣākapi belongs to the All-Gods. This day belongs to the All-Gods. "And may Indra together with the Ādityas set in order our sacrifice, our body, and our offspring"—[this is] for accomplishment. "May Indra, accompanied by the host of Maruts and the Ādityas, make remedies for us"—with this they perform a healing, an expiation.
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On them [is sung] Gotama's Bhadra.
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Gotama, desiring prosperity, practiced ascetic heat.
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He saw this sāman.
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With it he chanted praise.
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Thence indeed he attained prosperity.
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Prosperity is indeed good fortune.
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Offspring is indeed good fortune.
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The offspring of one's offspring, that is greater good fortune.
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He even beholds the offspring of his offspring, who knows thus.
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Because Gotama saw it, therefore it is called Gotama's Bhadra.
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"Forth to your Indra, most slaying of Vṛtra..."
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—these verses are related to the slaying of Vṛtra, for victory at the end.
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The gods, having conquered through the six-day rite, said: "What now would there be for us at its end, so that the Asuras do not reconquer this that we have won?"
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They tore out the saps of the pṛṣṭhas.
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They chanted over them.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit