Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 31.182
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31.182
Now the Sauparṇa, whose Brāhmaṇa has been explained.
Indeed, on the seventh day the sacrifice has passed away. That the Sauparṇa is used here is for the recommencement of the sacrifice. It is based on the Iḷā; cattle are Iḷā; the Chandomas are cattle; it is for obtaining cattle.
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Now the Rohitakūlīya.
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Viśvāmitra went to the Mahāvṛṣas with a wagon belonging to the Bharatas.
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There was a great high bank, either of the Gaṅgā or of the Yamunā.
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The Mahāvṛṣas said, "Who are the two oxen now who could pull [a load] up this so great steep bank?"
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Viśvāmitra said, "These two red ones of mine."
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He indeed had two red oxen.
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The Mahāvṛṣas said, "Let us lay a stake: if your two oxen pull [it] up,
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you shall fill your wagons with wares;
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but if they do not pull [it] up, we shall win the wares from you."
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"So be it," [he replied].
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They laid the stake.
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They yoked the two to the pole of a cart laden with barley or laden with rice.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit