Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 31.187
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31.187
Now the Āyāsya based on the Bṛhat and the Rathantara: both forms [are used] for prosperity, having a finale in the middle for a firm foundation. The Ādityas and the Aṅgirases were contending for the heavenly world. They considered: 'Whichever of us shall make the others sacrifice, they will be left behind.' Those Aṅgirases gathered the sacrifice first. For the soma-pressing of the next day, they sent Agni Āṅgirasa as a messenger: 'Announce to these Ādityas our soma-pressing of tomorrow.' Having arrived, he said: 'O Ādityas, the Aṅgirases announce to you the soma-pressing of tomorrow.' They said to him: 'Go away; having deliberated, we shall give you an answer.' Therefore even nowadays they say to a messenger: 'Go away; having deliberated, we shall give you an answer.' They said: 'Devise that whereby the Aṅgirases will make us sacrifice, not we the Aṅgirases. If we make them sacrifice, we shall be left behind; but if we do not make them sacrifice, we shall depart from the glory of the sacrifice.' Therefore one chosen should not walk away, [thinking:] 'Lest I depart from the glory of the sacrifice.'
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He should step back with a footprint.
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Or he should approach his own sacrifice, saying: 'And this has been done by you.'
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Those Ādityas gathered this Sadyaḥkrīya sacrifice.
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They said: 'O Agni, that which is tomorrow is distant; we announce to you this very pressing today.
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Of us, you shall be the Hotṛ, Gaur Āṅgirasa the Adhvaryu, Bṛhaspati the Udgātṛ, Ayāsya
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the Brahman.' Thus they chose all [of them].
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He said: 'I am going about as a messenger.'
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Thinking: 'Agni the messenger we choose,' they chose him as he was going about as a messenger.
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Having been chosen by them, he did not walk away.
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Having returned, he said: 'O Aṅgirases, the Ādityas announce to you the pressing today.'
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Then [the Aṅgirases said]: 'Surely you have chosen us!'
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'No,' he said.
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'I was your messenger; I am indeed chosen by them. Now indeed those
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit