Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 33.199
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33.199
He surprised him with his wife Śacī Paulomī. He said to her, 'How could you do this?' She said, 'I did not distinguish between the two of you.' He said, 'I will make him bald; recognize him in that way.' He made him bald. Tying a turban around [his head], he lay down beside [her]. That very [covering] is the charioteer's turban. He surprised him again. He said to her, 'How could you do this?' She said, 'I did not distinguish between the two of you; he lay down beside me having tied on a turban.' He said, 'I will sprinkle dust between his shoulder-blades; recognize him in that way.' He sprinkled dust between his shoulder-blades. That very [dust] is the dust between the charioteer's shoulder-blades. Covering it, he lay down beside [her]. He surprised him again. He said to her, 'How could you do this?' She said, 'I did not distinguish between the two of you; having covered it, he lay down beside me.'
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He pressed him hard, saying, 'You are an athlete.'
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He said, 'Maghavan, let us not perish uselessly!
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Give us that by which we may live;
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for we are born from you.'
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[Indra said,] 'Shake off this dust on your shoulder-blades!'
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He shook it off.
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From that arose a great people called the Rajases and the Rajīyases.
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He became their king.
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Upagu Sauśravasa was his domestic priest.
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He said, 'Let no one sacrifice!
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit