Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 33.202
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33.202
With it he praised him: / 'Indra of the handsome lips drank of the sap, well-skilled, of the pouring [libation] / of the drop, mixed with barley.' / He said to him, 'Desiring what do you praise me?' 'Bring this son of mine back together,' he said. Saying 'Chirn him out!' he churned him out. He brought him back together. That is this healing, expiatory sāman. A healing expiation he then made. That which is the seventh day is as if broken; that they heal with this. They make a healing expiation with this. Moreover, it is a wish-granter. He desired that wish; that wish was fulfilled for him. Whatever wish one desires when praising with this sāman, that wish is fulfilled for him. Because Suśravas Sthaurāyaṇa saw it, it is named the Sauśravasa.
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The seers, rising from a sacrificial session, went on their way, harnessing [themselves].
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They said, 'Come, let us see some wonder!'
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They said, 'This tortoise Akūpāra inside the ocean is a great wonder;
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come, let us see him!'
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They went down to him.
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He did not appear to them.
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They said, 'Come, let us praise Indra; he indeed is master of him.
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He will show him to us.'
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They said to Atri, 'O seer, do you praise!'
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He saw this triplet of Atri.
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With it they approached him:
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'O wonderful Indra, what gift given by you is not here for me, O wielder of the thunderbolt,
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that bounty, O possessor of goods, bring to us in both hands!'
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He reflected: 'The seers ask something great of me;
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