Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 33.204
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33.204
On them is the Vīṅka of Vasiṣṭha, a surpassing. Indeed, at this point an anuṣṭubh surpasses an anuṣṭubh. Being an anuṣṭubh, it amounts to thirty-three syllables; thereby it surpasses. Vasiṣṭha, when he was vanquished and his sons killed, desired: 'May I pervade these worlds; may I extend far with offspring and cattle!' He saw this sāman. With it he praised. By it, shouting 'vī vī', he pervaded these worlds; he extends far with offspring and cattle. It is a heaven-procuring, procreative sāman. He pervades these worlds, he extends far with offspring and cattle, who knows thus. And it is unjostled by a stobha. From what is unjostled, offspring and cattle are born. The chandomas are cattle; thereby it is rich in proper form. Because Vasiṣṭha saw it, it is named the Vīṅka of Vasiṣṭha. It is an Iḷā-bearing sāman for the acchāvāka priest. Iḷā is cattle; they firmly establish themselves in cattle.
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"Wiping the newborn, pleasing babe,"
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[such] contain [the word] "tawny" (hari).
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The highest form of speech is indeed endowed with "hari".
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They seek speech together by means of the chandomas.
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For speech, as it were, is now attained in the chandomas;
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thus they find it.
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"The Maruts adorn the sage with [their] troop,"
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[such] contain [the word] "Maruts".
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Endowed with the Maruts is indeed the form of the triṣṭubh;
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this day belongs to the triṣṭubh.
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Moreover, nobility is the triṣṭubh, and the commoners are the Maruts.
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In that the triṣṭubhs contain the Maruts, they thereby make the commoners follow nobility.
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Therefore, the commoner is a follower of nobility.
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"The poet, [inspired] with songs through poetic wisdom, being a poet, Soma passes beyond the strainer, roaring,"
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so saying, [he recites] passing beyond [some verses].
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit