Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 33.205
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33.205
"Having the mind of a seer, he who is a seer-maker, winning light, having a thousand melodies, the guide of poets"—thus they approach the thousandfold form of the chandomas; cattle indeed are the chandomas. "The buffalo desiring to gain the third abode"—for this third three-day rite that is the chandomas is performed. "Soma reigns along with the virāj, the triṣṭubh"—thus they approach the triṣṭubh form; for this day belongs to the triṣṭubh. And indeed, this is the power and dominion from before; along with that the chandomas reign. "Resting in the ladles, the falcon, the bird bearing [the sacrifice] far, the finder of cows, the drop bearing weapons"—thus they are endowed with cows and cattle, precisely for the acquisition of cattle; for cattle are the chandomas. "Pursuing the wave of the waters, the ocean"—thus they are endowed with the ocean, the form of the chandomas; for the ocean is the chandomas. "The buffalo proclaims the fourth abode"—for this day that is the chandomas is made the fourth of the days.
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These become triṣṭubhs, possessing the color of the triṣṭubh, perfected through the form of the day. Where they prosper [the rite] with the form of the day, it succeeds there. He who knows thus succeeds. "These Somas [flow] toward what is dear"—[with the word] "toward" (abhi), there is the form of the rathantara; this day is connected with the rathantara. "They flowed according to the desire of Indra"—that which pertains to Indra is the form of the triṣṭubh; for the triṣṭubh is nobility. "Increasing his vital power"—for this day, which is the forty-four-fold [stoma], is great. The hymn becomes the counterpart; the hymn is cattle, cattle are the chandomas, for the acquisition of cattle.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit