Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 37.221
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37.221
On them is the Vaiyaśva [sāman]. / Gaya, his paternal uncle, saw Vyaśva Sākamaśva while he was still in the womb: 'A seer is going to be born.' / When he was born, he said in his absence, 'May he be born with a wasting disease!' / Shadow did not abandon him. / His own two thumbs yielded milk for him. / They reported to him: 'The boy whom you cursed in his absence—he is alive!' / Taking a pestle, he came towards him wishing to slay him. / He desired, 'May I escape from this, may I find a path, a protector!' / He saw this sāman. / He sang over him with it. / His pestle flew back and cut off his head. / This is a sāman that slays rivals, finds a path, and finds a protector. / He who knows thus slays his hateful rival, and finds a path and a protector. / And because Vyaśva saw it, therefore it is called the Vaiyaśva. / It becomes the Acchāvākasāman with the finale iḷā. / Cattle, indeed, are iḷā. / Thus they establish themselves in cattle.
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With 'Flow, god, together with life…,' they proceed with the form of the Triṣṭubh. / This day belongs to the Triṣṭubh. / With 'May your intoxication go to Indra, mount Vāyu in accordance with cosmic order,' they [the verses] are rich in mada ('intoxication'). / Sap, indeed, is intoxication. / The third pressing is, as it were, drained out. / In that these [verses] are rich in mada, they place sap into it, and swell it by this. / With 'Being purified, O Soma, bestow worthy wealth; O Indu, enter into the sea,' they are rich in 'sea' (samudravatīḥ), which is the form of the Chandomas. / The sea, indeed, is the Chandomas. / With 'Smiting the combatants, you are purified,' by this they smite evil, the combatants.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit