Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 38.224
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38.224
Now the Kākṣīvata [sāman]. / Kakṣīvant desired, 'May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle, may I attain prosperity and kingship.' / He saw this sāman. / With it he praised. / Thereupon, indeed, he was propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; he attained prosperity and kingship. / There were, indeed, a thousand descendants of Kakṣīvant. / With these sons, indeed, he attained prosperity and kingship. / He who knows thus reaches prosperity, attains kingship. / And it is unstruck by stobhas. / From the unstruck, indeed, offspring and cattle are born. / The Chandomas are cattle. / Therefore it is rich in form. / And because Kakṣīvant saw it, therefore it is called the Kākṣīvata.
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Now the Pramaṃhiṣṭhīya [sāman].
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When the seers were seated at a sacrificial session, their cattle ran low.
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They desired, 'May we obtain cattle.'
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They said, 'Come, let us ask Agni for cattle.'
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'He rules over cattle.'
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'He alone will give us cattle.'
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