Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.238
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41.238
Then there was a noble-fellow whose washing-trough it was; he tied it under the axle. The two desired: 'May this ford be shallow for us.' Viśvāmitra saw this sāman. With it he praised: 'The breaker of strongholds, young, wise, of unmeasured might was born, Indra, the upholder of every deed, wielder of the vajra, much praised. You opened the cave of cattle-rich Vala, O wielder of the stone; the gods, being impelled, entered into you without fear. With your gifts, O hero, I have returned, addressing the Sindhu'—speaking thus, the two returned. 'They approached [you], O you who delight in songs; your poets know that'—thus indeed the waters subsided. For the two there was a ford. They crossed over by the ford. Now, where this washing-trough was, right there the waters cut him off. [They said:] 'This one has perished (anaśat)'—these are the Naṃśus. 'The yoke was not raised (yogaḥ na udyataḥ)'—these are the Āyogavas. 'Let us dwell (vasāma) right here today'—these are the Vasātis.
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And the young maidens abandoned [their toys] while playing.
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That became the Maiden's Mountain.
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Now indeed, these forests and these rivers were formerly on the further bank of the Sindhu.
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The two, having gone around from behind, obstructed them [from flowing] eastward.
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Then whatever was foul-smelling, those became these salt tracts.
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And those that stood still, they became these small trees.
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[...] and the rivers which they caused to cross, those—
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