Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 51.274

51.274

He gave it to the gods. / Fearing exhaustion, it ran away. / The gods desired: "May it listen to us!" / They saw this sāman. / With it they called after it: "Hearken! (środhiya)". / It listened. / They said to it: "Turn back to us!" / "I fear exhaustion," [it said]. / "Do not [fear]," they said. / "Then place your trust (śraddhā) in me," [it said]. / By saying "Hearken!" (środhiya), they placed trust in it. / They summoned it down, saying: "Come here!" (ehyā). / Then the sacrifice did not escape from them; / from there it turned back. / The sacrifice is as if escaped now on the ninth day. / That there is the Śrudhīya here, thereby they summon down the sacrifice together. / Therefore one should chant "środhiya" in the first [verse], and "środhema" in the two following [verses]. / Moreover, for whomever one might desire long life (jīvātu), him one should summon down with this very [sāman].