Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.365
English (machine translation) 58.365
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58.365
They asked Gaurvīti: 'Did you indeed see Indra being born?' He said this: / 'When they say that he came from a horse, / I rather think he was born from vigor; / he came from wrath, he took his stand in the dwellings; / from where he was born, Indra knows of it.' / 'I, for my part, think he was born from vigor,' thus he said; 'Indra alone indeed knows that from which he was born.' Having stuck out his head, he looked about. He saw all this of theirs already won. He said: 'Since all this of theirs has been won, toward what world shall I be born? Come now, give me, give me now these'
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'two spring months!'
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'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!', he took the Rathantara luster from this eastern direction.
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He placed it from here [into himself].
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Alone he takes the vital power of two, who knows thus.
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He entered back into him again.
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He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'
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He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two summer months!'
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'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Bṛhat luster from this southern direction.
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He placed it from here [into himself].
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Alone he takes the vital power of four, who knows thus.
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He entered back into him again.
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He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'
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He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two rainy-season months!'
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'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Vairūpa luster from this western direction.
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He placed it from here [into himself].
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Alone he takes the vital power of six, who knows thus.
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He entered back into him again.
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He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'
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He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two autumn months!'
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