Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.366
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58.366
'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Vairāja luster from this northern direction. He placed it from here [into himself]. Alone he takes the vital power of eight, who knows thus. He entered back into him again. He said to him: 'Be born indeed!' He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two early-winter months!' 'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Śākvara luster from this zenith direction. He placed it from here [into himself]. Alone he takes the vital power of ten, who knows thus. He entered back into him again. He said to him: 'Be born indeed!' He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two winter months!' 'Let me give these two to you,' [he said]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Raivata luster from this direction. He placed it from here [into himself]. Alone he takes the vital power of twelve, who knows thus. He considered: 'How indeed might I seize these seasons?'
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He saw them lying facing upwards.
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With his head he seized these two facing east; with his two arms these various ones: flying,
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the two facing west with his chest; the two facing upward; with his side-ribs the two facing downward.
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Having seized them in this manner, he drew them together underneath.
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He, this one, burns mounted upon this prosperity in the seasons and in the year.
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He entered back into him again together with all this.
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He said to him: 'At first I was unable to bear you alone.
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I shall certainly not be able to bear you together with all this. Be born indeed!'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit