Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 7
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7.23
Now, the Yauktāśva [sāman] has a preliminary stobha, an outside finale, and belongs to the Bṛhat.
Therefore it is performed on the Bṛhat day.
Vasiṣṭha was the domestic priest of King Sudās Paijavana, the Aikṣvāka.
That Sudās Paijavana deposited mares with Vasiṣṭha, as [kings] deposit with a domestic priest.
Vasiṣṭha, setting out on an acquisition tour, said to his younger brother Yuktāśva: "You must oversee these animals of ours."
That Yuktāśva swapped the newborn foals of the king's mares:
those that were handsome he kept for himself;
those that were worse [he placed] among the king's mares.
They found out about it: "He has swapped the newborn foals."
They harassed him: "You are a thief, not a ṛṣi."
He desired: "May I find faith, may they summon me."
He saw this sāman.
With it he chanted praise.
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He went to the finale: "o i jvare".
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Then indeed he found trust [and] invitation.
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"May we find trust," [thinking] thus they sit for a sacrificial session.
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They indeed find trust.
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This indeed is the truth of speech, namely:
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"o i jvare"
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As "jvare" is indeed the truth of speech.
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By means of the truth of speech, he then found trust [and] invitation.
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Trustworthy he becomes, he finds an invitation, who knows thus.
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And this sāman is generative, possessing cattle.
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"o i jvare"
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—this is the finale.
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"He is anointed (ajyate)," so they say of cattle being impregnated.
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Free from fever (ajvarāḥ) and generative indeed become his cattle, who knows thus.
7.24
And because Yuktāśva saw [it], therefore it is named Yauktāśva.
"Purifying yourself, o Soma, with a stream..."
—thus the bṛhatī verse is of both forms.
Indeed, this [verse] raised up both sāmans;
therefore, both those belonging to the Bṛhat-sāman make use of it, and those belonging to the Rathantara-sāman make use of it.
Upon them [are sung] the two Soma-sāmans, with refrains (pariṣṭobhavat), in bṛhatī form;
therefore they are performed on the day in bṛhatī form.
Soma is a bull; Indra is a bull; this day belongs to Indra.
Soma is royal power (kṣatra); Indra is royal power; this day belongs to Indra.
Soma is semen; this day is generation.
Now, since these two sāmans are performed on this day, semen is thus poured into the organ of generation.
Properly is the semen of him poured forth, [and] he propagates, who knows thus.
One [sāman] has an elevated iḷā, which is the form of the Bṛhat on the day in bṛhatī form.
The other [sāman] is in bṛhatī form, having three finales, the form of the midday Pavamāna[-stotra], for the stability [of the day].
And because King Soma saw them, therefore they are named the Soma-sāmans.
"The red bull, bellowing loudly to the cows..."
—thus [the verses] contain [the word] "bull".
This day is indeed in bṛhatī form, in triṣṭubh meter, the form of royal power.
7.25
Upon them [is sung] the Pārtha[-sāman], having a twofold repetition, the form of the second day, having a refrain, in bṛhatī form;
therefore it is performed on the day in bṛhatī form.
Pṛthu Vainya desired: "May I be consecrated to the kingship over all cattle!"
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he was consecrated to the kingship over all cattle.
This is a sāman of splendor.
He is consecrated to the kingship over all cattle, who knows thus.
And it has a refrain-prelude (stobhaprastāva) and is endowed with tone (svara), for the division of tones.
For that is the svāra-tone of this day, which has a refrain-prelude.
Rising upward as it were is this day, rising upward as it were is this sāman.
He mounts the day itself by this, while chanting praise.
And because Pṛthu Vainya saw [it], therefore it is named Pārtha.
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They say, however, that the Vāsiṣṭha is more to be performed.
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This is royal power—that it is the Pārtha; this is royal power—that they are the two Soma-sāmans; this day is royal power; royal power in that
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it belongs to Indra; royal power in that it is in triṣṭubh meter; royal power in that it is in bṛhatī form; royal power in that
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the stoma is fifteenfold.
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Royal power would thus be uniform (ekadhā).
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Now, because the Yauktāśva is in the beginning, and the Vāsiṣṭha later, the two seer-sāmans are for the counterbalancing of the brahman,
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[and]
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so that the brahman may be joined with royal power.
7.26
Vasiṣṭha, having been defeated [and] having his sons slain, desired: "May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle!"
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he was abundantly propagated with offspring and cattle.
This is a generative sāman.
Abundantly he is propagated with offspring and cattle, who knows thus.
And because Vasiṣṭha saw [it], therefore it is named Vāsiṣṭha.
Then the Bṛhat.
The Bṛhat is indeed the summit.
They proceed establishing themselves in the summit.
Then the Vāmadevya.
The Vāmadevya is indeed cattle.
Possessors of cattle indeed they become, chanting praise with this.
Then the Śyaita. It is the marriage of two sāmans, the continuation of the sacrifice.
Indeed, it is one single day, because
"Thee alone yesterday, o men..."
—thus it is.
By that very [verse] the second day is performed.
7.27
Upon them [is sung] the Mādhucchandasa.
Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra desired: "May I become foremost, preeminent, endowed with spiritual luster!"
He saw this sāman.
He praised with it.
Then indeed he became foremost, preeminent, endowed with spiritual luster.
"May we be foremost, preeminent, endowed with spiritual luster," [thinking] thus they sit for a sacrificial session.
Foremost indeed, preeminent, endowed with spiritual luster they become.
And because Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra saw [it], therefore it is named Mādhucchandasa.
This is the sāman of the Acchāvāka having iḷā.
Cattle are indeed iḷā.
In cattle they thus establish themselves.
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"That exhilarating drink of thine, which is choice..."
—thus for the Ārbhava Pavamāna[-stotra] the gāyatrī verses contain [the word] "exhilarating drink" (madvat).
Sap indeed is exhilarating drink.
Exhausted as it were is this third pressing.
Now, because these verses contain [the word] "exhilarating drink", they thus place sap in it; they swell it with this.
"With that, purify yourself as drink!"—thus they contain [the word] "drink" (andhasvat); food is indeed drink, for the attainment of food.
"Slayer of the hostile Vṛtra..."
—this is the form of the triṣṭubh.
For that which contains [the act of] slaying is the form of the triṣṭubh.
For the triṣṭubh is royal power.
"Associated, he became the ruddy one, with well-yielding cows..."
—rushing forth as it were from here is this day, because it is in bṛhatī form.
For yonder is the Bṛhat.
Now, in that it says "with well-yielding cows", it is for the approach (upasthiti) of the day itself.
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