[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) › 1.125 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.125 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.125 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125) devāsurāssaṃyattā jyoṅna vyajayanta bṛhaspatirdevānāṃ purohita āsīduśanā kāvyo'surāṇām tadyadevāvastādbrahmākriyata tatparastādakriyata tatsamānaṃ brahma na vyajayata teṣāṃ ha triśīrṣā gandharvo vijayasyāvet sa herṣyurāsa tasya hāpsvantarnaunagaraṃ pariplavamāsa tadindro'nvabudhyata triśīrṣā vai nau vijayasya vedeti tasya jāyāmupārcchadetasyaiva vijayasya kāmāya tāmabravītpṛcchatātpatiṃ ya ime devāsurāssaṃyattā jyogabhūvankatara eṣāṃ jeṣyantīti taddhaiva saṃvadamānāvājagāma sa ha tadeva naumaṇḍa upaśiśleṣa jalāyukā vā tṛṇakaṃ vā bhūtvā seyaṃ patiṃ papraccha ya ime devāsurāssaṃyattā jyogabhūvankatara eṣāṃ jeṣyantīti > The gods and the Asuras, engaged in conflict, did not conquer for a long time. Bṛhaspati was the purohita of the gods, Uśanas Kāvya of the Asuras. So whatever brahman was performed on this side was performed on the other side. That equal brahman did not decide \[the victory\]. Now the three-headed Gandharva knew of the victory between them. He was envious. He had a floating boat-city in the waters. Indra noticed that: 'The three-headed one knows of our victory.' He approached his wife for the sake of this very victory. He said to her: 'Ask your husband: "These gods and Asuras, engaged in conflict, have been so for a long time; which of them will conquer?"' Just as the two were conversing, he arrived. He clung to the deck of that boat, having become a leech or a blade of grass. She asked her husband: 'These gods and Asuras, engaged in conflict, have been so for a long time; which of them will conquer?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.125.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125.p1) moccairiti hovāca karṇinī vai bhūmiriti > 'Not aloud!' he said. 'The earth has ears.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.125.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125.p2) tadidamapyetarhyāhurmoccaiḥ karṇinī vai bhūmiriti > Therefore even today they say: 'Not aloud! The earth has ears.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.125.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125.p3) neti hovāca brūhyeveti > 'Nay,' she said, 'speak on!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.125.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125.p4) sa hovāca brāhmaṇāvimau samaṃ vidaturbṛhaspatirayaṃ deveṣūśanā kāvyo'sureṣu > He said: 'These two Brahmins know equally: Bṛhaspati here among the gods, Uśanas Kāvya among the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.125) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.125) · Pramāṇa