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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.126

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.126

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126)

tau yatkurutastatsamameva yacchati  
yā itara āhutīrjuhoti tā itaraḥ  
tāssametya yathāyathameva punarviparāyanti  
tayoryataro yatarānupasameṣyati te jeṣyantīti  
taddhaivendro'nubudhya śuko bhūtvotpapāta  
taṃ hānvīkṣya patantamuvāca yeṣāmasau haritavarṇakaḥ patati te jeṣyantīti  
sa hośanasaṃ kāvyamājagāmāsureṣu  
taṃ hovācarṣe kamimaṃ janaṃ vardhayasyasmākaṃ vai tvamasi vayaṃ vā  
tavāsmānabhyupāvartasveti  
katheti hovāca kena mopamantrayasa iti  
yā imā virocanasya prāhrādeḥ kāmadughastābhiriti  
tatheti  
tābhirha pra tvityeva pradudruvatuḥ  
tau hāsurā anvavajahire  
tau hānvājagmuḥ  
sa hovācarṣe'nu vai nāvime'surā āgmanniti  
sa vai tathā kurviti hovāca yathā nāvete nānvāgacchāniti tau  
haitatpratipedāte -

> Whatever the two do, that extends equally. Whatever oblations the one pours, so does the other. Having met, they turn back again according to their proper manner. Whichever of the two will join whichever party, they will conquer.' Indra, having understood just that, became a parrot and flew up. Looking after him as he flew, he \[the Gandharva\] said: 'To whichever side that green-colored one flies, they will conquer.' He \[Indra\] came to Uśanas Kāvya among the Asuras. He said to him: 'O seer, whom do you cause this people to prosper? You are ours, or we are yours. Turn over to us.' 'How so?' he asked, 'with what do you invite me?' 'With these wish-granting cows of Virocana Prāhrādi.' 'So be it.' With them the two ran off, \[shouting\] 'forward indeed!' The Asuras pursued the two. They caught up with the two. He said: 'O seer, these Asuras have come after us!' 'Act in such a way,' he said, 'that these do not come after us!' The two entered upon this \[sāman\]: —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p1)

svāyudhaḥ pavate deva induraśastihā vṛjanā rakṣamāṇaḥ

> "With good weapons the divine drop clarifies itself, slaying the curse, guarding the enclosure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p2)

pitā devānāṃ janitā sudakṣo viṣṭambho divo dharuṇaḥ pṛthivyāḥ iti

> Father of the gods, begetter, of great skill, prop of heaven, support of the earth"—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p3)

ā divo viṣṭambhamucchiśriyatuḥ

> they leaned against the prop of heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p4)

taṃ haivāsurā nātīyuḥ

> The Asuras indeed did not surpass it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p5)

tau hābhiḥ kāmadughābhirdevānājagmatuḥ

> With those wish-granting cows they came to the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p6)

tau hāgatau mahayāṃ cakrire

> When they arrived, they honored them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p7)

ṛṣirvipraḥ puraetā janānāmṛbhurdhīra uśanā kāvyena

> "The seer, inspired, leader of the peoples, the clever sage Uśanā by his poetical power;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p8)

sa cidviveda nihitaṃ yadāsāmapīcyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma gonām

> he indeed found what was deposited, their secret, hidden name of the cows"—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p9)

iti

### [1.126.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p10)

tā etāḥ paśavyā ṛcaḥ

> These are cattle-winning verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p11)

ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavatyetābhirṛgbhistuṣṭuvānaḥ

> He secures cattle, he becomes rich in cattle, who praises with these verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p12)

tāsvauśanam

> On them \[is sung\] the Auśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p13)

uśanā vai kāvyo deveṣvamartyaṃ gandharvalokamaicchata

> Uśanā Kāvya desired the immortal Gandharva-world among the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p14)

sa etatsāmāpaśyat

> He saw this sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p15)

tenātuta

> He praised with it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p16)

tato vai sa deveṣvamartyaṃ gandharvalokamāśnuta

> Then indeed he reached the immortal Gandharva-world among the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p17)

tadetallokavitsāma

> This is a world-attaining sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.126.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.126.p18)

aśnute deveṣvamartyaṃ gandharvalokametena tuṣṭuvānaḥ

> He reaches the immortal Gandharva-world among the gods who praises with this \[sāman\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.126) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.7.3.2) — Sanskrit

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