[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) › 1.133 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.133 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.133 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.133) ṛgghi rathantaraṃ sāma bṛhat yadyu stobhedaṣṭāvevākṣarāṇi stobhet tadveva saṃmīlate svardṛśaṃ prativipaśyeccakṣuṣo'pravarhāya yadīśānamindra iti pratiharedīśāno yajamānasya paśūnabhimānukassyāt atha yacchānamindra iti pratiharati neśāno yajamānasya paśūnabhimanyate śāntāḥ prajā edhante pratihārepratihāra udgāta iḷā idbrūyāt paśavo vā iḷāyatanaṃ rathantaram āyatana eva tadetānpaśūnpratiṣṭhāpayati nasthuṣaḥ iti brūyāt yattasthuṣaḥ iti brūyātsthāyukāsya śrīssyāt atha yannasthuṣaḥ ityāha nāsya śrīstiṣthati paśavo'sya svāyātena yānti bṛhadrathantare vyāvartayet yaddha vai bṛhadrathantare na vyāvartayedyathā mahāvṛkṣau samṛtya śākhā vipariśṛṇīta evaṃ prajāḥ paśūnvipariśṛṇīyātām ho vā hā vai bṛhado vā hā rathantaram bṛhadrathantare evaitadvyāvartayati vi pāpmanā vartate ya evaṃ veda > For verse is the Rathantara; sāman is the Bṛhat. > And if he should chant stobhas, he should chant only eight syllables. > And then he closes his eyes; > he should look around toward 'svardṛś' so that the eye is not torn out. > If he were to perform the Pratihāra as 'īśānam indra', the Ruler would be prone to afflict the cattle of the sacrificer. > When, however, he performs the Pratihāra as 'śānam indra', the Ruler does not afflict the cattle of the sacrificer; the offspring thrive in peace. > At each Pratihāra, the Udgātṛ should say, 'iḷā id'. > Cattle indeed are the receptacle; the Rathantara is the foundation. > He thus firmly establishes these cattle in their proper abode. > He should say 'nasthuṣaḥ'. > If he were to say 'tasthuṣaḥ', his prosperity would stand still. > Now when he says 'nasthuṣaḥ', his prosperity does not stand still, and his cattle move according to their own range. > He should differentiate between the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. > If he were not to differentiate between the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, just as two great trees colliding might break their branches apart, so they two would crush the offspring and cattle. > 'Ho vā hā' indeed is the Bṛhat; 'o vā hā' is the Rathantara. > He thus differentiates between the Bṛhat and the Rathantara; he parts from evil who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.132.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.132.p3) - [Next: 1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.134) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.133) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2298) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.133) · Pramāṇa