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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.137

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.137

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137)

mano daśamam  
dvādaśa bṛhatastanvo māsā eva  
māsā raśmayaḥ  
raśmayo marutaḥ  
tairasāvādityo dhṛtaḥ  
sa ya etadevaṃ veda yatra kāmayata iha dhriyeyeti dhriyate tatra  
yo vai bṛhato bārhataṃ padaṃ vedoru prajayā paśubhiḥ prathate  
dvādaśākṣaraṃ vāva bṛhato bārhataṃ padam  
tadāyacchateva geyam  
yo vai bṛhati trivṛtaṃ sadevaṃ proḍhaṃ veda gacchati kṣatramātrām  
rohā ha vāva bṛhatastrivṛtsadevaḥ  
brahmaṇo'sya sataḥ kṣatrasyeva prakāśo bhavati ya evaṃ veda  
indro vṛtraṃ vajreṇādhyasya nāstṛṣīti manyamānaḥ parāṃ parāvatamagacchat  
taṃ prajāpatirakāmayata tatsyāditi  
tamo ho ityanvāhvayat  
so'bhavat  
o ho ityevāparuddho rājanyaḥ kurvīta  
ava haiva gacchati

> The mind is the tenth.  
> Twelve are the bodies of the bṛhat, which are indeed the months;  
> the months are the rays;  
> the rays are the Maruts;  
> by them that Āditya is upheld.  
> He who knows this thus is upheld there, wherever he desires: 'May I be upheld here.'  
> He who knows the bārhata quarter of the bṛhat extends far with offspring and cattle.  
> The twelve-syllable \[pada\] is indeed the bārhata quarter of the bṛhat.  
> It should be sung as if drawing it out.  
> He who knows the trivṛt thus established in the bṛhat attains the measure of nobility.  
> The ascents are indeed the trivṛt established in the bṛhat.  
> Though he is a Brahmin, he obtains the splendor as if of nobility, who knows thus.  
> Indra, having hurled the thunderbolt at Vṛtra, thinking, 'I have not laid \[him\] low,' went to the farthest distance.  
> Prajāpati desired concerning him: 'May he exist.'  
> He called after him with 'o ho'.  
> He came to be.  
> Even so an expelled nobleman should chant 'o ho';  
> he indeed returns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p1)

devā vā asurānyudhamupaprayanto'bruvanyanno vāmaṃ vasu tadapanidhāya yudhyāmahai

> The gods, going forth to battle against the Asuras, said: 'Having set aside whatever desirable wealth we have, let us fight,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p2)

yadadya kasmiṃścidbhūte'bhyupadhāvāmeti

> 'lest we rush today toward some creature \[and lose it\].'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p3)

paśavo vāva teṣāṃ vāmaṃ vasvāsīt

> Cattle were indeed their desirable wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p4)

tadapanidhāya yudhamupaparāyan

> Having set that aside, they went forth to battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p5)

te devā asurānajayan

> The gods conquered the Asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p6)

te vijigyānāḥ punarāyanta ekaṃ bhūtamabhyavāyan

> Having conquered, they came back and approached the single creature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.137.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.137.p7)

tanna vyajānatedaṃ mama vāmamidaṃ mameti

> They did not distinguish it: 'This is my desirable \[wealth\], this is mine.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.137) — English, machine translation

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