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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.138

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.138

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.138)

te'bruvanvīdaṃ bhajāmahā iti  
tasya vibhāge na samapādayan  
te'bruvanprajāpatāveva pṛcchāmahā iti  
te prajāpatāvapṛcchata  
sa prajāpatirabravītsarveṣāmeva va etadvāmaṃ saha sarvānva etena stoṣyanti  
sarvānva etadavaiṣyati mā vibhagdhvamiti  
tadyadgāyatrīṣu stuvanti tenāgneyam  
gāyatryo hyagniriti  
yatpṛṣṭhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ tenaindram  
yatkavatīṣu stuvanti tena prājāpatyam  
yadaniruktaṃ tena vaiśvadevam  
yanmaitrāvaruṇāya stuvanti tena maitrāvaruṇam  
tadvā etatpaśavyaṃ yadvāmadevyam  
anejannudgāyetpaśūnāmaparāvāpāya  
yadejannudgāyetpaśūnparāvapet  
tadāhuḥ prāvṛto'nejannudgāyennenmopadraṣṭānuvyāharāditi  
tadupakāryarūpam  
prāvṛta evānejannudgāyet

> They said: 'Let us divide this.'  
> They did not agree on its division.  
> They said: 'Let us ask Prajāpati.'  
> They asked Prajāpati.  
> Prajāpati said: 'This desirable wealth belongs to all of you alike; with this they will praise all of you together;  
> this will belong to all of you; do not divide it.'  
> In that they praise on gāyatrī \[verses\], thereby it belongs to Agni,  
> for the gāyatrīs are Agni.  
> In that it is the midday pṛṣṭha, thereby it belongs to Indra.  
> In that they praise on \[verses\] containing 'ka', thereby it belongs to Prajāpati.  
> In that it is unexpressed, thereby it belongs to the All-Gods.  
> In that they praise for the Maitrāvaruṇa, thereby it belongs to Mitra and Varuṇa.  
> Therefore this Vāmadevya belongs to cattle.  
> He should chant the udgītha without trembling, for the non-scattering of cattle.  
> If he were to chant while trembling, he would scatter cattle.  
> Regarding this they say: 'Covered, he should chant without trembling, lest a spectator speak evil against me.'  
> That is of the nature of a shed.  
> Covered indeed, he should chant without trembling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.138.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.138.p1)

akṣaṃ ha sma vā etatpurā viśaśśīrṣannidadhati ya eva tamudgāyannāvapātayiṣyati

> Formerly, indeed, the subjects used to place an axle on the head \[saying\]: 'Whoever while chanting the udgītha will not drop it,'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.138.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.138.p2)

sa na udgāsyatīti

> 'he shall chant the udgītha for us.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.138.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.138.p3)

tadu tadupakāryarūpameva

> And that indeed is of the nature of a shed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.138.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.138.p4)

kāmamevodgeyam

> He may chant the udgītha at will.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.138) — English, machine translation

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