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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.147

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.147

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.147)

atha naudhasam  
nodhā vai kākṣīvato jyogapratiṣṭhitaścaranso'kāmayata pratitiṣṭheyamiti  
sa ha devānbrahma vibhajamānānupāvapapāta  
sa hovācarṣirasmi mantrakṛtsa jyogapratiṣṭhito'cārṣaṃ tasmai ma etaddatta yena  
pratitiṣṭheyamiti  
tasmai ha brahmaṇo rasamadaduḥ  
tadeva naudhasamabhavat  
tenāstuta  
tato vai sa pratyatiṣṭhat  
tadetatpratiṣṭhā sāma  
pratitiṣṭhati ya evaṃ veda  
brahmaṇo ha vā eṣa raso yannaudhasam  
brahmaṇo hāsya rasena stutaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānnaudhasena stute  
taddvyakṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati pratiṣṭāyai  
dvipādvai yajamānaḥ pratiṣṭhityai  
yadu nodhāḥ kākṣīvato'paśyattasmānnaudhasamityākhyāyate

> Now the Naudhasa.  
> Nodhās Kākṣīvata, wandering for a long time without support, desired: 'May I obtain support.'  
> He hastened to the gods who were distributing sacred lore.  
> He said: 'I am a seer, a maker of mantras; for a long time I have wandered without support. Give me that by which I may obtain support.'  
> To him they gave the essence of sacred lore.  
> That became the Naudhasa.  
> With it he praised;  
> then he obtained support.  
> This is a sāman of support.  
> He who knows thus obtains support.  
> This Naudhasa is indeed the essence of sacred lore.  
> With the essence of sacred lore it is praised for him who, knowing thus, praises with the Naudhasa.  
> It has a two-syllable fināle for support.  
> Two-footed is the sacrificer, for support.  
> Because Nodhās Kākṣīvata saw it, therefore it is called Naudhasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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