[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) › 1.152 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.152 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.152 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152) jamadagnessaptahamabhicaranvā bhrātṛvyavānvā kurvīta jamadagnirha vai mahenānāṃ purohita āsa tānha vittenātyādadhau ta u hainamupajihiṃsuḥ sa hekṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nvahameṣāṃ saptasaptaikāhani grāmyāṇāṃ paśūnāṃ hanyāmiti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tato vai sa teṣāṃ saptasaptaikāhani grāmyāṇāṃ paśūnāmahan tatho evaiṣāmetadghnanti tadu bhrātṛvyahā hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda yadu jamadagnirapaśyattasmājjamadagnessaptāhamityākhyāyate tadeṣopagītā atimātramavardhanta nodiva divamaspṛśan | bhṛguṃ hiṃsitvā māhenā asaṃheyaṃ parābhavan iti asaṃheyaṃ ha vai sa parābhavati ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ hinasti > One who is practicing sorcery or who has a rival should perform the seven-day rite of Jamadagni. > Jamadagni was the domestic priest of the Mahenas. > He surpassed them in wealth. > They attacked and harmed him. > He reflected: 'How now might I destroy of these \[people\] seven by seven domestic animals in one day?' > He saw this sāman. > He praised with it. > Then, indeed, he destroyed of these \[people\] seven by seven domestic animals in one day. > In this very way they now destroy \[the domestic animals\] of these \[enemies\]. > That is a slayer of rivals. > He slays his hating rival who knows thus. > And since Jamadagni saw it, therefore it is called the seven-day rite of Jamadagni. > Concerning this, the following verse is sung: > 'They grew excessively, they did not touch heaven, / having harmed the Bhṛgu, the Mahenas suffered an irreparable defeat.' > Thus. > Indeed, an irreparable defeat suffers he who harms one who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.152.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152.p1) devāsurā yajñe'spardhanta > The gods and the asuras contended in the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.152.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152.p2) te devā asurānbahiṣpavamānānniravāghnan > The gods struck the asuras away from the Bahiṣpavamāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.152.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152.p3) te'surā āgneyamājyaṃ paryavāyan > Those asuras turned toward the Ājya of Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.152.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152.p4) te devā maitrāvaruṇam > The gods \[turned toward\] the Maitrāvaruṇa \[stotra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.152) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.152) · Pramāṇa