[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) › 1.154 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.154 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154) tadaiḷe bhavati paśavo vā iḷā paśubhirvāva te tānakālayanta tasmādyatpaśumāṃścāpaśuśca bhrātṛvyau spardhete ya eva paśumānbhavati sa eva tayorabhibhavati etaddha vai sāma prajā imā anuvyāsa te tasyaitāṃ nitatāmiḷāmantata upayanti prajānāṃ yathāyatanādanudghātāya tasmātprajā yathāyatanādanuddhatāḥ devāḥ pitaro manuṣyāste'nyata āsannasurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā anyataḥ ta eṣu lokeṣvaspardhanta atha ha kalayo gandharvā antasthāṃ cerurnetarānnetarānādriyamāṇāḥ te devāḥ pitaro manuṣyā asurānrakṣāṃsi piśācānabhyabhavan ta imām̐llokānvyabhajanta devalokameva devā abhajanta pitṛlokaṃ pitaro manuṣyalokaṃ manuṣyāḥ tānkalayo gandharvā etyābruvannanu na eṣu lokeṣvābhajateti netyabruvan anādriyamāṇā vai yūyamacāriṣṭa netarānnetarānādriyamāṇā iti atha vai vo manasānvāviṣmahītyabruvannanveva na ābhajateti > That \[sāman\] ends with the iḷā-call. / The iḷā is cattle. / Truly by means of cattle they drove them away. / Therefore, when two rivals, one with cattle and one without cattle, contend, the one who has cattle overcomes the other. / This sāman, indeed, spreads out along these creatures. / At the end they approach this extended iḷā, so that creatures are not uprooted from their proper abode. / Therefore, creatures are not uprooted from their proper abode. / The gods, the fathers, and humans were on one side; the asuras, the rakṣases, and the piśācas were on the other side. / They contended for these worlds. / Now the Kali Gandharvas roamed in between, paying heed neither to the one nor to the other. / Those gods, fathers, and humans overcame the asuras, the rakṣases, and the piśācas. / They divided these worlds among themselves: the gods took the world of the gods, the fathers the world of the fathers, and humans the world of humans. / The Kali Gandharvas came to them and said, 'Allot to us \[a share\] in these worlds!' / They said, 'No! / You roamed about paying heed to neither, paying heed neither to the one nor to the other.' / 'Now indeed we were entering into you with our mind,' they said; 'do allot to us \[a share\]!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p1) netyabruvan > They said, 'No.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p2) sādhuvibhaktā no lokāstānna śakṣyāmassaṃlobhayitumiti > 'Our worlds have been well divided; we shall not be able to confuse them.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p3) te'bruvanyadvayamiha svayaṃ paśyāmastadasmākamastviti > They said, 'Whatever we ourselves find here, let that be ours.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p4) tebhya etāḥ kalindāḥ prāyacchannetāsu śrāmyateti > They gave them these Kalindās, saying: 'Toil in these.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p5) tadyatkalibhyaḥ kalindāḥ prāyacchestatkalindānāṃ kalindatvam > Because they gave the Kalindās to the Kalis, that is how the Kalindās got their name \[Kalindatva\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p6) sa etatkalirvaitadanyassāmāpaśyat > He, this Kali, or another, saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p7) tenāstuta > With it he praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p8) tenemamavāntaradeśaṃ duryantaṃ lokamapaśyat > With it he saw this intermediate region, a hard-to-reach world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p9) tamajayat > He conquered it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p10) tadetallokavitsāma > Therefore this is a world-finding sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p11) vindate lokametena tuṣṭuvānaḥ > He who praises with it finds a world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p12) gandharvalokatāṃ ha tvāva nātijayati gandharvalokatāmivaiva jayati > He does not, however, conquer beyond the world of the Gandharvas; he conquers as it were just the world of the Gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p13) yadu kalirvaitadanyo'paśyattasmātkāleyamityākhyāyate > And because Kali or another saw it, therefore it is called the Kāleya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p14) devā vai pūrvābhyāṃ savanābhyāṃ tṛtīyasavanaṃ pravṛhya svargaṃ lokamāyan > The gods, having torn away the third pressing from the first two pressings, went to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.154.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154.p15) ta ime lokā vyavṛhyanta vi yajño'vṛhyata > These worlds were torn apart; the sacrifice was torn apart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.154) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.102) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.105) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.154) · Pramāṇa