[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) › 1.159 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.159 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.159 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159) sa prācānyena padā prābhraṃśata pratīcānyena yena prācā prābhraṃśata sā kakubabhavat tasmātkakubhaḥ pūrvārdhe'kṣarāṇi bhūyiṣṭhāni atha yena pratīcā prābhraṃśata soṣṇigabhavat tasmāduṣṇiho jaghanārdhe'kṣarāṇi bhūyiṣṭhāni te vā ete chandasī dhenuścaivānaḍvāṃśca tasmātpaśavaḥ pūrvārdhena ca jaghanārdhena ca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ bhuñjanti vahanti pūrvārdhena duhre ca jaghanārdhena pra ca janayanti ubhayaṃ dhenupayasaṃ cānaḍutpayasaṃ cāvarunddhe ya evaṃ veda > He slipped forward with one foot, backward with the other. That with which he slipped forward became the Kakubh; therefore the Kakubh has most syllables in its first half. And that with which he slipped backward became the Uṣṇih; therefore the Uṣṇih has most syllables in its latter half. These two meters are the milk cow and the draft ox. Therefore cattle enjoy most with the front half and the rear half: they pull with the front half, they give milk and procreate with the rear half. He obtains both the milk of the cow and the milk of the ox, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p1) tāsu sabhaṃ yajñasyaiva sabhatāyai > On these \[verses is\] the Sabha \[sāman\], for the suitability of the sacrifice itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p2) yaddha vai kiṃ ca yajñasya duḥṣṭutaṃ duśśastaṃ vidhuraṃ tasya ha vā etatsabhatāyai > Whatever of the sacrifice is ill-praised, ill-recited, defective, that is for its suitability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p3) sabhamavibhamasaditi ha vā etena stuvanti > 'May it be suitable, fearless,' saying thus, indeed, they praise with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p4) sābhaṃ ha vā etannāma > Sābha is its name, indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p5) sabhena vai devā asurāṇāṃ tejo balamindriyaṃ vīryaṃ paśūnannādyaṃ sabhena > By the Sabha the gods \[took away\] the splendor, strength, faculty, vital power, cattle, and food of the asuras; by the Sabha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p6) sabhamātmānamadhyakurvata > they made themselves superior, suitable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p7) tatsabhasya sabhatvam > That is the essence of the Sabha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p8) sabhenaiva dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya tejo balamindriyaṃ vīryaṃ paśūnannādyaṃ sabhena > By the Sabha \[one takes away\] the splendor, strength, faculty, vital power, cattle, and food of one's rival enemy; by the Sabha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p9) sabhamātmānamadhikurute ya evaṃ veda > he makes himself superior, suitable, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p10) prajāpatiḥ paśūnasṛjata > Prajāpati created cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p11) te'smātsṛṣṭā apākrāman > Having been created, they went away from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p12) so'kāmayata na matpaśavo'pakrāmeyurabhi māvarteranniti > He desired, 'May the cattle not go away from me; may they turn toward me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p13) sa etatsāmāpaśyat > He saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p14) tenāstuta > With it he praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p15) tato vai taṃ paśavo'bhyāvartanta tato'smādanapakrāmiṇo'bhavan > Then the cattle turned toward him; then they became non-departing from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p16) so'bravīdsabho vai paśubhirabhūvamiti > He said, 'I have become rich in cattle, suitable.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p17) tadveva sabhasya sabhatvam > That, indeed, is the essence of the Sabha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p18) sabho hāvibhaḥ paśubhirbhavati ya evaṃ veda > He becomes rich in cattle, fearless, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p19) tadu kākubhaṃ svāraṃ bhavati > And it is on the Kakubh \[meter\] and having a tone-cadence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p20) prāṇo vai svaraḥ puruṣacchandasaṃ kakup > The tone is breath; the Kakubh is the human meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p21) jyaiṣṭhyaṃ vai prāṇo jyaiṣṭhyaṃ puruṣaḥ > Breath is primacy; man is primacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p22) jyaiṣṭhyenaiva tajjyaiṣṭhyaṃ saṃdadhati jyaiṣṭhyena jyaiṣṭhye pratitiṣṭhanti > By primacy they join primacy; by primacy they stand firm in primacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p23) atho yajamānameva tatprāṇena samardhayanti > And also, they thereby supply the sacrificer with breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.159.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159.p24) samasmā ṛdhyate ya evaṃ veda > It succeeds for him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.159) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.159) · Pramāṇa