[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) › 1.161 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.161 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.161 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.161) yadyathāpūrvaṃ chandāṃsyupeyuranuṣṭubha uttamāḥ kuryuḥ vāgvā anuṣṭup tāṃ vai yajñādbahirdhā kuryuḥ tāmevaitadyajñasya madhyata ābhajanti tā etā bhavanti purojitī vo andhasaḥ iti purastāddha vā etāḥ pāpmānaṃ jayantīḥ purastātpāpmānamapaghnatyo yanti jitaṃ ha vā etābhirvijitamanvavasyanti sutāya mādayitnave | apa śvānaṃ śnathiṣṭana sakhāyo dīrghajihviyamiti dīrghajihvī ha vā asuryāsa sā ha sma somaṃsomamavaleḍhi uttare ha samudra āsa sa yo ha sma dakṣiṇe samudre sūyate yaḥ pūrve yo'pare taṃ ha sma tata evāleḍhi tāṃ hendro jighṛkṣanna śaśāka gṛhītum sa hovāca mā kaścana yaṣṭeyaṃ vai dīrghajihvī somaṃsomamevāvaleḍhīti > If they were to approach the meters in their proper order, they would make the Anuṣṭubhs the last. / The Anuṣṭubh, indeed, is speech. / They would thereby put it outside the sacrifice. / Now, they allot it in the middle of the sacrifice. / These \[verses\] are: 'Before-conquering of the juice for you' \[RS 9.101.1\]. / Conquering evil ahead, slaying evil ahead, do these proceed. / What has been conquered, what has been won, they follow after with these: / 'For the intoxicating pressed \[soma\]; / strike away the dog, O friends, the long-tongued one!' \[RS 9.101.1\] / The Long-tongued one, indeed, was an Asurī woman. / She used to lick up each soma. / She was in the northern ocean. / Whatever was pressed in the southern ocean, whatever in the eastern, whatever in the western, she used to lick it up from right there. / Indra, desiring to seize her, was not able to seize her. / He said, 'Let no one sacrifice! For this Long-tongued woman licks up every soma.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.160) - [Next: 1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.162) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.161) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.161) · Pramāṇa