[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) › 1.171 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.171 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.171 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171) nārmedhaṃ nāthakāmaḥ kurvīta nṛmedhaśca vai suvrataśca bhrātarau tau hāgnikānyādadhāte sa ha nṛmedhassuvratasyojjagau taddha yajñāyajñīyenaivāstutamāsa atha hainamāsasruḥ yajamānasya vai ta udgātuḥ putrau putramamīmaratāmantakadhṛtiṃ sauvratiṃ nakiraśca śakapūtaścetitaṃ ha bāhū parāmṛśannuvāca brāhmaṇā eṣa vo yajñastena yaṃ kāmayadhve taṃ yājayatānena nvā ahaṃ taccātayiṣya | tadyātayiṣya iti taṃ haudumbaryāmanuveṣṭya śaṇaśalākābhirupādīpayāṃ cakāra so'kāmayatodita iyāṃ gātuṃ nāthaṃ vindeya na māyamagnirdahediti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tato vai sa gātuṃ nāthamavindata nainamagniradahat api ha tacchulbakaṃ pradadāha yenānuveṣṭita āsa tadetadgātuvinnāthavitsāma gātuṃ vai sa nāthamavindata vindate gātuṃ nāthaṃ ya evaṃ veda yadu nṛmedho'paśyattasmānnārmedhamityākhyāyate > One who desires refuge should use the Nārmedha. > Nṛmedha and Suvrata were two brothers. > They both set up fires. > Nṛmedha chanted as Udgātṛ for Suvrata. > That \[sacrifice\] had been chanted with the Yajñāyajñīya alone. > Then they approached him: > 'Indeed, the two sons of the Udgātṛ killed the son of the sacrificer, Antakadhṛti, son of Suvrata, namely Nakir and Śakapūta!' > Touching his two arms, he said: 'Brahmins, this is your sacrifice; sacrifice with it for whatever you desire! By this one, indeed, I shall drive that away; I shall avenge that.' > Wrapping him around the udumbara post, he set him on fire with hemp stalks. > He desired: 'May I go up from here; may I find a path, a refuge; may this fire not burn me!' > He saw this sāman. > With it he praised. > Then indeed he found a path, a refuge; the fire did not burn him. > It even burned away the rope with which he had been bound. > Therefore this is the sāman that finds a path, finds refuge. > Indeed, he found a path, a refuge. > He who knows thus finds a path, a refuge. > And because Nṛmedha saw it, it is named Nārmedha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p1) dāśapatyaṃ śraiṣṭhyakāmaḥ kurvīta > One who desires supremacy should use the Dāśapatya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p2) devāsurā aspardhanta > The gods and Asuras were contending. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p3) te devā indramupādhāvaṃstvayādhipatyedaṃ jayāmeti > The gods ran up to Indra: 'Under your leadership, may we conquer this!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p4) sa indro'kāmayata jayemāsurāniti > Indra desired: 'May we conquer the Asuras!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p5) sa etatsāmāpaśyat > He saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p6) tenāstuta > With it he praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.171.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171.p7) tato vai devā asurānajayan > Then indeed the gods conquered the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.171) · Pramāṇa