[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) › 1.185 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.185 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.185 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185) ta indramastuvan tānabravītkiṃkāmāḥ kumārā mā stutheti bibhṛhyeva no maghavannityabruvan tānantarāṃsayoradhyāsyata te'sya tisraḥ kakubho'lambanta ime vai lokāḥ saha santastredhā vyāyan tāṃstredhānnādyamanuvyait ta u eṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ tisraḥ kakubho'nnādyamavālambata sa ṣakṣataiṣāṃ cedvai trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ tisraḥ kakubho'nnādyamavarundhīya tenemāstisraḥ kakubho'pahareyeti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tenaiṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ tisraḥ kakubho'nnādyamavārundha tenemāstisraḥ kakubho'pāharata tadyadeteṣāṃ trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ tisraḥ kakubho'nnādyamavārundha tattraikakubhasya traikakubhatvam tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhiḥ sāma avānnādyaṃ runddhe'nnādaśśreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda > They praised Indra. > He said to them: 'Desiring what, boys, do you praise me?' > 'Support us indeed, O Maghavan,' they said. > He placed them between his shoulders. > They hung down as his three humps. > These worlds, being together, went apart threefold. > Proper food followed them threefold. > And they hung down from the three humps of these three worlds as proper food. > He considered: 'If indeed I should win proper food from the three humps of these three worlds, > thereby may I take away these three humps.' > He saw this sāman. > With it, he praised. > With it, he won proper food from the three humps of these three worlds. > With it, he took away these three humps. > Because he won proper food from the three humps of these three worlds, that is the Traikakubha-nature of the Traikakubha. > That sāman is the securing of proper food. > He secures proper food; he becomes an eater of food, the best among his own people, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p1) trīndriyaṃ vā etatsāma > This sāman has three faculties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p2) ṣandrīrṛca ṣandraṃ sāma > The verses are addressed to Indra; the sāman is addressed to Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p3) indraḥ iti nidhanaṃ bhavati > 'Indra' is the finale. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p4) trīṇi puruṣa indriyāṇyātmā prajā paśavaḥ > Three are the faculties in a person: self, offspring, and cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p5) tānyevaitenātmanparigṛhṇīte > He seizes them indeed in himself by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p6) tānabravītkiṃkāmo va ekaḥ kiṃkāma ekaḥ kiṃkāma eka iti > He said to them: 'Desiring what is one of you? Desiring what is the second? Desiring what is the third?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p7) so'bravīdrāyovājaḥ paśukāmo'hamasmīti > Rāyovāja said: 'I am desirous of cattle.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p8) tasmā iḷāṃ prāyacchat > To him he gave the Iḷā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p9) paśavo vā iḷā > The Iḷā, indeed, is cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p10) athābravītpṛthuraśmiḥ kṣatrakāmo'hamasmīti > Then Pṛthuraśmi said: 'I am desirous of royal dominion.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p11) tasmai kṣatraṃ prāyacchat > To him he gave royal dominion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p12) sa eva pṛthurvainyaḥ > He indeed was Pṛthu Vainya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p13) athābravīdbṛhadgirirannādyakāmo'hamasmīti > Then Bṛhadgiri said: 'I am desirous of proper food.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p14) tasmā athakāraṃ prāyacchat > To him he gave the word 'atha'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p15) annaṃ vā athakāraḥ > The word 'atha' is food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p16) saubharaṃ prajākāmaḥ kurvīta > One who desires offspring should perform the Saubhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p17) husiti nidhanamupeyāt > He should approach the finale as 'hus'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p18) saubharamannādyakāmaḥ kurvīta > One who desires proper food should perform the Saubhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p19) ūrgiti nidhanamupeyāt > He should approach the finale as 'ūrj'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p20) saubharaṃ vṛṣṭikāmaḥ kurvīta > One who desires rain should perform the Saubhara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.185.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185.p21) hisiti nidhanamupeyāt > He should approach the finale as 'his'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.185) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.185) · Pramāṇa