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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.186

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.186

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186)

saubharamudgrahaṇakāmaḥ kurvīta  
uditi nidhanamupeyāt  
saubharaṃ svargakāmaḥ kurvīta  
ū iti nidhanamupeyāt  
bhāradvājāyanānha sattramāsīnānpapracchuḥ kena prajākāmā astoḍhvamiti  
saubhareṇeti  
kenānnādyakāmā iti  
saubhareṇeti  
kena vṛṣṭikāmā iti  
saubhareṇeti  
kenodgrahaṇakāmā iti  
saubhareṇeti  
kena svargakāmā iti  
saubhareṇeti  
evamiva vā etatsāma  
ete vā etasminnkāmāḥ  
etāneva kāmānavarunddhe  
yatkāma evaitena sāmnā stute samasmai sa kāma ṛdhyate

> One who desires rising up should perform the Saubhara.  
> He should approach the finale as 'ud'.  
> One who desires the heavenly world should perform the Saubhara.  
> He should approach the finale as 'ū'.  
> They asked the descendants of Bharadvāja who were seated at a sacrificial session: 'With what, desiring offspring, did you praise?'  
> 'With the Saubhara,' \[they said\].  
> 'With what, desiring proper food?'  
> 'With the Saubhara.'  
> 'With what, desiring rain?'  
> 'With the Saubhara.'  
> 'With what, desiring rising up?'  
> 'With the Saubhara.'  
> 'With what, desiring the heavenly world?'  
> 'With the Saubhara.'  
> Such indeed is this sāman.  
> These desires are indeed in it.  
> He secures these very desires.  
> Whatever desire he praises for with this sāman, that desire prospers for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p1)

saubharaṃ brahmasāma kurvīta yaḥ kāmayetā me prajāyāṃ sūpakāśo darśanīyaḥ

> He should perform the Saubhara as the Brahman's sāman who should desire: 'May one who has good appearance, is handsome,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p2)

kṣatriyarūpaḥ puruṣarūpo jāyeteti

> possesses the form of a kṣatriya, and possesses the form of a man be born in my offspring.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p3)

tejo vai puruṣasya prajā tejassaubharaṃ bṛhataḥ

> Splendor is the offspring of a man; the Saubhara of the Bṛhat is splendor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p4)

kṣatraṃ bṛhat

> The Bṛhat is royal dominion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p5)

kṣatriyasyo eṣā prajā

> And this offspring belongs to a kṣatriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.186.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p6)

ā haivāsya prajāyāṃ sūpakāśo darśanīyaḥ kṣatriyarūpaṃ puruṣarūpo jāyate ya evaṃ

> Indeed, in his offspring is born one who has good appearance, is handsome, possesses the form of a kṣatriya, and possesses the form of a man, who knows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.186) — English, machine translation

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