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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.190

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.190

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190)

tenainadvyāyan  
yaṃ dviṣyāttaṃ manasā dhyāyet  
etamardheḷamupāvayanvyevainamety  
adhyardheḷe svarati  
tasmāddhūyārdharā atikṣaranti  
aṣāḍho ha sāvayaso'tirātreṇeje  
tadu hātidhanvaśśaunakaḥ prasṛpta | āsa  
sa hodveśīyamatirātre chāvākasāma cakre  
taṃ hovāca maivaṃ kuruta  
pralupteḷāḥ svaraḥ parastādapratiṣṭhitaḥ pāricaryasya rūpamiti  
sa hovāca tāṃ vai vayaṃ kṛtsnāmiḷāmupetya svareṇaiva saṃtatya rātriṃ pravatsyāmahā  
iti  
neti hetara uvāca  
indro vāva tena sāmnāsurānanvabhyavait  
te balaṃ svaraṃ viditvā pratyādravan  
taṃ prākurvata  
sa prakṛta etamardheḷe nyahan  
trāṇāya vā eṣa yadardheḷa | iti

> By it they dispersed this \[darkness\]. The one whom he hates he should think of in his mind. Approaching this half-iḷā, he goes through him. He sounds over the half-iḷā. Therefore \[...\]. Aṣāḍha Sāvayasa sacrificed with an Atirātra. Atidhanvan Śaunaka was present there. He made the Udveśīya the Acchāvāka's sāman at the Atirātra. He said to him: "Do not do so! The musical tone, falling away from the iḷās, unsupported beyond, is a form of wandering." He said: "Reaching that whole iḷā, connecting \[it\] with the musical tone itself, we will journey across the night." "Not so!" said the other. "Indra indeed approached the Asuras with that sāman. Knowing the musical tone to be his strength, they rushed against him. They took him ahead. When he was taken ahead, he struck down in this half-iḷā. This half-iḷā is indeed for protection."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.190.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190.p1)

nārmedhameva kāryam

> Only the Nārmedha is to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.190.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190.p2)

tadaiḷe bhavati

> It is based on the iḷā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.190.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190.p3)

paśavo vā iḷā

> The iḷā is cattle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.190.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190.p4)

paśubhirvāva te tānrātrerniravāghnan

> With cattle they drove them out of the night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.190.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.190.p5)

tasmānnārmedhameva kāryamiti

> Therefore only the Nārmedha is to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.190) — English, machine translation

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