[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) › 1.197 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.197 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197) etenaiṣāṃ chandobhiśchandāṃsi saṃvṛjya māmupasaṃpādayatheti ta ekākṣareṇa pañcadaśākṣaramavṛñjata dvyakṣareṇa caturdaśākṣaram sānuṣṭubabhavat tāṃ prajāpatimupasamapādayan tryakṣareṇa trayodaśākṣaraṃ caturakṣareṇa dvādaśākṣaram sānuṣṭubabhavat tāṃ prajāpatimupasamapādayan pañcākṣareṇaikādaśākṣaraṃ ṣaḍakṣareṇa daśākṣaram sānuṣṭubabhavat tāṃ prajāpatimupasamapādayan saptākṣareṇa navākṣaramaṣṭābhirevāṣṭau sānuṣṭubabhavat tāṃ prajāpatimupasamapādayan teṣāṃ chandobhirevaṃ chandāṃsi saṃvṛyāsurānniravāghnan tānniravahatāndārānyataḥ prajāpatiraśvo'ruṇapiśaṅgo bhūtvā parāprothat ta eta udanteṣvadhigamyanta ekaika iva tato vai devā abhavanparāsurāḥ bhavatyātmanā parāsya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda > 'Having wrested away their meters with \[your\] meters by means of this, bring them to match me.' With the one-syllabled they wrested away the fifteen-syllabled, with the two-syllabled the fourteen-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the three-syllabled the thirteen-syllabled, with the four-syllabled the twelve-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the five-syllabled the eleven-syllabled, with the six-syllabled the ten-syllabled. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. With the seven-syllabled the nine-syllabled, with eight, eight. That became an Anuṣṭubh. They made it match Prajāpati. Having thus wrested away their meters with their meters, they struck down the Asuras. Prajāpati, having become a reddish-brown horse, snorted away those who were driven away into the clefts. They are found as if one by one at the borders. Then indeed the gods prospered, the Asuras were defeated. He prospers himself, his hostile rival is defeated, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197.p1) kanīyasvina iva vai devā āsanbhūyasvino'surāḥ > The gods were of smaller number, as it were; the Asuras were of greater number. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197.p2) kanīyasā vai teṣāṃ tvetadbhūyo'vṛñjata > With the lesser they indeed wrested away the greater of theirs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.197.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197.p3) tasmātkanīyāngrāmo jyāyāṃsaṃ grāmaṃ pratisaṃyatate > Therefore a smaller band fights against a larger band. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.197) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197) · Pramāṇa