[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) › 1.198 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.198 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.198 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.198) tasmādu kanīyāṃso bhūyaso'mitrāñjayanti kanīyasvī bhūyasvinaṃ vṛñjate ya evaṃ veda eṣā ha khalu vai pratyakṣaṃ paṅktiryatpañcākṣarā pañcapadā paṅktiṣu ṣoḍaśinā stuvanti puruṣacchandasaṃ vai paṅktiḥ yatpāṅktaḥ puruṣaḥ puruṣādevaitadāptāṃ vācaṃ nirmimate tasmātpuruṣassarvā vāco vadati āpta iva vā etarhi sarvavāk tadyadanuṣṭupsu stuvanti yathā kumbhyāsūpadastāsu mahodadhīnupadhāvayettādṛktat kanīyāṃsi chandāṃsi jyāyassu chandassvadhyūhanti jitadevatyāni vā etāni yatkanīyāṃsi tasmājjyāyassu chandassvadhyūhanti eṣāṃ ha khalu vai chandasāṃ vīryavattamā yā tryakṣaraikapadā tābhiryacchandāṃsi upasṛjanti vīryasyaivāvaruddhyai nidhanamabhyatisvarati ahno vai devā rātrimabhyatyakrāman abhi bhrātṛvyalokaṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda bhrātṛvyabhājanamiva hyeṣā yadrātriḥ > Therefore the fewer conquer the more numerous enemies. He who knows this, having fewer \[means\], overcomes one who has more. This is indeed the manifest Paṅkti, which has five syllables and five pādas. They praise with the Ṣoḍaśin on Paṅkti verses. The Paṅkti is the meter of man. Because man is fivefold, they fashion from man speech that is attained. Therefore man speaks all speech. For now he is as if possessing all speech. That they praise on Anuṣṭubh verses is just as if one, when jars are exhausted, were to run to the great oceans. They transpose the smaller meters into the larger meters. These smaller ones are those whose deities have been conquered. Therefore they transpose them into the larger meters. The most vigorous among these meters is that which has three syllables and one pāda. When they insert meters with them, it is only to secure vigor. He sounds across into the finale (nidhana). The gods indeed advanced against the night from the day. He who knows this conquers the rival's world; for this night is, as it were, the portion of the rival. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.197.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.197.p3) - [Next: 1.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.199) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.198) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.198) · Pramāṇa