[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) › 1.204 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.204 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.204 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204) salomatāyai aupoditirha smāha gaupālayo viśālaṃ libujayābhyadhādanuṣṭubhi nānadamakṛdgaurīvitena ṣoḍaśinamatuṣṭuvanna śriyā avapadya iti na ha vai śriyā avapadyate ya evaṃ veda tadu śvastanavadapi prajāyā upakḷhaptam śakvarīṣu ṣoḍaśisāma kurvīta paśukāmaḥ vajro vai soḍaśī paśavaśśakvaryaḥ vajreṇaiva paśuṃ spṛṇoti paśumānbhavati śakvarīṣu ṣoḍaśisāma kurvīta yaḥ kāmayeta vajrī syāmiti vajro vai ṣoḍaśī vajraśśakvaryaḥ vajreṇaiva vajraṃ spṛṇoti vajrī bhavati virāṭsvannādyakāmaṣṣoḍaśisāma kurvīta vajro vai ṣoḍaśyannaṃ virāṭ vajreṇaivānnādyaṃ spṛṇotyattyannamannādo bhavati tāstrayastriṃśadakṣarā bhavanti tato yānyekaviṃśatiḥ pratiṣṭhā sā atha yāni dvādaśa prajananaṃ tat prati pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tiṣṭhati prajāyate no cāntasthāyāṃ jīyate ya evaṃ veda > Aupoditi Gaupālayo used to say: 'He tied the wide one with a creeping plant; he did not make the Nānada in the Anuṣṭubh; chanting the Ṣoḍaśin with the Gaurīvita, he does not fall from prosperity.' One who knows thus indeed does not fall from prosperity. And that also is prepared for his progeny for tomorrow. One who desires cattle should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Śakvarī verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Śakvarī verses are cattle. By the thunderbolt he secures cattle; he becomes rich in cattle. One who desires, 'May I possess the thunderbolt,' should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Śakvarī verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Śakvarī verses are the thunderbolt. By the thunderbolt he secures the thunderbolt; he becomes possessed of the thunderbolt. One who desires food should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Virāj verses. The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Virāj is food. By the thunderbolt he secures proper food; he eats food; he becomes an eater of food. They are thirty-three syllables. There, that which is twenty-one is the support; and that which is twelve is procreation. He stands firm in support; he is propagated; and he is not ruined in the intermediate state, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p1) pra vo mahe mahevṛdhe bharadhvamityetā vai virājaḥ > 'Bring forth to the great, the enlarger of the great'—these indeed are Virāj verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p2) anuṣṭupsu ṣoḍaśisāma kurvīta yaḥ kāmayeta na mānyā vāgativadediti > One who desires, 'May no other speech surpass me,' should make the Ṣoḍaśin sāman on Anuṣṭubh verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p3) vajro vai ṣoḍaśī vāganuṣṭup > The Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt; the Anuṣṭubh is speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p4) vajreṇaiva vācaṃ spṛṇoti nainamanyā vāgativadati > By the thunderbolt he secures speech; no other speech surpasses him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p5) ā tiṣṭha vṛtrahanrathamityetā vā anuṣṭubhaḥ > 'Mount the chariot, O slayer of Vṛtra'—these indeed are Anuṣṭubh verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p6) athaitāstryakṣarā ekapadā bhavanti > Now these are three-syllabled, single-footed \[verses\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p7) viṣṇośchando bhūrijaśśakvarya iti > 'Viṣṇu's meter, over-abundant, are the Śakvarī verses.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.204.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204.p8) etābhirvā indro vṛtramahannetābhiśśriyāmāśnutauṣameva > By means of these, Indra slew Vṛtra; by means of these, he swiftly attained fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.204) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.204) · Pramāṇa