[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) › 1.205 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.205 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.205 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205) dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ hantyoṣaṃ śriyamaśnute ya evaṃ veda hiraṇyaṃ saṃpradāyaṃ ṣoḍaśinā stuvanti ṣoḍaśunameva tajjyotiṣmantaṃ kurvanti aśva upatiṣṭhate sāmyekṣyāya bhrātṛvyalokaṃ vāvaiṣāṃ tadvidhamaṃstiṣṭhati yasmājjāto na paro'nyo asti ya ā babhūva bhuvanāni viśvā prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇastrīṇi jyotīṃṣi sacate sa ṣoḍaśī iti ṣoḍaśigrahamavekṣate indraśca samrāḍvaruṇaśca rājā tau te bhakṣayāṃ cakraturagra etam tayorahaṃ bhakṣamanubhakṣayāmi vāgjuṣāṇā somasya tṛpyatu iti ekākṣaraṃ devānāmavamamāsītsaptākṣaraṃ paramam navākṣaramasurāṇāmavamamāsītpañcadaśākṣaraṃ paramam te devā akāmayanta kanīyasā bhūyo'surāṇāṃ vṛñjīmahīti ta ekākṣareṇa pañcadaśākṣaramavṛñjata dvyakṣareṇa caturdaśākṣaraṃ tryakṣareṇa trayodaśākṣaraṃ caturakṣareṇa dvādaśākṣaraṃ pañcākṣareṇaikādaśākṣaraṃ ṣaḍakṣareṇa daśākṣaraṃ saptākṣareṇa navākṣaram aṣṭābhirevāṣṭau evaṃ kanīyasā jyāyaso dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya vṛṅkte ya evaṃ veda > He slays his hateful rival, he swiftly attains fortune, who knows thus. > They chant the stoma of the Ṣoḍaśin handing over gold. > Thereby they make the Ṣoḍaśin itself luminous. > A horse stands by to be looked upon during the sāman. > It stands there driving away the realm of their rivals. > "Than whom no other was born greater, who became all beings, > Prajāpati, bestowing upon his offspring, attains the three lights; he is the sixteenth"— > with these words he looks upon the cup for the Ṣoḍaśin. > "Indra the sovereign ruler and Varuṇa the king, both of them first partook of this of yours; > after both of them I partake of the portion; let speech, enjoying, be satisfied with Soma"—thus with one syllable. > The gods had the lowest with one syllable, the highest with seven syllables. > The asuras had the lowest with nine syllables, the highest with fifteen syllables. > Those gods desired: "With less, may we strip away more from the asuras." > With one syllable they stripped away fifteen syllables; with two syllables, fourteen syllables; with three syllables, thirteen syllables; with four syllables, twelve syllables; with five syllables, eleven syllables; with six syllables, ten syllables; with seven syllables, nine syllables; > with eight syllables, eight indeed. > Thus he strips away the greater \[possessions\] of his hateful rival with less, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p1) ahno'surā nuttā rātriṃ prāviśan > Driven away from the day, the asuras entered the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p2) te devā etamanuṣṭupśīrṣāṇaṃ vajraṃ samabharan > Those gods assembled this thunderbolt having the anuṣṭubh as its head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p3) tenainānabhyavāyan > With it they marched down against them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p4) vāgvā eṣā > This is speech indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p5) vācā jyotiṣānvabhyavāyan > With speech as their light, they marched down after them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p6) virāḍvā eṣā > This is the virāj indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p7) virājā jyotiṣānvabhyavāyan > With the virāj as their light, they marched down after them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p8) na vai suyajña ivātirātraḥ > The Atirātra is indeed not like an easy sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p9) tadyatpāntaṃ bhavati tenaiva yajñaḥ kriyate'hnaśca sulabho rātreśca saṃtatyā > Now, because it consists of pānta, thereby the sacrifice is performed, easily obtained from the day and for the continuity of the night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.205.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205.p10) avyavacchedāya > for non-interruption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.205) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.205) · Pramāṇa