[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) › 1.209 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.209 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.209 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209) śarvarī vai nāṃ rātriḥ te devā abruvannapi vai naḥ śarvaryāṃ abhūditi tadevāpiśarvarāṇāmapiśarvaratvam api ha vā asya śarvaryāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda asureṣu vā idamagra āsīt taddevā abhijityābruvankena nvahorātre upariṣṭātsaṃdadhyāmeti ta etadrāthantaraṃ saṃdhimapaśyan tenāhorātre upariṣṭātsamadadhuḥ yatsamadadhustatsaṃdhersaṃdhitvam āśvinaṃ ha khalu vai saṃdheruktham mahati rātre saṃdhinā stuvanti ā sūryasyodetorāśvinamanuśasyate'horātrayoreva saṃtatyā ahorātrayoḥ samārambhāya ahorātre devā abhijitya te vajrameva paridhimakurvata paśūnāṃ guptyā asurāṇāmanabhyavacārāya tadyadetā uṣṇiho'ntataḥ kriyante vajro vā uṣṇiho vajreṇaiva tatpaśūnparigṛhṇātyaparāvāpāya nāsya vittaṃ paropyate ya evaṃ veda > The night is indeed the Śarvarī. The gods said: 'A share has indeed come to us in the Śarvarī.' That is why the Apiśarvara \[hymns\] are called Apiśarvara. A share in the Śarvarī indeed comes to him who knows this. In the beginning, this \[all\] was with the Asuras. The gods, having conquered it, said: 'With what now shall we join day and night from above?' They saw this Rathantara Saṃdhi \[sāman\]. With it they joined day and night from above. Because they joined (samadadhuḥ), that is the nature of the Saṃdhi (saṃdhersaṃdhitvam). The Āśvina is indeed the recitation (uktha) of the Saṃdhi. They chant the praise with the Saṃdhi in the dead of night. The Āśvina \[recitation\] is recited until the rising of the sun, for the continuous connection of day and night, for the grasping together of day and night. The gods, having conquered day and night, made the vajra itself an enclosing-stick, for the protection of cattle, so that the Asuras would not approach. When these Uṣṇih verses are used at the end, the Uṣṇih is indeed a vajra; by means of the vajra he thus encloses the cattle, so that they may not be scattered away. His property is not scattered away, who knows this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p1) asureṣu vā idamagra āsīt > In the beginning, this was indeed with the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p2) taddevā abhijityābruvanvīdaṃ bhajāmahā iti > The gods, having conquered it, said: 'Let us divide this amongst ourselves.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p3) tasya vibhāge na samapādayan > They could not agree upon its division. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p4) te'bruvannājimasyāyāmeti > They said: 'Let us run a race for it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p5) ta ājimāyan > They ran a race. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.209.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209.p6) agneḥ prathamo ratha āsīdathoṣaso'thāśvinoḥ > Agni's chariot was first, then the Dawn's, then the Aśvins'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.209) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.209) · Pramāṇa