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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.222

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.222

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.222)

abhi tvā vṛṣabhā sute ityārṣabham  
indro vā akāmayatarṣabhaḥ sarvāsāṃ prajānāṃ syāmṛṣabhatāṃ gaccheyamiti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
tato vai sa ṛṣabhaḥ sarvāsāṃ prajānāmabhavadṛṣabhatāṃ agacchat  
tadevārṣabhasyārṣabhatvam  
ṛṣabha eva svānāṃ bhavatyṛṣabhatāṃ gacchati ya evaṃ veda  
tadvevācakṣate daivodāsamiti  
divodāso vai vādhryaśvirakāmayatobhayaṃ brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvarundhīya rājā  
sannṛṣiḥ syāmiti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
tato vai sa ubhayaṃ brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvārunddha rājā sannṛṣirabhavat  
ubhayameva brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāvarunddhe rājā sannṛṣirbhavati ya evaṃ veda  
yadu divodāso vādhryaśvirapaśyattasmāddaivodāsamityākhyāyate

> 'Unto you, O bull, in the pressed \[soma\]...' is the Ārṣabha \[sāman\].  
> Indra indeed desired: 'May I be the bull of all creatures, may I attain bullhood.'  
> He saw this sāman.  
> He praised with it.  
> Then indeed he became the bull of all creatures, he attained bullhood.  
> That is the bullhood of the Ārṣabha.  
> He becomes the bull of his own people, he attains bullhood, who knows thus.  
> They also call it Daivodāsa.  
> Divodāsa Vādhryaśva indeed desired: 'May I secure both spiritual power and lordly power; being a king, may I be a seer.'  
> He saw this sāman.  
> He praised with it.  
> Then indeed he secured both spiritual power and lordly power; being a king, he became a seer.  
> He secures both spiritual power and lordly power, being a king he becomes a seer, who knows thus.  
> And because Divodāsa Vādhryaśva saw it, therefore it is called Daivodāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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