[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) › 1.226 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.226 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.226 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226) atha maidhātitham kāṇvāyanāḥ sattrādutthāyāyanta āyuñjānāḥ kāṇvāyanāḥ sattrādutthāyāyanta āyuñjānāḥ te hodgīthā iti kimudvatyaitadvanāmurvārubahuvṛttamaśanāyanta upeyuḥ te'kāmayantemāneva paśūnbhūtānutsṛjemahīti sa etanmedhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ sāmāpaśyat tenopanyaṣīdan ā tvetā ni ṣīdatendramabhi pra gāyata | sakhāyaḥ stomavāhasaḥ purūtamaṃ purūṇāmīśānaṃ vāryāṇām | indraṃ some sacā sute sa ghā no yoga ā bhuvatsa rāye sa purandhyām iti paśavo vai rayiḥ tato vai te tānpaśūnbhūtānudasṛjanta hiṃkāreṇa haivainānutsasṛjire te haite'tra paścādurvārupṛśnaya iti paśavaḥ tadetatpaśūnāmutsṛṣṭiḥ sāma ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavati ya evaṃ veda yadu medhātithiḥ kāṇvo'paśyattasmānmaidhātithamityākhyāyate > Now the Maidhātitha. > The descendants of Kaṇva, having risen from a sacrificial session, went on, yoking \[their carts\]. > The descendants of Kaṇva, having risen from a sacrificial session, went on, yoking \[their carts\]. > They, chanting, hungry, approached this grove full of cucumbers, wondering what they might eat. > They desired: 'May we produce these as living cattle.' > Medhātithi Kāṇva saw this sāman. > They sat down near it \[and sang\]: > 'Come here, sit down, sing forth unto Indra, / O friends who bring the stoma, > most abundant among the many, the lord of desirable things, / unto Indra when Soma is pressed; > may he be with us in acquisition, may he be for wealth, may he be for wisdom.' > Wealth is cattle. > Then indeed they produced them as living cattle. > With the sound 'hiṃ' indeed they produced them. > These are the speckled-cucumber cattle here behind. > This sāman is the production of cattle. > He secures cattle, he becomes rich in cattle, who knows thus. > And because Medhātithi Kāṇva saw it, therefore it is called Maidhātitha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p1) atha saumedham > Now the Saumedha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p2) devā vā asurānhatvāpūtā ivāmedhyā amanyanta > The gods, having slain the Asuras, thought themselves unpurified, as it were, and impure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p3) te'kāmayanta pūtā medhyāḥ syāmeti > They desired: 'May we be purified and pure.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p4) ta etatsāmāpaśyan > They saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p5) tenāstuvata > They praised with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.226.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226.p6) tato vai pūtā medhyā abhavan > Then indeed they became purified and pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.226) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.1.5.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.226) · Pramāṇa