[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) › 1.22 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.22 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22) āruṇirvājasaneyo barkurvārṣṇaḥ priyo jānaṣruteyo buḍila āśvatarāśvirvaiyāghrapadya ityete ha pañca mahābrahmā āsuḥ | athaiteṣāṃ mahatāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ samuditamāruṇerjīvalasya kārīrāderaṣāḍhasya sāvayasyendradyumnasya bhāllaveyasyeti te hocurjanako vā ayaṃ vaideho'gnihotre'nuśiṣṭaḥ sa no'tivadanniva manyata eta tamagnihotre kathāṃ vādayiṣyāma iti te hājagmuḥ te ha brahmacāriṇamūcuḥ pra ṇo brūhīti tānha provāca tebhyo ha proktebhyaḥ pṛthagāsanāni pṛthagudakāni pṛthaṅmadhuparkānpṛthagāvasathānpṛthakpañcabhyaḥ pañcāpacitīścakāra atha haiṣāṃ sabhāga āvavrājoptvā keśaśmaśrūṇi nakhānnikṛtyājyābhyajya daṇḍopānahaṃ bibhrat tānhovāca brāhmaṇāḥ kathā bhagavanto no'nusaṃvādayatheti ati no'vādīriti hocuḥ atha haināṇpūrvāḥ papraccha brāhmaṇāḥ kathā bhagavanto yūyamagnihotraṃ juhutheti ati vai no'vādīriti hocuryo no bhūyasaḥ sataḥ pūrvo'prākṣīḥ gautama pratibrūhīti > Āruṇi Vājasaneya, Barku Vārṣṇa, Priya Jānaśruteya, Buḍila Āśvatarāśvi, \[and\] Vaiyāghrapadya—these five were great sages. Now, these great Brahmins assembled: Āruṇi, Jīvala Kārīrādi, Aṣāḍha Sāvayasa, and Indradyumna Bhāllaveya. > They said: 'This Janaka of Videha has been instructed in the fire-offering; he thinks himself, as it were, to out-talk us. Come, > let us make him talk in discourse on the fire-offering.' > They came. > They said to the Vedic student: 'Announce us.' > He announced them. > For them, when they had been announced, he arranged separate seats, separate water, separate madhuparka offerings, separate dwellings; for each of the five he arranged five honors. > Then he entered into their assembly, having shaved his hair and beard, clipped his nails, anointed himself with ghee, carrying a staff and shoes. > He said to them: 'Brahmins, on what discourse would you venerable ones converse with us?' > 'You have out-talked us!' they said. > Then he asked them first: 'Brahmins, how do you venerable ones perform the fire-offering?' > 'You have out-talked us indeed,' they said, 'in that you, being one, have asked us first who are many. > Gautama, answer!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22.p1) sa hovāca yaśa ityeva samrāḍahamagnihotraṃ juhomi > He said: 'As fame indeed, O Emperor, do I offer the fire-offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.22.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22.p2) tasmādahaṃ yaśo'smi > Therefore I am fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.22.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22.p3) yaśo vāva me prajāyāmantato bhaviteti > Fame indeed will ultimately be in my offspring.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.22) · Pramāṇa