[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) › 1.42 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.42 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42) sa hovācābhūdbatedaṃ kiṃ svididamiti taṃ hocuḥ pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ pṛcchāsi sa ta idaṃ pravakteti caturthaṃ hājagāma dve striyau mahadvittaṃ jugupatuḥ sa hovācābhūdbatedaṃ kiṃ svididamiti taṃ hocuḥ pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ pṛcchāsi sa ta idaṃ pravakteti pañcamaṃ hājagāma lohitakulyāṃ ca ghṛtakulyāṃ ca prabāhuksyandamāne sā yā lohitakulyāsa tāṃ kṛṣṇo nagnaḥ puruṣo musalī jugopa atha yā ghṛtakulyā tasyai hiraṇmayāḥ puruṣā hiraṇmayaiścamasaissarvānkāmānudācire sa hovācābhūdbatedaṃ kiṃ svididamiti taṃ hocuḥ pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ pṛcchāsi sa ta idaṃ pravakteti ṣaṣṭhaṃ hājagāma pañca nadīḥ puṣkariṇīḥ puṇḍarīkiṇīrmadhūdakāssyandamānāḥ tāsu nṛttagītaṃ vīṇāghoṣo'psarasāṃ gaṇāssurabhirgandho mahānghoṣo babhūva sa hovācābhūdbatedaṃ kiṃ svididamiti taṃ hocuḥ pitaraṃ varuṇaṃ pṛcchāsi sa ta idaṃ pravakteti > He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a fourth \[place\]. Two women guarded great wealth. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a fifth \[place\]: a river of blood and a river of ghee flowing side by side. That which was a river of blood, a black, naked man armed with a club guarded it. Then that which was a river of ghee, for it golden men with golden cups bailed out all desires. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' He arrived at a sixth \[place\]: five rivers, rich in lotuses, rich in white lotuses, flowing with sweet-water. In them there was dancing and singing, the sound of the lute, troops of apsarases, fragrant perfume, \[and\] a great sound. He said: 'Alas! What on earth is this?' They said to him: 'Ask your father Varuṇa; he will explain this to you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p1) sa ha tata evāvavṛte > He turned back from right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p2) sa ha varuṇamevājagāma > He came straight to Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p3) taṃ hovācāgāstātā3 iti > He said to him: 'Have you come, my dear child?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p4) āgāṃ tateti > 'I have come, father,' \[he said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p5) adarśastātā3 iti > 'Did you see, my dear child?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p6) adarśaṃ tateti > 'I did see, father,' \[he said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p7) kiṃ tātā3 iti > 'What, my dear child?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p8) puruṣa eva puruṣaṃ saṃvṛścyāthainamaghaditi > 'A man indeed, having chopped up a man, then devoured him,' he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p9) omiti hovāca > 'Yes,' he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p10) ye vā asmim̐lloke'gnihotraṃ juhvato naivaṃvido vanaspatīnsaṃvṛścyābhyādadhati > 'Those who, offering the fire-offering in this world without knowing thus, chop up trees and lay them \[on the fire\],' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p11) tānvā amuṣmim̐lloke vanaspatayaḥ puruṣarūpaṃ kṛtvā pratyadanti > 'trees indeed, having taken human form, devour them in return in that world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p12) tasya kā niṣkṛtiriti > 'What is the expiation for that?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p13) yadevaitatsamidhamabhyādadhāti sā tasya niṣkṛtistayā tadatimucyata iti > 'When he thus lays on a kindling-stick, that is the expiation for it; through that he is released from it,' he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p14) kiṃ dvitīyamiti > 'What was the second?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p15) puruṣa eva puruṣamākrandayantamaghaditi > 'A man indeed devoured a man who was screaming,' he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p16) omiti hovāca > 'Yes,' he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.42.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42.p17) ye vā asmim̐lloke'gnihotraṃ juhvato naivaṃvidaḥ paśūnākrandayataḥ pacante tānvā > 'Those who, offering the fire-offering in this world without knowing thus, cook cattle that are screaming, cattle indeed,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.42) · Pramāṇa