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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.91

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.91)

pavasva vāco agriyaḥ iti śraiṣṭhyakāmaḥ pratipadaṃ kurvīta  
prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata  
tā enaṃ sṛṣṭā nāpācāyan  
so'kāmayata śraiṣṭhyamāsāṃ prajānāṃ gaccheyamiti  
sa etāṃ pratipadamapaśyat  
tayāstuta  
tato vai sa tāsāṃ prajānāṃ śraiṣṭhyamagacchat  
gacchati svānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
eṣo ha vai samṛddhā stotriyā yasyai pavasva ityārambhaḥ  
samṛddhayaivāsya stotriyayā stutaṃ bhavati  
yo vai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ veda pra mithunena jāyate  
pavasva iti ca vācaḥ iti ca daivyaṃ mithunam  
pra mithunena jāyate ya evaṃ veda  
sarveṣāṃ vā eṣā trayāṇāṃ sāmnāṃ pratipatpavasva iti vāmadevyasya vācaḥ iti  
rathantarasya agriyaḥ iti bṛhataḥ  
sarveṣāmasya sāmnāṃ pratipadā stutaṃ bhavati  
soma citrābhirūtibhiḥ iti somo vai devānāṃ citraṃ somenaiva devānāṃ citreṇa  
bahurbhavati prajāyate  
abhi viśvāni kāvyā iti viśvamevaitena kāvyamavarunddhe

> “Flow, leader of speech”: one desiring preeminence should make this the opening verse. / Prajāpati created creatures. / Having been created, they did not respect him. / He desired: “May I attain preeminence over these creatures.” / He saw this opening verse. / He praised with it. / Thereupon he attained preeminence over those creatures. / He who knows thus attains preeminence over his own people. / That stotriyā verse is indeed complete whose beginning is “Flow.” / With a complete stotriyā verse praise is performed for him. / Whoever knows the divine pair is propagated as a pair. / “Flow” and “of speech” are the divine pair. / He who knows thus is propagated as a pair. / This is the opening verse of all three sāmans: “Flow” belongs to the Vāmadevya, “of speech” to the Rathantara, “leader” to the Bṛhat. / Praise is performed for him with an opening verse belonging to all the sāmans. / “O Soma, with wonderful aids”: Soma, indeed, is the wonder of the gods; by Soma, the wonder of the gods, he becomes manifold and is propagated. / “Towards all poetic wisdoms”: by this he secures all poetic wisdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.91.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.91.p1)

pavasvendo vṛṣā sutaḥ iti jane pratiṣṭhākāmaḥ pratipadaṃ kurvīta

> “Flow, O drop, pressed as a bull”: one desiring a firm footing among the people should make this the opening verse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.91.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.91.p2)

kṛdhī no yaśaso janaḥ iti hyasyai yaśasyeva jane bhavati

> “Make us renowned among the people,” for \[the verse\] says this: he becomes renowned among the people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.91.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.91.p3)

vṛṣā sutaḥ iti vṛṣeva vai prajanitevādhipatiriva tasyāṃ janatāyāṃ bhavati

> “Pressed as a bull”: like a bull, like a progenitor, like an overlord he becomes among that community,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.91) — English, machine translation

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