[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) › 11.41 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 11.41 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 11.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11.41) yadyadvai devā yajñe'kurvata | tattadvevāsurā anvakurvata te devā abruvanyadyadvāva vayaṃ yajñe kurmahe | tattanno'surā anukurvate etemaṃ trayaṃ vedaṃ gāthayā saṃsṛjāmeti te trayaṃ vedaṃ gāthayā saṃyuktaṃ nyāsyan tamasurā abruvanna vā ayamabhūdyaṃ gāthayā samasrākṣuḥ etemaṃ jahāmeti tamajahuḥ tasmāddhīnāddevā etaṃ gāthāyai rasaṃ prāvṛhanta sa eṣa pragātho'bhavat tadyadgāthāyai rasaṃ prāvṛhanta | tatpragāthasya pragāthatvam sa haiṣa rasa eva pravṛḍhaḥ rasena hāsya stutaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānpragāthena stute atha ha vā agra ṛkca gāthā ca sadṛśyāvevāsatur | tānyānyāmati te ājimaitām saitaṃ ṛggāthāyai rasaṃ prāvṛhata sa eṣa pragātho'bhavat tadyadgāthāyai rasaṃ prāvṛhata | tadveva pragāthasya pragāthatvam sa haiṣa rasa eva pravṛḍhaḥ rasena hāsya stutaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānpragāthena stute > Whatever the gods did in the sacrifice, the Asuras imitated it. The gods said: “Whatever we do in the sacrifice, that the Asuras imitate. Come, let us mix this triple Veda with song.” They cast down the triple Veda combined with song. The Asuras said about it: “This has become nothing, which they have mixed with song. Come, let us abandon this.” They abandoned it. From that abandoned \[compound\], the gods drew forth this essence of song. That became this pragātha. Because they drew forth (prāvṛhanta) the essence of song, that is the nature of a pragātha (pragāthatva). It is indeed the essence drawn forth. He who, knowing this, praises with a pragātha, praises with essence. Now in the beginning, verse and song were equal; each surpassed the other. They ran a race. The verse drew forth this essence from the song. That became this pragātha. Because it drew forth (prāvṛhata) the essence, that also is the nature of a pragātha. It is indeed the essence drawn forth. He who, knowing this, praises with a pragātha, praises with essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11.40) - [Next: 11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11.42) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.11.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.11.41) · Pramāṇa