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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.55

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 14.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55)

taccaturakṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati catuṣpadā vai paśavaḥ  
paśava uṣṇigabhipūrvāṇāmeva paśūnāmavaruddhyai

> It has a four-syllabled finale; four-footed indeed are cattle.  
> The Uṣṇih meter is cattle, for the obtaining of cattle in regular succession.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p1)

śrudhī havaṃ tiraścyā

> 'Hear the call of Tiraścī'—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p2)

iti tairaścam

> thus \[is\] the Tairaśca.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p3)

ūrdhvānvā anye lokāndevāścarṣayaścājayan

> Other gods and seers conquered the upward worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p4)

atha tiraścirāṅgiraso'kāmayata tiraśco'haṃ lokāñjayeyaṃ | yenemā āpa

> Then Tiraścī Āṅgirasa desired: 'May I conquer the transverse worlds, by which these waters  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p5)

syandante | yenāyaṃ vāyuḥ pavate | yenāsābāditya eti | yena candramā

> flow, by which this wind blows, by which yonder sun moves, by which the moon,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p6)

yena nakṣatrāṇīti

> by which the constellations \[move\]!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p7)

sa etatsāmāpaśyat

> He saw this sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p8)

tenāstuta

> With it he praised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p9)

tena tiraśco lokānajayad | yenemā āpa syandante | yenāyaṃ vāyuḥ pavate

> With it he conquered the transverse worlds, by which these waters flow, by which this wind blows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p10)

yenāsāvāditya eti | yena candramā yena nakṣatrāṇi

> by which yonder sun moves, by which the moon, by which the constellations \[move\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p11)

ūrdhānha vā anyaiḥ karmabhirlokāñjayanti

> Truly, by other rites they conquer the upward worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p12)

athaitena tiraśca ubhayām̐llokānsadhrīcaḥ

> Then by this, \[they conquer\] the transverse ones; both sets of worlds united  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.55.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.55.p13)

jayati tiraścaś | cordhvāṃśca ya evaṃ veda

> he conquers, both the transverse and the upward, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.14.55) — English, machine translation

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