<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82 -->

[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) › 18.82

# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 18.82

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 18.82

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82)

etaṃ vai sa kāmamakāmayata  
so'smai kāmassamardhyata  
yatkāma evaitena sāmnā stute samasmai sa kāma ṛdhyate  
tadu śrīreva rājyam  
rājyaṃ vai sa tadagacchat  
aśnute śriyaṃ gacchati rājyaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
yadu sindhukṣidbhārato rājāpaśyattasmātsaindhukṣitamityākhyāyate  
vayamu tvāmapūrvye  
tyapūrvāmiva hyetarhi tanvamagacchan  
tāsu saubharaṃ bṛhatastejaḥ  
vyavaplīnātīva vai vairājaṃ yajñam  
tatsaubhareṇottabhnuvanti bṛhatastejasā  
tadūkāraṇidhanaṃ bhavati  
etadvai pratyakṣaṃ bṛhato rūpaṃ yadūkāro yadīkāraḥ  
tena vai rūpasamṛddham  
imamindra sutaṃ piba jyeṣṭhamamartyaṃ madam  
iti jyaiṣṭhyamiva hyetarhyagacchan  
atho tṛtīyasavana evaitadrasaṃ madaṃ dadhati

> Whatever desire he desired,  
> that desire was fulfilled for him.  
> Whatever desire one has when chanting praise with this sāman, that desire is fulfilled for him.  
> And that prosperity is kingship itself.  
> He then attained kingship.  
> He who knows this attains prosperity and reaches kingship.  
> And because the king Sindhukṣit Bhārata saw it, therefore it is called the Saindhukṣita.  
> 'And we to you, O unprecedented one...'  
> —for they have now reached, as it were, an unprecedented body.  
> On these \[verses is chanted\] the Saubhara, the brilliance of the Bṛhat.  
> For the Vairāja sacrifice tends to slacken, as it were;  
> they shore it up with the Saubhara, with the brilliance of the Bṛhat.  
> It has ū-kāra as its finale.  
> This ū-kāra, this ī-kāra, is the direct form of the Bṛhat.  
> Thereby it is richly endowed with characteristic form.  
> 'Drink this pressed soma, O Indra, the eldest, immortal exhilaration...'  
> —for they have now reached, as it were, superiority.  
> Moreover, thereby they place sap and exhilaration into the third pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p1)

tāsu vāsiṣṭham

> On these \[verses is chanted\] the Vāsiṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p2)

vasiṣṭho vā akāmayata virājaṃ paśyeyaṃ | tāmavarundhīyeti

> Vasiṣṭha desired: 'May I see the Virāj; may I secure it.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p3)

sa prastuvannevaitāṃ daśākṣarāṃ virājamapaśyat

> While chanting the prastāva, he saw this ten-syllable Virāj.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p4)

tāmupait | tāmavārunddha

> He approached it; he secured it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p5)

tadetadvirājo'nnādyasyāvaruddhissāma

> This sāman is the securing of Virāj and food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p6)

ava virājamannādyaṃ runddhe'nnāda śreṣṭha svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda

> He who knows this secures Virāj and food, and becomes an eater of food, the best among his own people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p7)

yadu vasiṣṭho'paśyattasmādvāsiṣṭhamityākhyāyate

> And because Vasiṣṭha saw it, therefore it is called the Vāsiṣṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p8)

tadvevācakṣate vasiṣṭhasyapriyamiti

> They also call it the Vasiṣṭhasyapriya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [18.82.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82.p9)

vasiṣṭho vai jīto hataputro'kāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeyeti

> Vasiṣṭha, bereft and with his sons slain, desired: 'May I proliferate with abundant offspring and cattle.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.18.82) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.82) · Pramāṇa
