[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) › 18.83 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 18.83 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 18.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83) sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata so'bravītpriyaṃ vāvedaṃ mamābhūdyena priyāṃ prajāmavārutsīti tadeva priyasya priyatvam tadetatprajananaṃ sāma bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate ya evaṃ veda yadu vasiṣṭho'paśyattasmādvasiṣṭhasyapriyamityākhyāyate tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati paśavo vā iḷā paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti atha ṣoḍaśī prātassavanabhājanaṃ prathamamahar | mādhyandinabhājanaṃ dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyasavanabhājanaṃ tṛtīyam athaitadukthabhājanam ukthānāṃ vā eṣa eko yatṣoḍaśī tadyadatra ṣoḍaśī kriyate svenaivainaṃ tadāyatanena samṛddhayanti tenaibhyassamṛddhena svāyāṃ janatāyāmṛddhukaṃ bhavati > He saw this sāman. > With it he chanted praise. > Thereupon he proliferated with abundant offspring and cattle. > He said: 'Indeed, this dear thing has come to me, by which I have secured dear offspring.' > That is the nature of the beloved (priya). > This sāman brings about procreation. > He who knows this proliferates with abundant offspring and cattle. > And because Vasiṣṭha saw it, therefore it is called the Vasiṣṭhasyapriya. > It is the Achāvāka's sāman with an Iḷā finale. > Cattle are Iḷā. > Thereby they firmly establish themselves in cattle. > Now, the Ṣoḍaśin: > The first day pertains to the morning pressing; the second pertains to the midday pressing; the third pertains to the third pressing. > And this \[day\] pertains to the Uktha. > For the Ṣoḍaśin is one of the Ukthas. > Since the Ṣoḍaśin is performed here, they thereby cause him to thrive in his own domain. > Because he has thrived for them, he becomes prosperous among his own people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p1) govitpavasva vasuviddhiraṇyavid > 'Flow forth, cattle-winner, wealth-winner, gold-winner...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p2) iti simānāṃ rūpam > —such is the form of the Simans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p3) kariṣyaddharivattraiṣṭubhaṃ rūpam > Containing the future tense and the word 'hari', it has the form of the Triṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p4) tasmādetāstraiṣṭubhe'hankriyante > Therefore these \[chants\] are performed on the Triṣṭubh day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p5) retodhā indo bhuvaneṣvarpita > 'Seed-placer, O drop, placed among creatures...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p6) ityṛṣabhamevaitadretodhāṃ prātassavane mahānāmnīṣvapisṛjanti prajananāya > —thereby they join the seed-placing bull to the Mahānāmnī verses at the morning pressing for the sake of procreation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p7) tvaṃ suvīro asi soma viśvavid > 'You are very heroic, O Soma, knowing all...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p8) iti simānāṃ rūpam > —that is the characteristic mark of the Simā verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p9) taṃ tvā viprā upa girema āsata iti brāhmaṇā ha vai viprās | ta evainaṃ > ‘To you, wise poets, we have sat singing praises’—the wise poets are indeed the Brahmins. They thus > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [18.83.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83.p10) tadgiropāsate > worship him with praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.18.83) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.83) · Pramāṇa