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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.128

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.128

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.128)

śaśvaddha yāvāneva rathayānāya tāvānājirāsa  
tato vai sa tamājimudajayat  
yadbṛhaspatirudajayattasmādbṛhaspatisavaḥ  
tamājimujjigivāṃsamindro'bravītpurastvā dadhe  
māmanena yajñena yājayeti  
tatheti  
taṃ puro'dhatta  
tenainamayājayat  
tato vā indrassarveṣāṃ devānāṃ śraiṣṭhyamagacchat  
gacchati svānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
sa vā eṣa dvayoreva yajño brāhmaṇasya caiva rājanyasya ca  
yadbṛhasoatirudajayattena brāhmaṇasya  
yadindro'yajata teno rājanyasya  
sa u hendrasyaivaikasya purohita āsa netareṣāṃ devānām  
so'kāmayata sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ purodhāṃ gaccheyamiti  
sa etenaiva yajñenāyajata  
tato vai sa sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ purodhāmagacchat  
bṛhaspatirvai devānāṃ purohitaḥ

> The racecourse was indeed just as wide as the passage of a chariot. Thereupon he won that race. Because Bṛhaspati won, therefore it is the Bṛhaspatisava. To him, who had won that race, Indra said: 'I will appoint you as \[my\] domestic priest; sacrifice for me with this sacrifice.' Saying, 'So be it,' he appointed him as domestic priest. With it he sacrificed for him. Thereupon Indra attained preeminence among all the gods. He who knows thus attains preeminence among his own people. That sacrifice belongs only to two: to the Brahmin and to the nobleman. Because Bṛhaspati won it, it belongs to the Brahmin; because Indra sacrificed with it, it belongs to the nobleman. He was the domestic priest of Indra alone, not of the other gods. He desired, 'May I attain the domestic priesthood of all the gods.' He sacrificed with this very sacrifice. Thereupon he attained the domestic priesthood of all the gods. Bṛhaspati is indeed the domestic priest of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.128.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.128.p1)

sa trivṛdrathantarasāmā bhavati

> It is a ninefold \[stoma\] having the Rathantara sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.128.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.128.p2)

brahma vai trivṛdbrahma rathantaram

> The ninefold \[stoma\] is the brahman; the Rathantara is the brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.128) — English, machine translation

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