[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) › 2-3.79 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.79 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79) haribhyāmāyāhīti vāvainaṃ tadāha prānāpānau vāsya harī tau hīdaṃ sarvaṃ hartārau harataḥ atho ahorātrau vāsya harī tau hīdaṃ sarvaṃ hartārau harataḥ medhātithermeṣeti mehdātitherha meṣo bhūtvā rājānaṃ papau vṛṣaṇaśvasya mena iti vṛṣaṇaśvasya ha menā bhūtvā maghavā kula uvāsa gaurāvaskandinniti tato haiva gauro bhūtvārṇavamavacaskanda ahalyāyai jāreti ahalyāyai ha maitreyyai jāra āsa kauśika brāhmaṇa kauśika bruvāṇeti yaddha vā āsurairmahāsaṃgrāmaṃ saṃyete taddha vedānnirācakāra tānha viśvāmitrādadhijage tato haiva kauśika ūce atha ha vā eke kauśika brāhmaṇa gautama bruvāṇetyāhvayanti - > "Come with your two bay steeds!" is what he thereby says to him. Breath and out-breath are his two bay steeds, for these two carry off (harataḥ) all this; and day and night are his two bay steeds, for these two carry off all this. 'Ram of Medhātithi!' Having become the ram of Medhātithi, he drank the King \[Soma\]. 'Menā of Vṛṣaṇaśva!' Having become the Menā of Vṛṣaṇaśva, the bounteous one dwelt in the house. 'Leaper on the gaur-antelope!' Then having become a gaur-antelope, he leaped down upon the ocean. 'Lover of Ahalyā!' He was the lover of Ahalyā Maitreyī. 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Kauśika!' When the great battle with the Asuras was joined, he rejected the Vedas; he learned them from Viśvāmitra; thence he was called a Kauśika. Now some invoke: 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Gautama—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p1) - tadu ha vā āruṇinaiva yaśasvinopajñātam > —but that was devised by Āruṇi alone who possessed fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p2) tasmādu tasyāśāṃ neyāt > Therefore one should not go after that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p3) tasmātkauśika brāhmaṇa kauśika bruvāṇetyevāhvayet > Therefore one should invoke only: 'Kauśika Brahmin, calling yourself Kauśika!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p4) devā brahmāṇa āgacchatāgacchateti devāṃścaiva tadbrāhmaṇāṃśca samāmantrayante > 'Gods, Brahmins, come, come!'—thereby they address both the gods and the Brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p5) te hāsmai samāmantritāssumatimicchante > Having been addressed, they seek benevolence for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p6) tasmādu ha samāmantrya māparādhnuyānnenmopavadāditi > Therefore, having addressed them, he should not err, lest one blame him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p7) tadāhuḥ kiṃchandassubrahmaṇyeti > On this they say: 'In what meter is the Subrahmaṇyā formula?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p8) triṣṭubiti brūyāt > He should say: 'In the Triṣṭubh meter.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p9) ṣandrī hi triṣṭubiti > "For the Triṣṭubh belongs to Indra (ṣandrī)." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p10) tadāhuḥ kiṃdevatyā subrahmaṇyeti > On this they say: 'To what deity is the Subrahmaṇyā formula dedicated?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p11) ṣandrīti brūyāt > He should say: 'It belongs to Indra.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p12) indraṃ hyenayāhvayatīti > "For with it he invokes Indra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p13) atho ha brūyādvaiśvadevīti > And he might also say: 'It belongs to the All-Gods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p14) viśvānhyenayā devānāhvayatīti > "For with it he invokes all the gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p15) tadāhuryadanyā hotrā stotravatyaśśastravatyo'tha kva subrahmaṇyāyai stotraṃ kva > On this they say: 'Since other priestly duties have chants (stotra) and recitations (śastra), where is the chant for the Subrahmaṇyā priest, and where > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.79.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79.p16) śastramiti > the recitation?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.79) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṭyāyanabrāhmaṇa (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satyayana*fragments.1.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.79) · Pramāṇa