[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) › 2-3.99 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.99 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99) vara iva vai svargo loka svargasyaiva lokasyarddhyai etadanyo dadyādathānya stotre stotre saptadaśa saptadaśa niṣkāndadyāt devāsurā yajñe'spardhanta te yadyadeva devā yajñe'kurvata tattadvevāsurā anvakurvata te devā abruvanyadyadvāva vayaṃ yajñe kurmahe tattanno'surā anukurvate eta hiraṇyasomena yajāmahā iti atha ha tarhi deveṣveva hiraṇyamāsa nāsureṣu saṃvṛktaṃ ha devairasurāṇāṃ hiraṇyamāsa te hiraṇyasomenāyajanta te stotre stotre saptadaśa saptadaśa niṣkānadaduḥ tadeṣāmasurā nodāśnuvata te'bruvandurāśaṃ batedaṃ devā akrateti tadeva durāśasya durāśatvam tato vai devā abhavanparāsurāḥ bhavatyātmanā parāsya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda tasya śukracandre ādiṣṭasāmanī pavamānayorbhavataḥ sūryācandramasorhyeṣa yajñaḥ stomameva tadrūpeṇa samardhayanti > The heavenly world is indeed like a choice boon, for the success of the heavenly world itself. > One may give this \[boon\], while another gives seventeen gold ornaments at each and every chant. > The gods and the asuras contended in the sacrifice. > Whatever the gods did in the sacrifice, that very thing the asuras copied. > The gods said: "Whatever indeed we do in the sacrifice, that our \[rival\] asuras copy. > Come, let us sacrifice with the gold soma." > Now at that time, gold belonged only to the gods, not to the asuras. > For the gold of the asuras had been appropriated by the gods. > They sacrificed with the gold soma. > At each and every chant, they gave seventeen gold ornaments. > The asuras could not keep pace with that of theirs. > They said: "Alas, the gods have performed a hopeless rite!" > That indeed is the hopelessness of the hopeless. > Then indeed the gods flourished and the asuras were defeated. > He flourishes himself, and his hateful rival is defeated, who knows thus. > For him, the Śukra and Sandra \[sāmans\] are the assigned chants for the two Pavamānas. > For this sacrifice belongs to the sun and the moon. > They thus make the stoma flourish with its proper form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p1) athaiṣo'pacitiḥ > Now this \[rite called\] the Apaciti (Reverence). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p2) prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata > Prajāpati created creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p3) tā enaṃ sṛṣṭā nāpācāyan > Having been created, they did not revere him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p4) so'kāmayata apacitimāsu prajāsu gaccheyamiti > He desired: "May I attain reverence among these creatures." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p5) sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat > He saw this sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p6) tamāharat > He brought it forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p7) tenāyajata > He sacrificed with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p8) tato vai taṃ tā apācāyan > Then indeed they revered him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p9) indramu vai devā nāpācāyan > The gods, on their part, did not revere Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p10) sa prajāpatimupādhāvanna vai meme devā apacāyantīti > He ran up to Prajāpati, saying: "These gods indeed do not revere me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.99.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.99.p11) tasmā etamapacitiṃ yajñaṃ vyadadhāt > For him he arranged this sacrifice, the Apaciti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - 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