[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) › 2-4.150 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.150 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.150 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150) dvayā u ha vā agre prājāpatyā āsurdevāścaivāsurāśca tato hābhirādhayattarā iva devā āsuranabhirādhayattarā ivāsurāḥ sa prajāpatirakāmayata devā eva syuḥ parāsurā bhaveyuriti sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata tasmindevānupāhvayata athāsurāndīrghavaṃśenāntaragṛhṇāt tato vai devā abhavanparāsurāḥ bhavatyātmanā parāsya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda sa yo bhrātṛvyavānsyādyo'bhicaredya spardheta sa etena yajeta tadye'sya pratikāmīnā ivartvija syustānupahvayeta athetarāndīrghavaṃśenāntargṛhṇīyāt teṣāmevānupahavamanu dviṣannasya bhrātṛvyaḥ parābhavati śriyamātmanāśnute > In the beginning, the offspring of Prajāpati were twofold: the gods and the asuras. > Then the gods were, as it were, more successful, and the asuras were, as it were, less successful. > Prajāpati desired: 'May the gods thrive, and may the asuras perish.' > He saw this sacrifice. > He brought it. > With it he sacrificed. > At it he invited the gods. > Then he screened off the asuras with a long bamboo pole. > Then indeed the gods thrived, and the asuras perished. > He who knows thus thrives himself, and his spiteful rival perishes. > He who has a rival, who would perform sorcery, who would contend, let him sacrifice with this. > Then those who are favorable toward him, as it were, among the priests, them he should invite. > Then he should screen off the others with a long bamboo pole. > Immediately upon their being left uninvited, his spiteful rival perishes, and he himself attains prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p1) athaiṣa tīvrasomaḥ > Now this is the Tīvrasoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p2) prajākāmo haitena yajeta > One who desires offspring should sacrifice with this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p3) tanuriva ha vā eṣa yo'prajaḥ > He who is without offspring is thin, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p4) prajayo ha vai puruṣastīvro bahulaḥ > By offspring, man indeed is dense and thick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p5) prajayā tīvro bahulo'sānīti > "May I be intense and abundant through offspring!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p6) atho āhuḥ paśukāma evainena yajeteti > Moreover, they say: "Only one who desires cattle should sacrifice with this." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p7) tanuriva ha vā eṣa yo'paśuḥ > Thin, indeed, as it were, is he who is without cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p8) paśubhirha vai puruṣastīvro bahulaḥ > Through cattle, indeed, a man is intense and abundant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.150.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150.p9) paśubhistīvro bahulo'sānīti > "May I be intense and abundant through cattle!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.150) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150) · Pramāṇa