[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) › 2-4.151 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.151 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.151 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.151) sa saptadaśo bhavati eṣa ha vai tīvro bahulo yatsaptadaśaḥ prajayā paśubhistīvro bahulo'sānīti tasyobhe bṛhadrathantare sāmanī bhavataḥ ete ha vai tīvre bahule yadubhe bṛhadrathantare prajayā paśubhistīvro bahulo'sānīti tasya vaḍavā garbhiṇī dakṣiṇā bhavati eṣā ha vai tīvrā bahulā yadvaḍavā tīvrā tena bahulā yadgarbhiṇī tīvrā tena bahulā yadubhayatodatī tīvrā tena bahulā yadekā satī bahvīrgā arhati prajayā paśubhistīvro bahulo'sānīti atho āhurdhenuśatamevāsya nānāvatsaṃ dakṣiṇā syāditi etaddha vai tīvraṃ bahulaṃ yaddhenuśatam tīvraṃ tena bahulaṃ yacchatam tīvraṃ tena bahulaṃ yadasya payaḥ tīvraṃ tena bahulaṃ yadasya vatsāḥ prajayā paśubhistīvro bahulo'sānīti > It is seventeen-fold. > Intense and abundant, indeed, is that which is seventeen-fold, > \[thinking:\] "May I be intense and abundant through offspring and cattle!" > It has both the Bṛhat and Rathantara sāmans. > Intense and abundant, indeed, are those which are both the Bṛhat and Rathantara, > \[thinking:\] "May I be intense and abundant through offspring and cattle!" > Its sacrificial gift is a pregnant mare. > Intense and abundant, indeed, is a mare; > intense and abundant thereby, because she is pregnant; > intense and abundant thereby, because she has teeth in both jaws; > intense and abundant thereby, because she, being one, is worth many cows, > \[thinking:\] "May I be intense and abundant through offspring and cattle!" > Moreover, they say: "A hundred milk-cows with assorted calves should be its sacrificial gift." > Intense and abundant, indeed, is that which is a hundred milk-cows; > intense and abundant thereby, because it is a hundred; > intense and abundant thereby, because it is their milk; > intense and abundant thereby, because it is their calves, > \[thinking:\] "May I be intense and abundant through offspring and cattle!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.151.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.151.p1) indro vṛtraṃ vajreṇādhyasya nāstṛṣīti manyamānaḥ parāṃ parāvatamagacchat > Indra, having hurled his thunderbolt at Vṛtra and thinking, "I have not struck him down," went to the farthest distance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.151.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.151.p2) taṃ devā anvaicchan > The gods sought after him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.151) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.151) · Pramāṇa