[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) › 2-4.153 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.153 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.153 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.153) triśīrṣā ha vai tvāṣṭra āsa tasya ha trīṇi mukhānyāsussomapānamekaṃ surāpānamekamannādanamekam prastauti ha smaikenaikena gāyati pratiharatyekenāśrāvayatyekena pratyāśrāvayatyekena śaṃsatyekena sa ha smaikākyevānuparisarpaṃ sarvaṃ yajñaṃ saṃsthāpayati sa heyadvīryāvānāsa sa u hāsurīputra āsa sa ha sma pratyakṣaṃ devebhyo vadati parokṣamasurebhyaḥ yasmā u ha vā bhūyaḥ kāmayate tasmai parokṣaṃ vadati tasmādu hendro bibhayāṃ cakāra yaccāsurīputra āsa yadu ceyadvīryāvānāsa sa hekṣāṃ cakre'suryo vā ayamāsurīputraḥ sa pratyakṣamasmabhyaṃ vadati parokṣamasurebhyaḥ hantainaṃ hanānīti > Three-headed, indeed, was the son of Tvaṣṭṛ. > He had three mouths: one for drinking soma, one for drinking surā, and one for eating food. > With one he would chant the prelude, with one he would sing \[the sāman\], with one he would chant the response; with one he would call for recitation, with one he would respond to the call, with one he would recite. > He, creeping around entirely by himself, would bring the whole sacrifice to completion. > So full of vital power was he. > And he was the son of an Asura woman. > He would speak openly to the gods, but secretly to the Asuras. > For to whomsoever one desires more, to him one speaks secretly. > Therefore, Indra was afraid, because he was the son of an Asura woman and because he was so full of vital power. > He considered: "This son of an Asura woman is indeed an Asura. > He speaks openly to us, but secretly to the Asuras. > Come, let me kill him." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-4.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.152) - [Next: 2-4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154) - [Up: 2-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.153) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.153) · Pramāṇa