[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) › 2-4.154 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.154 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154) tasya ha vajreṇa śīrṣāṇi praciccheda tānyeva vayāṃsyabhavan tadyatsomapānamāsītsa kapiñjalo'bhavat tasmātsa babhruriva babhruriva hi somaḥ atha yatsurāpānamāsītsa kalaviṅko'bhavat tasmātsa matta ivāvakrandati atha yadannādanamāsītsa tittirirabhavat tasmātsa bahurūpa iva bahurūpamiva hyannam tasmādu tasya vṛścikaśśaṅkuliṣṭha ityetadannam sa tvaṣṭā hataputro'pendraṃ somamājahre sa indra īkṣāṃ cakre'smāccedvai mā yajñādantaretyantarito vai tathā yajñādbhavāni hantainaṃ hanānīti > He cut off his heads with his thunderbolt. > They became birds. > The one that was for drinking soma became a francolin partridge; > therefore it is brownish, as it were, > for brownish, as it were, is Soma. > And the one that was for drinking surā became a sparrow; > therefore it chirps as if intoxicated. > And the one that was for eating food became a black partridge; > therefore it is multi-colored, as it were, > for multi-colored, as it were, is food. > Therefore, its food is this: 'the scorpion situated on a peg'. > Tvaṣṭṛ, his son having been slain, brought forth soma excluding Indra. > Indra considered: "If he excludes me from this sacrifice, I shall indeed be excluded from the sacrifice. > Come, let me kill him." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p1) taṃ ha vajrahasto'bhidudrāva > With thunderbolt in hand, he ran towards him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p2) sa tvaṣṭā pratyaṅpatitvā patnīḥ prapede > Tvaṣṭṛ, falling backward, took refuge with the wives \[of the gods\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p3) taṃ ha tatra nānuprapede > He did not pursue him there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p4) tasmāttvaṣṭāraṃ patnīṣu saṃyajanti > Therefore, they offer to Tvaṣṭṛ among the wives \[of the gods\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p5) tasmādu patnīḥ prapannaṃ na hanyāt > Therefore, one should not kill someone who has taken refuge with women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p6) udeyāyendraḥ > Indra stepped forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p7) sa havirdhānayoreva droṇakalaśe somaṃ rājānaṃ saṃpavitumupeyāya > Right between the two havirdhāna sheds, he approached the droṇakalaśa trough to purify King Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.154.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154.p8) taṃ ha droṇakalaśenaiva pratidhāya pītvā pravavrāja > Putting his mouth to the droṇakalaśa trough itself and drinking, he went away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.154) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.154) · Pramāṇa