[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) › 2-4.155 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.155 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.155 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155) anūdeyāya tvaṣṭā sa ha papracchāsti kiṃcitpariśiṣṭā3miti astyayaṃ saṃsrāva iti hocuḥ taṃ hāgnau pravartayāṃ cakārendraśatrurvardhasva svāheti taṃ yatprāvartayatsa eva vṛtro'bhavat sa vartamāna evāgnīṣomāvabhisaṃbabhūva tasmādāhuragnīṣomāvasuryāviti sa ha smeṣumātramūrdhvamudardati tato ha smānāvacchāṃ kṣitis sa trayīṃ vidyāṃ sarvāṃ śriyaṃ sarvamannādyamapi yadidaṃ trirātre sahasraṃ procyate tadabhisaṃbabhūva tasya hedaṃ sarvaṃ balikṛdāsa kīlālaṃ ha smāsmai nadyo vahanti atha hābhiyugvāno nāmāṣṭau devānāṃ sahacarā āsuraṣṭau pitṝṇāmaṣṭau manuṣyāṇāmaṣṭāvasurāṇām teṣāṃ ha smendro māyayāṣṭamo bhavati vṛtraṃ jighāṃsan tasmādu hainamindra eva jaghāna yadindraśatrurvardhasva svāheti pravartayāṃ cakāra atha yaddha prāvartayiṣyadindrasya śatrurvardhasva svāheti > Tvaṣṭṛ came after him. > He asked: "Is anything left over?" > They said: "There is this residue." > He rolled it into the fire, \[saying,\] "Grow, having Indra as thy slayer, svāhā!" > When he rolled it, that became Vṛtra. > As he was rolling, he encompassed both Agni and Soma; > therefore, they say that Agni and Soma are demonic. > He used to swell upwards to the measure of an arrow's flight; > thereupon, the earth became uninhabitable. > He encompassed the three-fold knowledge, all prosperity, and all food—even that which is spoken of as the thousand \[cows\] in the three-day rite; > all that he encompassed. > All this \[world\] paid tribute to him. > The rivers carried sweet liquor for him. > Then there were eight companions of the gods called the Abhiyugvans, eight of the ancestors, eight of men, and eight of the Asuras. > Indra, wishing to slay Vṛtra, became the eighth of them by magical power. > And therefore, Indra indeed slew him, because he rolled it saying, "Grow, having Indra as thy slayer, svāhā!" > Whereas, if he had rolled it saying, "Grow, thou slayer of Indra, svāhā!"— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p1) - śaśvaddhainaṃ nāhaniṣyat > —he would never have slain him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p2) tamayamindraṃ somo rājā pīto'nupahūto'hinot > King Soma, drunk uninvited, harmed this Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p3) tasya ha sarvebhya eva chidrebhyaḥ preyāya mukhādeva na > He flowed forth from all his openings, except his mouth alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p4) tasmādu ha bhiṣajya āsa > Therefore, he was in need of healing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p5) tasya yadavāgiyāya saiva surāvāriṭakā babhūva > That \[discharge\] of his which went downward became intoxicating liquor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p6) yacchiśnātsā parisruk > That which \[went\] from his penis became parisrut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.155.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155.p7) trirniraṣṭhīvat > He spat out three times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.155) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.155) · Pramāṇa