[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) › 2-4.156 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.156 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156) tadyatprathamaṃ niraṣṭhīvattadeva karkandhvabhavadyaddvitīyaṃ tadbadaraṃ yattṛtīyaṃ tatkvalam tasmādeteṣāmannaṃ caiva rasāḥ khāṭkṛtya caturthaṃ niraṣṭhīvat tadevāmramabhavat tamevaṃ santaṃ devā abhito niṣeduḥ ayaṃ na eko vīro'bhūt sa itthaṃ nyagāt kva bhavāma iti sa hovāca na vai vidma yatra bhūmeti kimiti cukṣūṣāmi vā iti atha ha sma tataḥ purā kṣutvaiva mriyante taṃ hocuḥ kṣuhi jīveti tvā vakṣyāma iti sa ha cukṣāva taṃ ha jīvetyūcuḥ sa ha jijīva tasmādidamapyetarhi cukṣvāṃsamāhurjīveti tasmādu yameva manyeta taṃ cukṣvāṃsaṃ brūyājjīveti tasya yannasta iyāya - > Then, what he spat out first became the karkandhu jujube; what \[he spat out\] second became the badara jujube; what \[he spat out\] third became the kuvala jujube. Therefore these are both food and sap. Having coughed up, he spat out a fourth time. That became the mango fruit. While he was in such a state, the gods sat around him: ‘This one was our unique hero. He has sunk down in this manner. Where shall we be?’ He said, ‘We do not know where we shall be.’ ‘Why?’ ‘I wish to sneeze.’ Now, before that time, people died as soon as they sneezed. They said to him, ‘Sneeze! We will say “Live!” to you.’ He sneezed. They said to him, ‘Live!’ He lived. Therefore even now, when someone sneezes, people say ‘Live!’ Therefore, to whomever one cares for, when he sneezes, one should say ‘Live!’ What came out of his nostrils— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p1) - tāveva siṃhāvabhavatām > —those two became lions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p2) yadakṣibhyāṃ tau śārdūlau yatkarṇābhyāṃ tau vṛkau vailūṣau yadupapakṣābhyāṃ > What \[came out\] from his eyes, those two became tigers; what from his ears, those two became wolves, destructive beasts; what from his armpits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p3) tāvapāṣṭihau > those two became barb-tailed birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p4) tasmādete vayasāṃ vīryāvattarāḥ > Therefore these possess greater vital power among birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p5) indro hyeteṣāmājānam > For Indra was their origin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p6) atha yadavāgiyāya tadidaṃ kṣudraṃ śvāpadaṃ babhūva > Now, what flowed downward, that became this small vermin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p7) sa ha viṣiktaśśiśye > He lay discharged of fluid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p8) api ha tṛṇairabhivilūḍha āsa > He was completely overgrown with grasses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p9) taṃ hocuḥ kvevāsi kveva tvā bhiṣajyāma iti > They said to him, ‘Where are you? Where shall we heal you?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p10) tasmādidamapyetarhi upatāpinaṃ pṛcchanti kveva te rujati kveva te bhiṣajyāma > Therefore even nowadays they ask a sick man, ‘Where does it hurt you? Where shall we heal you?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p11) iti ### [2-4.156.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p12) sa ha tṛṇānyabhiparidiśannuvācedamivaiva mābhito'smīdamivaiva mābhito > Pointing around at the grasses, he said, ‘Just around here am I; just around here > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p13) bhiṣajyateti > heal me.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.156.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156.p14) tadagnimabruvannidaṃ daheti > They said to Agni, ‘Burn this!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.156) · Pramāṇa