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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.169

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.169

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.169)

athaiṣa manustomaḥ  
manuśca vai yamaśca vaivasvatāvāstām  
so'kāmayata manurasmai māṃ lokāya rājyāya devāssuvīrannamuṣmai yamamiti  
sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat  
tamāharat  
tenāyajata  
tato vai tamasmai lokāya rājyāya devā asuvatāmuṣmai yamam  
sa vā eṣa sadaśo bhavati  
saṃdaṃśo ha vā eṣa yatsadaśaḥ  
sa yathā saṃdaṃśena saṃdaśya haredevamevainametena saṃdaṃśena saṃdaśyāsmāllokādamuṃ  
lokaṃ jahāra  
tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati  
vajro vai rathantaram  
vajreṇaivainaṃ tadasmāllokādamuṃ lokamabhinirjaghāna  
sa yo bhrātṛvyavānsyādyo'bhicaredya spardheta sa etena yajeta vajreṇaivainaṃ  
tadasmāllokādamuṃ lokamabhinirhanti  
tasminnetāni ghorāṇi sāmānyavakalpayanti

> Now this is the Manu stoma.  
> Manu and Yama were both sons of Vivasvat (Vaivasvatas).  
> Manu desired: 'May the gods consecrate me to kingship for this world, and Yama for that world.'  
> He saw this sacrifice.  
> He brought it forth.  
> He sacrificed with it.  
> Then the gods consecrated him to kingship for this world, and Yama for that world.  
> It consists of ten (sadaśa).  
> That which consists of ten is indeed a pair of tongs (saṃdaṃśa).  
> Just as one would seize \[something\] with a pair of tongs and carry it away, even so, having seized him with this pair of tongs, he carried him away from this world to that world.  
> Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara.  
> The Rathantara is a thunderbolt.  
> By means of the thunderbolt he struck him away from this world to that world.  
> He who has a rival, he who would practice sorcery, he who would contend—let him sacrifice with this.  
> By means of the thunderbolt he strikes him away from this world to that world.  
> For it, they arrange these terrible sāmans:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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