[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) › 2-7.217 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.217 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.217) sa vasiṣṭho'kāmayatāgryā me mukhyā prajā syāditi sa etaṃ trivṛtaṃ stomamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata agraṃ vai mukhaṃ trivṛtstomānām tato vai tasyāgryā mukhyā prajābhavat ta ete'pyetarhi vasiṣṭhāḥ kuruṣvagryāścaiva mukhyāśca manyante agryo mukhyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda athākāmayata bharadvāja ojiṣṭhā me baliṣṭhā prajā syāditi sa etaṃ pañcadaśaṃ stomamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata ojo vai balaṃ pañcadaśa stomānām tato vai tasyaujiṣṭhā baliṣṭhā prajābhavat api ha sma tena pathā purā kuravo na yānti yena bharadvājā yayuḥ atho ha smotkrośanti bhāradvājabalamiti tasmādu bhāradvāja evānujñātaḥ sabhāyāṃ daṇḍyaṃ praharet ojiṣṭho baliṣṭho bhavati ya evaṃ veda > Vasiṣṭha desired: 'May my offspring be foremost and prominent.' He saw this Trivṛt stoma. He brought it forth. He sacrificed with it. The Trivṛt is the top and the head of the stomas. Therefore, his offspring became foremost and prominent. Even nowadays, these Vasiṣṭhas are regarded among the Kurus as foremost and prominent. He who knows thus becomes foremost and prominent. Then Bharadvāja desired: 'May my offspring be strongest and mightiest.' He saw this fifteenfold stoma. He brought it forth. He sacrificed with it. The fifteenfold is the vigor and might of the stomas. Therefore, his offspring became strongest and mightiest. Formerly, the Kurus did not even go by that path by which the Bharadvājas had gone; moreover, they used to proclaim: 'The might of the Bhāradvāja!' Therefore, when authorized, only a Bhāradvāja may strike an offender in the assembly. He who knows thus becomes strongest and mightiest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.216.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.216.p3) - [Next: 2-7.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.218) - [Up: 2-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.217) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.217) · Pramāṇa