[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) › 2-7.242 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.242 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.242 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242) tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt tasmai dvitīyamudayacchat taṃ viṣṇuranvatiṣṭhat so'bravīdasti vā idaṃ tyasmiṃsteja indriyaṃ vīryam tatta āharāṇi mā me prahārṣīriti tatheti tadasmai prāyacchat tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt tasmai tṛtīyamudayacchat taṃ viṣṇuranvatiṣṭhat so'bravīdasti vā idaṃ tyasmiṃsteja indriyaṃ vīryam tatta āharāṇi mā me prahārṣīriti tatheti tadasmai prāyacchat tadviṣṇuḥ pratyagṛhṇāt tasminhodāte sarvaṃ mametīndrastṛtīyaṃ mameti viṣṇuḥ > Viṣṇu received it. He raised \[his weapon\] against him a second time. Viṣṇu stood behind him. He said: "There is indeed this fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power in that \[weapon\] of yours. Let me fetch it for you; do not strike me." "So be it," \[he replied\]. He gave it to him; Viṣṇu received it. He raised \[his weapon\] against him a third time. Viṣṇu stood behind him. He said: "There is indeed this fiery brilliance, faculty, and vital power in that \[weapon\] of yours. Let me fetch it for you; do not strike me." "So be it," \[he replied\]. He gave it to him; Viṣṇu received it. Over that they argued: "Everything is mine!" said Indra; "A third is mine!" said Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p1) tau vai pṛcchāvahā iti > "Let us two inquire \[about this\]," \[they said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p2) tau ha prajāpatāvapṛcchetām > They inquired of Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p3) tābhyāṃ haitayā vyuvāca > To them he spoke with this \[verse\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p4) ubhā jigyathurna parā jayethe na parā jigye kataraścanainoḥ > "You both have conquered; neither of you is defeated; neither of these two has been vanquished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p5) indraśca viṣṇo yadapaspṛdhethāṃ tredhā sahasraṃ vi tadairayethām > When you two contested, O Indra and Viṣṇu, you apportioned the thousand threefold." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p6) iti ### [2-7.242.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p7) dvau tava bhāgāvitīndramabravīttṛtīyaṃ taveti viṣṇum > "Two shares are yours," he said to Indra; "the third is yours," to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p8) etadābhyāṃ tatsahasraṃ prāyacchat > In this way he gave that thousand to them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p9) tasyaiṣāptiryo bandhumānanūcāna syāttasmai prathame'hani dadyāt > Regarding that, this is the acquisition: one who has kin and is learned, to him one should give on the first day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p10) yathā iyaṃ pṛthivyevaṃ saḥ > Just as this earth is, so is he. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.242.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242.p11) pratiṣṭiḥtā vā iyaṃ pratiṣṭhitassaḥ > This \[earth\] is firmly established; firmly established is he. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.242) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.5.1.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.242) · Pramāṇa