[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) › 2-7.252 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.252 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252) saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat tāṃ punarājāyata taṃ rudrā upāsīdannastu na svamiti tebhya etāṃ gāṃ prāyacchat tāṃ saṃvatsaramarakṣanta saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat tāṃ punarājāyata tamādityā upāsīdannastu na svamiti tebhya etāṃ gāṃ prāyacchat tāṃ saṃvatsaramarakṣanta saibhyassaṃvatsare trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prājanayat tatsahasramabhavat saiva sahasratamī tāṃ punarājāyata sa yo haivaṃ vidvāngā rakṣate pra haivāsya sahasramāpnuvanti tasmādu haivaṃvidā rakṣitavyā eva gāvas te'bruvannalaṃ vai tasmai smo yatsahasreṇa yajemahi eta sahasreṇa yajāmahā iti > In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three \[cattle\]. She was born again. The Rudras approached him \[saying\]: 'Let there be property for us.' To them he gave this cow. They guarded her for a year. In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three \[cattle\]. She was born again. The Ādityas approached him \[saying\]: 'Let there be property for us.' To them he gave this cow. They guarded her for a year. In a year she brought forth for them three hundred and thirty-three \[cattle\]. That became a thousand. She was the thousandth. She was born again. Whoever, knowing thus, guards cattle, truly \[cattle\] reach a thousand for him. Therefore cattle should certainly be guarded by one who knows thus. They said: 'We are indeed able to sacrifice with a thousand; come, let us sacrifice with a thousand!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p1) tatsārdhaṃ sahasraṃ samākurvan > They brought the thousand together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p2) tadeṣāṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyāna evaikasyai gornodabhavat > In their counting of the thousand, they were short by one cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p3) te'bruvanprajāpatimevemāṃ sahasratamīṃ yācāmahā iti > They said: 'Let us ask Prajāpati for this thousandth cow.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p4) te prajāpatimeva tāṃ sahasratamīmayācanta > They asked Prajāpati for that thousandth cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p5) sa prajāpatiraikṣata yadyebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi rekṣye yadyebhyo na pradāsyāmyūnameṣāṃ > Prajāpati considered: 'If I give it to them, I shall be left empty; if I do not give it to them, their' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p6) sahasraṃ bhaviṣyati > 'thousand will be deficient.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p7) haintainānsahaivānayābhyupayānīti > 'Come, let me approach \[them\] along with her.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p8) tānabravītsahaiva vo'hamanayābhyupayānīti > He said to them: 'Let me approach you along with her.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p9) tatheti > 'So be it!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p10) tāṃstayaiva sahābhyupait > He approached them along with her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p11) ta etaṃ trirātraṃ yajñamapaśyat > They saw this three-night sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.252.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252.p12) tamāharanta > They brought it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.252) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.252) · Pramāṇa