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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.263

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.263

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-7.263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263)

tasyāṃ sarvānbhogānparyapaśyanye ke ca gavi bhogāstān  
te'bruvannime vā asyāṃ sarve bhogāḥ  
etemāmeva pra ṇo janayeti bravāmeti  
tāmabruvanpra ṇo janayeti  
sā trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatānyāgnaye | prājanayat  
trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni vāyave prājanayat  
trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni ādityāya prājanayat  
tatsahasramabhavat  
saiva sahasratamī  
tāṃ punarājāyata  
sa yo haivaṃ vidvāngā rakṣate pra haivāsya sahasramāpnuvanti  
tasmādu haivaṃvidā rakṣitavyā eva gāvaḥ  
te'bruvannalaṃ vai tasmai smo yannānāśo viparetya yajamānā āsīmahyeta nānāśo  
viparetya yajamānā āsāmahā iti  
te nānāśo viparetya yajamānā āsata  
te naiva śreyāṃso'bhavanna pāpīyāṃsaḥ  
te'bruvanna vai śreyāṃso'bhūma na pāpīyāṃsaḥ  
eta sahasreṇa yajāmahā iti

> In her they beheld all goods, whatever goods there are in cattle. They said: 'All these goods are indeed in her. Come, let us say to her: "Generate for us!"' They said to her: 'Generate for us!' She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Agni. She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Vāyu. She generated three hundred and thirty-three for Āditya. That became one thousand. She herself was the thousandth. She was born again. He who, knowing thus, protects cattle, a thousand indeed come to him; therefore cattle must be protected only by one who knows thus. They said: 'We are truly competent to sit as sacrificers, having dispersed separately. Come, let us sit as sacrificers, having dispersed separately.' They sat as sacrificers, having dispersed separately. They became neither better nor worse. They said: 'We have become neither better nor worse. Come, let us sacrifice with a thousand.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p1)

tatsārdhaṃ sahasraṃ samākurvan

> They put together the thousand jointly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p2)

tadeṣāṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyāna ekasyai gornodabhavat

> In the counting of their thousand, it fell short by one cow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p3)

te'bruvanprajāpatimevemāṃ sahasratamīṃ yācāmahā iti

> They said: 'Let us ask Prajāpati himself for this thousandth one.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p4)

te prajāpatimeva tāṃ sahasratamīmayācanta

> They asked Prajāpati himself for that thousandth one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.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)

### [2-7.263.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p6)

sahasraṃ bhaviṣyati

> thousand will be deficient.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p7)

haintainānsahaivānayābhyupayānīti

> Come, let me approach them along with her.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p8)

tānabravītsahaiva vo'hamanayābhyupayānīti

> He said to them: 'I will approach \[the sacrifice\] along with her together with you.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p9)

tatheti

> 'So be it.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p10)

tāṃstayaiva sahābhyupait

> He approached them along with her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.p11)

ta etaṃ trirātraṃ yajñamapaśyat

> They saw this three-night sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.263.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.263.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.2-7.263) — English, machine translation

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