[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) › 2-8.276 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.276 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.276 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.276) atha yasyaitasya trivṛdahaḥ pañcadaśī rātristrivṛdahaḥ pañcadaśī rātristrivṛdahaḥ pañcadaśī rātri svargakāmo heitena yajeta datvaśca ha sautemanaso mitravicca daṃṣṭradyumnastau ha pratidarśasya vaibhāvatasya śvaitnasya rājño brahmacāriṇāvāsatuḥ tayorha mitraviddeṣṭradyumna ācāryakarma cakāra gā ha sma rakṣati atha hetaro'dhyāyameva cacāra tau ha sma sāyaṃ samāgatyānyonyamāhaturāhara somyānūkte hastaṃ nidhāsyāva āhara somya sucarite hastaṃ nidhāsyāva iti atha ha datvaṃ sautemanasamācāryo'nuśaśāsa tau ha sāyaṃ samāgatyānyonyamāhaturāhara somyānūkte hastaṃ nidhāsyāva āhara somya sucarite hastaṃ nidhāsyāva iti neti hovāca ati vā ahaṃ tvadamukṣyācāryapraśiṣṭo vā ahamasmīti sa ha tāṃ rātrimapriyaviddha uvāsa śvo ha bhūte gā anviyāya taṃ ha gaurīkṣitvaiva vijajñāvapriyaṃ vā asyeti > Now, as for this \[rite\] whose day is threefold (trivṛt) and night fifteenfold, whose day is threefold and night fifteenfold, whose day is threefold and night fifteenfold: one desirous of the heavenly world should sacrifice with this. / Datva Sautemanasa and Mitravid Daṃṣṭradyumna were students of Pratidarśa Vaibhāvata, the Śvaitna king. / Between the two of them, Mitravid Daṃṣṭradyumna performed the teacher's service: he guarded the cows. / The other, however, pursued only study. / Meeting in the evening, they would say to each other: "Come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands \[together\] over what has been recited; come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands \[together\] over what has been well conducted." / Then the teacher gave instruction to Datva Sautemanasa. / Meeting in the evening, they said to each other: "Come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands \[together\] over what has been recited; come, gentle sir, let us lay our hands \[together\] over what has been well conducted." / He said: "No. / I have surpassed you; I am one instructed by the teacher." / He spent that night struck with sorrow. / On the next day, he went after the cows. / A cow, just looking at him, perceived: "Verily, something unpleasant has happened to him." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.275](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.275) - [Next: 2-8.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.277) - [Up: 2-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.276) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.276) · Pramāṇa