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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.330

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.330

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-8.330](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.330)

athetare pañcadaśena stutvā trivṛtaiva punarastuvata  
trivṛtā vai stuvata iti mṛtyuḥ pañcadaśamevābhipratyādravadidamevāta eṣyantīti  
athetare saptadaśamabhyatyakrāman  
te saptadaśenāstuvata  
saptadaśena vai stuvata iti mṛtyurekaviṃśamabhiparyetyātiṣṭhadidamata eṣyantīti  
tamekaviṃśe'nvāgacchan  
taṃ tata udarundhan  
sa triṇavamabhyudakrāmat  
athetara ekaviṃśena stutvā saptadaśenaiva punarastuvata  
saptadaśena vai stuvata iti mṛtyurekaviṃśamevābhipratyādravadidamevāta eṣyantīti  
athetare triṇavamabhyatyakrāman  
te triṇavenāstuvata  
triṇavena vai stuvata iti mṛtyustrayastriṃśamabhiparyetyātiṣṭhadidamata eṣyantīti  
taṃ trayastriṃśe'nvāgacchan  
taṃ tata udarundhan  
sa chandomānabhyudakrāmat  
athetare trayastriṃśena stutvā triṇavenaiva punarastuvata  
triṇavena vai stuvata iti mṛtyustrayastriṃśamevābhipratyādravadidamevāta eṣyantīti

> Then the others, having praised with the fifteen-fold, praised again with the trivṛt itself. Thinking, ‘They are praising with the trivṛt,’ Death ran back right toward the fifteen-fold, \[thinking\], ‘They will come right here next.’ Then the others stepped over to the seventeen-fold; they praised with the seventeen-fold. Thinking, ‘They are praising with the seventeen-fold,’ Death went around and stood by the twenty-one-fold, \[thinking\], ‘They will come here next.’ They came after him in the twenty-one-fold; they drove him away from there. He stepped up to the twenty-seven-fold. Then the others, having praised with the twenty-one-fold, praised again with the seventeen-fold itself. Thinking, ‘They are praising with the seventeen-fold,’ Death ran back right toward the twenty-one-fold, \[thinking\], ‘They will come right here next.’ Then the others stepped over to the twenty-seven-fold; they praised with the twenty-seven-fold. Thinking, ‘They are praising with the twenty-seven-fold,’ Death went around and stood by the thirty-three-fold, \[thinking\], ‘They will come here next.’ They came after him in the thirty-three-fold; they drove him away from there. He stepped up to the Chandomas. Then the others, having praised with the thirty-three-fold, praised again with the twenty-seven-fold itself. Thinking, ‘They are praising with the twenty-seven-fold,’ Death ran back right toward the thirty-three-fold, \[thinking\], ‘They will come right here next.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.330.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.330.p1)

athetare viśvajitameva sarvapṛṣṭhaṃ pitaraṃ prajāpatiṃ prāpadyanta

> Then the others took refuge in the Viśvajit, the Sarvapṛṣṭha, their father Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.330.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.330.p2)

tato vai te nikṛtya mṛtyumamṛtā abhavan

> Thereupon, having outwitted Death, they became immortal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.330.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.330.p3)

nikṛtya haiva mṛtyumamṛto bhavati ya evaṃ veda

> Having outwitted Death, he indeed becomes immortal who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.330) — English, machine translation

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