[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) › 2-8.405 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.405 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.405 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.405](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.405) tadyadāryeṇa varṇena śaudraṃ varṇaṃ jyāpayantyetameva taddviṣato bhrātṛvyasya vṛñjate tayorānyaḥ krośati prānyaśśaṃsati ya ākrośati punātyevainānsaḥ atha yaḥ praśaṃsati pūteṣvevaiteṣu sa indriyaṃ vīryaṃ dadhāti ājiṃ dhāvanti paramaṃ vā etanmaho yadājiḥ paramasyaiva mahaso'varuddhyai saṃnaddhā bhavanti paramā vai saṃnaddhe tviṣiḥ paramāmeva tattviṣimātmasu dadhate pūrṇakumbhā mārjālīyaṃ paryāyanti pūrṇasyaivāvaruddhyai hai mahā hai mahā iti mahaso'varuddhyai idaṃ madhvidaṃ madhviti madhviva vā etaddevebhyaḥ kriyate yanmahāvratam paramo vai madhuni rasaḥ paramasyaiva rasasyāvaruddhyai tadāhurīśvarā ādyā bhavitoryaddhai mahā idaṃ madhviti gāyantīḥ paryeyuḥ hai mahāmeva gāyantīḥ paryeyuriti tadu hovāca śāṭyāyaniryadā vai bhavati yadāstyathādyo bhavati kimasato'dyuḥ hai mahā idaṃ madhvityeva gāyantīḥ paryeyuriti > In that they cause the Ārya to conquer the Śūdra, it is that \[sun\] they wrest from their spiteful rival. / Of two others, one reviles and the other praises. / He who reviles purifies them. / Then he who praises places faculty and vital power in these purified ones. / They run a race. / The race is this supreme greatness; \[it is\] for the attainment of the supreme greatness. / They are armored. / Supreme is brilliance in an armored one. / They place supreme brilliance in themselves. / Women with full water-jars walk around the mārjālīya for the attainment of fullness, / singing: 'Ah great, ah great!' for the attainment of greatness, / \[and singing:\] 'This is honey, this is honey!' As honey indeed this is made for the gods, namely, the Mahāvrata. / Supreme is the essence in honey; \[it is\] for the attainment of the supreme essence. / Regarding this they say: 'They might be eaten if they were to walk around singing: "Ah great, this is honey!" / They should walk around singing only: "Ah great!"' / But Śāṭyāyani said: 'When one is, when one exists, then one is eatable. / What would they eat of non-existence? / They should walk around singing: "Ah great, this is honey!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.404.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.404.p8) - [Next: 2-8.406](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406) - [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.2-8.405) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.405](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.405) · Pramāṇa