[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) › 2-8.440 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.440 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.440 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.440](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440) atha ha vai paṇayo nāmāsurā devānāṃ gorakṣā āsuḥ tābhirahāpātasthuḥ tā ha rasāyāṃ nirudhya valenāpidadhuḥ te devā aliklavamūcussuparṇemā no gā anviccheti tatheti sa hānuprapapāta tā hānvājagāma rasāyāmantarvalenāpihitāḥ tasmai hānvāgatāya sarpiḥ kṣīramāmikṣāṃ dadhītyetadupanidadhuḥ tasya ha suhita āsa taṃ hocussuparṇaiṣa eva te balirbhaviṣyatyetadannaṃ mā naḥ pravoca iti sa ha punarāpapāta taṃ hocussuparṇāvido gā iti kā kīrtiścidgavāmiti hovāca eṣaiva kīrtirgavāmiti tasya hendro galamutpīḷayannuvāca goṣvevāha kila tavoṣuṣo mukhamiti sa ha dadhidrapsaṃ vāmikṣāṃ vodāsa so'yaṃ babhūva yo'yaṃ vasantā bhūmikapaṭhurjāyate taṃ ha tacchaśāpāślīlaṃ jālma te jīvanaṃ bhūyādyo no gā anuvidya tā na prāvoca iti | tasya haitadgrāmasya jaghanārdhe yatpāpiṣṭhaṃ tajjīvanam > Now the Asuras named Paṇis were the cowherds of the gods. > They departed with them \[the cows\]. > Having confined them in the Rasā, they enclosed them with Vala. > The gods said to the vulture (Aliklava): 'O Suparṇa, seek out these cows of ours.' > \[He said:\] 'Yes.' > He flew after them. > He found them enclosed within the Rasā by Vala. > To him who had arrived, they placed before him ghee, milk, curds, and clotted curd (āmikṣā). > He became well satisfied. > They said to him: 'O Suparṇa, this alone will be your tribute, this your food; do not report \[us\].' > He flew back. > They said to him: 'O Suparṇa, did you find the cows?' > 'What report could there be of the cows?' he said. > 'This is the very report of the cows!' said Indra, squeezing his throat: 'Indeed, you speak with your mouth full of the cows!' > He vomited up a drop of curd or clotted curd. > It became that which grows in spring as an earth-mushroom (bhūmikapaṭhu). > Then he cursed him: 'O wretched rogue, let your livelihood be base, you who, having found our cows, did not report them!' > Therefore, his livelihood is that which is the lowest in the rear half of a village. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p1) te saramāmabruvansarama imā nastvaṃ gā anviccheti > They said to Saramā: 'O Saramā, do you seek out these cows of ours.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p2) tatheti sā hānuprasasāra > 'Yes,' \[she said\], and ran forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p3) sā ha rasāmājagāma > She came to the Rasā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p4) eṣā ha vai sā rasā yaiṣārvāksamudrasya vāpāyatī > That Rasā is indeed this one which flows this side of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p5) tāṃ hovāca ploṣye vā tvā gādhā vā me bhaviṣyasīti > She said to her: 'Either I will swim across you, or you will become fordable for me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p6) plavasva meti hovāca na te gādhā bhaviṣyāmīti > 'Swim across me!' she said, 'I will not become fordable for you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.440.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440.p7) sā hāvācya karṇau ploṣyamāṇāsasāra > Drooping her ears, about to swim across, she ran forward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.440) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.440) · Pramāṇa