[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) › 2-8.441 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.441 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.441 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441) sā hekṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nu mā śunī plaveta hantāsyai gādhāsānīti tāṃ hovāca mā mā ploṣṭhā gādhā te bhaviṣyāmīti tahteti tasyai ha gādha āsa sā ha gādhenātisasāra tā hānvājagāma rasāyāmantarvalenāpihitāḥ tasyai hānvāgatāyai tathaiva sarpiḥ kṣīramāmikṣāṃ dadhītyetadevopanidadhuḥ sā hovāca nāhametāvadapriyā devānāṃ gā avidaṃ yadvo'śnīyām ta u vai devānāṃ steyaṃ kṛtvā carathaitāsāṃ vā ahaṃ gavāṃ padavīrasmi na mā lāpayiṣyadhve nendrasya gā upahariṣyadhva iti sā hānāśuṣyuvāsa sā ha jarāyvapāstaṃ viveda taddha cakhāda tāṃ haika upajagau tyamiva vai ghnatī saramā jāru khādatīti tadidamapyetarhi nivacanaṃ tyamiva vai ghnatī saramā jāru khādatīti jarāyu ha sā taccakhāda sā ha punarāsasāra tāṃ hocussarame'vido gā iti > She \[the river\] reflected: 'How indeed could a bitch swim across me? Come, let me be fordable for her.' > She said to her: 'Do not swim across me; I will become fordable for you.' > 'Yes,' \[she replied\]. > There was a ford for her. > She crossed over by the ford. > She came upon them enclosed within the Rasā by Vala. > To her who had arrived, they placed before her in the same way ghee, milk, curds, and clotted curd. > She said: 'I am not so unkind to the gods that I would eat your \[food\] when I have found the cows. > Indeed, you live having committed theft against the gods! Truly, I am the tracker of these cows. > You will not cajole me; you will not withhold Indra’s cows.' > She stayed fasting. > She found a discarded afterbirth (jarāyu). > She chewed on that. > About her, someone sang: 'Like one that strikes, Saramā chews the afterbirth.' > Hence even today there is this saying: 'Like one that strikes, Saramā chews the afterbirth.' > For she chewed that afterbirth. > She returned. > They said to her: 'O Saramā, did you find the cows?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.441.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441.p1) avidamiti hovācemā rasāyāmantarvalenāpihitāḥ > 'I have found them,' she said; 'they are enclosed within the Rasā by Vala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.441.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441.p2) tā yathā manyadhvamevamājihīrṣateti > Fetch them as you think fit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.441.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441.p3) tāṃ ha tadindra uvācānnādīmare te sarame prajāṃ karomi yā no gā anvavida iti > Indra said to her then: 'O Saramā, I make your offspring eaters of food, you who found our cows.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.441.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441.p4) te haite vidarbheṣu mācalāssārameyāḥ > They are those Mācala hounds descended from Saramā among the Vidarbhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.441.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441.p5) api ha śārdūlaṃ mārayanti > They even kill a tiger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.441) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.441) · Pramāṇa