[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) › 2.238 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.238 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.238) tiṣṭhantīreke sravantīreke sa evametā apo vyūhya vinudyāsmim̐lloke'nnamādat tannālpakaṃ na madhyamaṃ na mahadivānnādyamabhyatyaricyata evameva dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ vyūhya vinudyāsmim̐lloke'nnamatti tannālpakaṃ na madhyamaṃ na mahadivānnādyamabhyatiricyate ya evaṃ veda tametamannaṃ jigīvāṃsaṃ sarve devā abhisamagacchanta te vai tannāvindanta yā hyasau yajñāyajñīyasyaikaviṃśī tāmāsu bahiṣpavamānīsu navasu pratyupadhāya śaye'nanto bhūtvā parigṛhyaitadannādyam atho yathā pātre'ṅgārā optāḥ syurevamevaiṣu lokeṣvadṛśyo'nanta āsa tānavindamānānabravītstuta meti > —some standing, some flowing. Having thus driven apart and thrust away these waters, he ate food in this world. There was not a small amount, nor a middling, nor a great amount of food that was left over \[uneaten by him\]. In the same way, having driven apart and thrust away his hating rival, he who knows thus eats food in this world; there is not a small, nor a middling, nor a great amount of food that is left over. When he had won that food, all the gods gathered toward him. Truly, they could not find him. For placing that twenty-first \[verse\] of the Yajñāyajñīya upon those nine \[verses\] of the Bahiṣpavamāna, he lies down, having become endless, grasping around this food. And just as coals would be scattered in a vessel, so he remained invisible, endless, in these worlds. To them, unable to find him, he said: 'Praise me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.237) - [Next: 2.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.239) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.238) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.238) · Pramāṇa