[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) › 2.264 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.264 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.264 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264) tadyathā tūṣṇīṃ kaśanairvihanyādevamevaitāni sarvāṇi śilpānyāhṛtya brahmaṇyanakti tasmādvigeyā iti yato ha vā idametā vigīyante tato hedaṃ brāhmaṇā jīyante atha yarhi etā na vijagurannādyā ha brāhmaṇā āsuḥ ekāpaccādevā harvāśata ekaśakaṭe vaśe hasmadamathitvā satyayajñaḥ pauluṣiryāti atha yata idametā vigīyante tato haitāni śilpāni brāhmaṇeṣvadhigamyante gāyatrīṃ purastādgāyati gāyatrīmupariṣṭāt brahma vai gāyatrī brahmaṇaiva tadetāny ubhayataśśilpāni parigṛhṇāti brahmaṇā hainametānyubhayataśśilpāni parigṛhītānyupatiṣṭhante ya evaṃ veda na vigeyā ityāhuḥ pañcālāḥ svayaṃ vigītā vā etā yaddhuraḥ anusavanaṃ vā etā vigāyannabhyārohati atha yadenānpāpī kīrttiranūttiṣṭhati vyagāsiṣuriti yau vai yudhyete yāvṛtīyete tāvāhurvyagāsiṣṭāmiti atho ye rāṣṭre vyavabindhāne - > Just as one would silently strike with whips, in the very same way, having fetched all these artistic works, he anoints them in brahman. > 'Therefore they are to be sung variously,' \[they say\]. > Indeed, from where these \[yokes\] are sung variously in this world, from that are Brahmins defeated here. > Now, when they did not sing them variously, the Brahmins were eaters of food. > Driving from afar with a single foot-yoke, on a single cart, Satyayajña Pauluṣi used to travel unassailed \[among\] cattle. > Now, from where these are sung variously here, from that these artistic works are obtained among Brahmins. > He sings the Gāyatrī before; \[he sings\] the Gāyatrī after. > The Gāyatrī is brahman. > By means of brahman he thus encompasses these artistic works on both sides. > Encompassed on both sides by brahman, these artistic works attend upon him who knows thus. > 'They are not to be sung variously,' say the Pañcālas. > 'These yokes are already discordant by themselves. > Singing variously along each pressing, he ascends them. > Now, when ill fame arises following them, saying: "They have sung discordantly!"— > Concerning two who fight, who quarrel, they say: "The two have sung discordantly"; and also regarding two who stand tearing a realm apart—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p1) tiṣṭhata iti > they say \[the same\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p2) gāyatraṃ vai prātaḥsavanaṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanam > The morning pressing belongs to the Gāyatrī; the midday pressing belongs to the Triṣṭubh; the third pressing belongs to the Jagatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p3) tadevānuṣṭubanvāyattā > To that very \[rite\] the Anuṣṭubh is appended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p4) sa yadgāyatre sati prātaḥsavane gāyatrīṃ gāyati - brahma vai gāyatrī - brahmaiva > When, the morning pressing being in the Gāyatrī, he sings the Gāyatrī—the Gāyatrī is brahman—it is brahman > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p5) tadbrāhmaṇasya sve'nvābhajati > that he causes to share in the property of the Brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p6) so'syāditsata upajihīrṣate > If \[the Brahmin\] wishes to take it, he wishes to offer it to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p7) atho asyaiva tat > Moreover, it belongs to him alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p8) sve'nu hyenamābhajati > for he causes him to share in his own \[property\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p9) atha yattriṣṭubhaṃ gāyati - kṣatraṃ vai triṣṭupkṣatriyameva tadbrāhmaṇasya > Now, when he sings the Triṣṭubh—the Triṣṭubh is dominion—it is the Kṣatriya that he causes to share in the Brahmin's > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.264.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264.p10) sve'nvābhajati > own \[property\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.264) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.264) · Pramāṇa