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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.265

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.265

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265)

so'syāditsata upajihīrṣate  
atho asyaiva tat  
sve'nu hyenamābhajati  
atha yajjagatīṃ gāyati - viḍvai jagatī - vaiśyameva tadbrāhmaṇasya  
sve'nvābhajati  
so'syāditsata upajihīrṣate  
atho asyaiva tat  
sve'nu hyenamābhajati  
tadevānuṣṭubanvāyattā  
atha yadanuṣṭubhaṃ gāyati - ānuṣṭubho vai śūdraḥ - śūdrameva tadbrāhmaṇasya  
sve'nvābhajati  
so'syāditsata upajihīrṣate  
atho asyaiva tat  
sve'nu hyenamābhajati  
yadyāvirnātho pākenaiva lipsate  
tasmānna vigeyā iti  
yato ha vā idametā vigīyante tato hedaṃ brāhmaṇā jīyante  
atha yarhyetā na vijagurajyeyā ha brāhmaṇā āsuḥ

> If \[the Kṣatriya\] wishes to take it, he wishes to offer it to him.  
> Moreover, it belongs to him alone,  
> for he causes him to share in his own \[property\].  
> Now, when he sings the Jagatī—the Jagatī is the peasantry—it is the Vaiśya that he causes to share in the Brahmin's own \[property\].  
> If \[the Vaiśya\] wishes to take it, he wishes to offer it to him.  
> Moreover, it belongs to him alone,  
> for he causes him to share in his own \[property\].  
> To that very \[rite\] the Anuṣṭubh is appended.  
> Now, when he sings the Anuṣṭubh—the Śūdra belongs to the Anuṣṭubh—it is the Śūdra that he causes to share in the Brahmin's own \[property\].  
> If \[the Śūdra\] wishes to take it, he wishes to offer it to him.  
> Moreover, it belongs to him alone,  
> for he causes him to share in his own \[property\].  
> If not openly, then he seeks to acquire it simply through cooking.  
> 'Therefore they are not 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 undefeated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p1)

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)

### [2.265.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p2)

tadevānuṣṭubanvāyattā

> To that very \[rite\] the Anuṣṭubh is appended.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p3)

sa yadgāyatraṃ satprātaḥsavanaṃ sarvameva gāyatraṃ gāyati brahmaṇa eva taṃ

> When, the morning pressing being in the Gāyatrī, he sings it entirely in the Gāyatrī, for brahman alone he  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p4)

kevalamuddhāramuddharati

> sets aside the exclusive portion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p5)

so'sya brahmaṇaḥ kevala uddhāra uddhṛto bhavati

> That exclusive portion of brahman is set aside for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p6)

atha yattraiṣṭubhaṃ sanmādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ gāyatreṇaivānupratipadyate brāhmaṇameva

> Now, when, though the midday pressing is in the Triṣṭubh, he proceeds with it in the Gāyatrī alone, the Brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p7)

tatkṣatriyasya sve'nvābhajati

> he causes to share in the Kṣatriya's own \[property\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p8)

so'smai ditsati śraddhayā karmaṇopacāreṇa

> He wishes to give to him through faith, through work, through service.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p9)

yadā vai kṣatriyaṃ śraddhā vindati brāhmaṇaṃ vāva sa tarhīcchati

> Indeed, when faith finds a Kṣatriya, then indeed he desires a Brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.265.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.265.p10)

so'smai dadāti

> He gives to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.265) — English, machine translation

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