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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.271

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.271

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.271)

yasminnevārdhe bhavati tasya śreṣṭho bhavatyapyenaṃ rājāno'dhastādupāsata iti  
evameva tvamasīti hocuḥ  
atha hocuraṣāḍhaṃ sāvayasaṃ yattvaṃ śārkarākṣāṇāṃ vāva grāmaṇyevāsi kena  
tvamidaṃ prāpitheti  
sa hovāca dhūrṣvevāhaṃ tadupāsa iti  
kiṃ tvaṃ taddhūrṣūpāssa iti  
jātamiti  
ya āsāṃ jātamupāste kiṃ sa bhavatīti  
yatraiva sajāto bhavati tadgrāmaṇīrbhavatīti  
evameva tvamasīti hocuḥ  
atha hocurindradyumnaṃ bhāllaveyaṃ yadidaṃ tavoparyuparyanyānkīrtiścarati vivacanamevāsi kena tvamidaṃ prāpitheti  
sa hovāca dhūrṣvevāhaṃ tadupāsa iti  
kiṃ tvaṃ taddhūrṣūpāssa iti  
yaśa iti  
ya āsāṃ yaśa upāste kiṃ sa bhavatīti  
uparyuparyevānyānkīrtiścarati vivacanameva bhavatīti  
evameva tvamasīti hocuḥ  
te hocuritthaṃ cedidamabhūdetedaṃ saṃprabravāmahā iti

> “In whatever region he is, he becomes the best of it; even kings revere him from below.”  
> “Just so are you!” they said.  
> Then they said to Aṣāḍha Sāvayasa, “Since you indeed are the leader of the Śārkarākṣas, by what did you attain this?”  
> He said, “I worship that in the yokes.”  
> “What do you worship in the yokes?”  
> “That which is born.”  
> “He who worships that which is born among them, what does he become?”  
> “Wherever he is born among his kinsmen, he becomes the leader there.”  
> “Just so are you!” they said.  
> Then they said to Indradyumna Bhāllaveya, “Since your fame moves above and beyond others, and you are indeed an authority, by what did you attain this?”  
> He said, “I worship that in the yokes.”  
> “What do you worship in the yokes?”  
> “Glory.”  
> “He who worships their glory, what does he become?”  
> “His fame moves above and beyond others; he becomes indeed an authority.”  
> “Just so are you!” they said.  
> They said, “If this was so, come, let us proclaim this together.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.271) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1813) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German

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