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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.100

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.100

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100)

athāgneyaṃ triṇidhanaṃ savanānāṃ kḷhaptyai  
pavamānena vai devebhyo'nnādyaṃ pradīyate  
tanmadhyenidhanaṃ bhavati annādyasya viśeṣāya  
agnirvā akāmayata annāda eva śreṣṭha svānāmabhavat  
tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhissāma  
avānnādyaṃ runddhe'nnāda śreṣṭha svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda  
yadvagnirapaśyattasmādāgneyaṃ triṇidhanamityākhyāyate

> Then \[follows\] the Āgneya with three nidhanas for the proper ordering of the pressings. By means of the pavamāna, food is given to the gods. It has its nidhana in the middle, for the distinction of food. Agni desired: 'May I be an eater of food, the best of my own \[people\].' So this sāman is an acquisition of food. He who knows this acquires food, becomes an eater of food and the best among his own \[people\]. And because Agni saw \[it\], therefore it is named the Āgneya with three nidhanas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p1)

tadvevācakṣate sākamaśvamiti

> They also call it the Sākamaśva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p2)

kakṣīvānpriyamedhamapṛcchat

> Kakṣīvant asked Priyamedha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p3)

iddha in | na didīpā3 itpriyamedheti

> "Being kindled, did you not blaze up, O Priyamedha?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p4)

tadasya nāmanuta

> He did not comprehend this \[question\] of his.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p5)

so'bravītprajāyānme tvā pratibravaditi

> He said: "May \[someone\] among my offspring reply to you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p6)

atha ha kakṣīvato nākulibhastrāsa priyaṃgutaṇḍulānāṃ vā sikatānāṃ vā pūrṇā

> Now Kakṣīvant had a mungoose-skin bag full of either priyaṅgu grains or sand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p7)

tāsāṃ ha sma saṃvatsare saṃvatsara ekaikāṃ prāsyati

> From these he used to throw out one \[grain\] year by year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p8)

tāvaddhāsmā āyurdattamāsa

> So much life had been given to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p9)

sa u ha navamassākamaśva ājajñe priyamedhāt

> And as the ninth, Sākamaśva was born from Priyamedha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p10)

so'kāmayatodita iyāṃ | gātuṃ prativacanaṃ vindeyeti

> He desired: 'May I go to that which has been spoken; may I find a path and an answer.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p11)

sa etatsāmāpaśyat

> He saw this sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p12)

tadabhyagāyata

> He sang over it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p13)

tataḥ prativacanamapaśyat

> Thence he saw the answer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p14)

sa kakṣīvantamabhyādravat

> He ran toward Kakṣīvant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [20.100.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.100.p15)

tamabravīdādravantaṃ dṛṣṭvā -- imāṃ me bhastrāmudake prāsyata | imamahaṃ taṃ

> Seeing him running, \[Kakṣīvant\] said to him: "Throw this bag of mine into the water! I see him who  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.100) — English, machine translation

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