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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.107

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.107

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.107)

tā abruvanvatsānha no vettha  
tānnaḥ prayaccha | yairvayaṃ vatsinīrasāma  
vatsī sa brāhmaṇo'sadyo'smā vedeti  
tābhyo vatsānprāyacchat  
agnimevāsyai prāyacchad | vāyumantarikṣāyādityamamuṣyai  
ete ha vā āsāṃ vatsāḥ  
tāssaṃvatsaramuṣitvāpaivākrāman  
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti  
tā abruvannṛṣabhānha no vettha  
tānnaḥ prayaccha | yairvayamṛṣabhiṇīrasāma  
ṛṣabhī sa brāhmaṇo'sadyo'smānvedeti  
tābhya ṛṣabhānprāyacchadetānathakārān  
ete ha vā āsāmṛṣabhāḥ  
tāssaṃvatsaramuṣitvāpaivākrāman  
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti

> They said: "You do know our calves.  
> Give them to us, with which we may have calves.  
> May that Brahmin have calves who knows us."  
> To them he gave calves:  
> fire indeed he gave to this one, wind to the atmosphere, the sun to that one.  
> These indeed are their calves.  
> Having lived \[with him\] for a year, they walked away.  
> He said: "Why have you walked away?"  
> They said: "You do know our bulls.  
> Give them to us, with which we may have bulls.  
> May that Brahmin have bulls who knows us."  
> To them he gave bulls, \[namely\] these 'atha'-sounds (athakārān).  
> These indeed are their bulls.  
> Having lived \[with him\] for a year, they walked away.  
> He said: "Why have you walked away?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.107) — English, machine translation

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