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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.109

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.109

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.109)

tā abruvaṃstṛptīrha no vettha  
tā naḥ prayaccha | yābhirvayaṃ tṛpyāma  
tṛpyātsa brāhmaṇaḥ prajayā paśubhiryo'smā vedeti  
tābhya etāstṛptīḥ prāyacchadetānekārān  
ete ha vā āsāṃ tṛptayaḥ  
tāssaṃvatsaramuṣitvāpaivākrāman  
so'bravītkathāpākramiṣṭeti  
tā abruvanāvapanānha no vettha | palyānha no vettha | goṣṭhānha no vettha  
tānnaḥ prayaccha | yairvayamāvapanavatīḥ palyavatīrgoṣṭhinīrasāma  
āvapanavānpalyavāngoṣṭhī sa brāhmaṇo'sadyo'smā vedeti  
tābhyo vācaṃ prāyacchat  
vācaṃ vāvedaṃ sarvaṃ nātiricyate  
evā hyevā ityeṣāṃ vāg | evā hyagnā iti gavyāḥ paśava | evā hīndrā  
ityaśvyāḥ paśavaḥ  
evā hi pūṣannityajāvikamevaitat  
evā hi devā iti parigrāha evaiṣaḥ

> They said: "You do know our satisfactions.  
> Give them to us, with which we may be satisfied.  
> May that Brahmin be satisfied with offspring and cattle who knows us."  
> To them he gave these satisfactions, \[namely\] these 'e'-sounds (ekārān).  
> These indeed are their satisfactions.  
> Having lived \[with him\] for a year, they walked away.  
> He said: "Why have you walked away?"  
> They said: "You do know our seed-plots, you know our granaries, you know our cow-pens.  
> Give them to us, with which we may possess seed-plots, possess granaries, possess cow-pens.  
> May that Brahmin possess seed-plots, possess granaries, possess cow-pens who knows us."  
> To them he gave speech.  
> Speech indeed does not leave anything here behind.  
> "evā hyevā" is their speech; "evā hyagnā" is bovine cattle; "evā hīndrā"  
> is equine cattle;  
> "evā hi pūṣan" is goats and sheep;  
> "evā hi devā" is an enclosure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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