[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya) › 20.111 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.111 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.111 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.111) tāni sarvāṇi chandāṃsi saṃbhṛtya tairindro vṛtramahan yanmahāntamahaṃstasmānmahānāmnayaḥ yadaśaknottasmācchakvaryaḥ yanmaṭviyamakarottasmānmaṭvīḥ yatsīmānamabhinattasmātsimāḥ atho haināssīmata eva samṛje sima iti vai śreṣṭhamācakṣate sima śreṣṭha svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda tā ha vā etā indrā eva nāma indro vai yatra mahānāmnīṣu mithunatvamaicchata | tā enamabruvansa vai naḥ prayaccheti kimiti yatta etannāmeti tābhyastatprāyacchat tasmādetā indrā nāma etaddha vā āsāṃ priyaṃ guhyaṃ nāma yadindrāḥ sa yo hāsāmetadvidvānpariharata | āgāmukamenaṃ priyaṃ bhavati paśyate priyam tasmādetā mahānāmnaya iti parokṣamākhyāyante > Having brought together all those meters, Indra slew Vṛtra with them. > Because they slew the great one (mahāntam), therefore they are the Mahānāmnīs. > Because he was able (aśaknot), therefore they are the Śakvarīs. > Because he made it intoxicating (maṭvī), therefore they are the Maṭvīs. > Because he split the boundary (sīmānam), therefore they are the Simās. > And moreover, he wiped them clean from the boundary itself. > For they call the best "sima". > He who knows thus becomes sima, the best among his own people. > These, indeed, are named "Indras". > When Indra desired pairing among the Mahānāmnīs, they said to him: "Give \[it\] to us!" > "What?" > "That name of yours." > He gave it to them. > Therefore these are named Indras. > For this is their dear, secret name, namely, "Indras". > He who, knowing this, avoids it—what is dear comes to him, he sees what is dear. > Therefore they are referred to cryptically as the Mahānāmnīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.110) - [Next: 20.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.112) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.111) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.111) · Pramāṇa