[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) › 20.118 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.118 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.118 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.118) tā raivataṃ ṣaṣṭhe'hannasṛjanta tatpaśughoṣo'nvasṛjyata tasmādraivatasya stotre paśughoṣaṃ kurvanti | vatsānmātṛbhissaṃvāśayanti tā abruvansṛjadhvameveti etāvadvāvetyabruvan tadete ha vā āsāmaindrā ghoṣā vadanti asminnaindrā ghoṣāssarvā asminpuṇyā vāco vadanti ya evaṃ veda te devā vāmadevyameva yoniṃ parigṛhyordhvā udāgāhanta tadetasya pṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya madhye ha māyaṃ nyadadhuḥ tadyāni ha vai stutāni sāmāni paścātvaṃ teṣāṃ vāmadevyam | atha yānyastutāni purastvaṃ teṣām yo vai grāmasya śreṣṭhī baliṣṭho bhavati tena paścātvena tena purastvena yanti ariṣṭena yajñena yajate ya evaṃ veda etasmāddha vā idaṃ yugyau na samavahanau vahato'nyatara eva vahīyānbhavati tasmādvāmadevyaṃ pṛṣṭham pṛṣṭhaṃ hi prativahatīti kḷhiptarvā eṣā śāntirvā eṣā pratiṣṭhā vā eṣaiṣa vāva yajño yadvāmadevyam tasmādyena yenāhnā stuvanti tattadanusarpati kalpayacchamayat > On the sixth day, they brought forth the Raivata. / After that the sound of cattle was brought forth. / Therefore, at the chant of the Raivata, they make the sound of cattle: they make calves call out to their mothers. / They said, 'Bring forth further!' / 'Only this much!' they replied. / These, indeed, speak as the sounds of Indra for them. / In him the sounds of Indra speak, in him all auspicious speeches speak, who knows thus. / Those gods, grasping the Vāmadevya as a womb, mounted upward. / In the middle of this six-day pṛṣṭha rite they deposited this one. / Now, regarding the sāmans that have been chanted, the Vāmadevya is the rear guard for them; and regarding those that have not been chanted, it is the vanguard for them. / He who is the headman, the strongest of a village, with him as rear guard, with him as vanguard, they proceed. / He sacrifices with an uninjured sacrifice who knows thus. / For this reason, two draft-animals of a pair do not pull equally: one is always stronger at pulling. / Therefore the Vāmadevya is a pṛṣṭha, / for the pṛṣṭha bears against \[the load\]. / This is order; this is appeasement; this is a firm foundation; this sacrifice is indeed the Vāmadevya. / Therefore, with whatever day they chant, it glides alongside it, arranging and appeasing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.118.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.118.p1) asāvyaṃśurmadāye tyasāvīti simānāṃ rūpam apsu dakṣo giriṣṭhāḥ śyeno na yonimāsadat śubhramandho devavātamapsu dhautaṃ nṛbhissutam ityapsumatīrbhavanti āpo hyetadahaḥ svadanti gāvaḥ payobhiḥ ādīmaśvaṃ na hetāramaśūśubhannamṛtāya iti gomatīḥ paśumatīrbhavanti paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai paśavo hyetadahaḥ madho rasaṃ sadhamāda iti madvatīrbhavanti raso vai madaḥ dhītamivaitadyattṛtīyasavanam tadyadetā madvatīrbhavanti rasamevāsminnetaddadhati ṣavainadetena pyāyayanti > 'The stalk has been pressed for exhilaration'—in 'has been pressed' is the form of the Sīmans. / 'Skillful in the waters, mountain-dwelling, / like a falcon he has settled in the womb; / the bright sap, welcome to the gods, washed in the waters, pressed by men'—thus they contain \[the word\] 'water', / for this day belongs to the waters. / 'The cows sweeten \[it\] with their milk; / then they adorn him for immortality like a runner, a horse'—thus they contain \[the word\] 'cow' and contain \[the word\] 'cattle', to secure cattle, / for this day belongs to cattle. / 'The sap of sweetness in joint exhilaration'—thus they contain \[the word\] 'exhilaration'. / Exhilaration is sap. / This third pressing is, as it were, drained. / So, that these contain \[the word\] 'exhilaration', they thereby place sap into it; / with this, they swell it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.118) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.12.5-2.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.118) · Pramāṇa