[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) › 20.94 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.94 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.94 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94) atha vārśam vṛśo vai jānastriyaruṇasya traivṛṣṇasyaikṣvākasya rājñaḥ purohita āsa atha ha sma tataḥ purā rājabhyaḥ purohitā eva rathānsaṃgṛhṇantyaupadraṣṭryāya nedayaṃ pāpaṃ karavaditi tau hādhāvayantau brāhmaṇakumāraṃ pathi krīḍantaṃ rathacakreṇa vicicchidatuḥ itaro hādhāvayannabhiprayuyāvāpetara āyayāma sa hādhigatya na śaśākāpāyantum taṃ ha tadeva vicicchidatuḥ tasminhodāte tvaṃ hantāsi tvaṃ hantāsīti sa ha vṛśo'bhīśūnprakītyāvatiṣṭhannuvāca tvaṃ hantāsīti neti hovāca yo vai rathaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti sa rathasyeśe tvaṃ hantāsīti neti hetara uvācāpa vā ahamāyāṃsaṃ | sa tvamabhiprāyauṣīs | tvameva hantāsīti > Now the Vārśa \[sāman\]. > Vṛśa Jāna was the family priest of King Triyaruṇa Traivṛṣṇa, the descendant of Ikṣvāku. > Now formerly priests used to guide the reins of the chariots for the kings, as overseers, lest he commit an evil deed. > While the two were driving fast, they severed with the chariot wheel a Brahmin boy who was playing on the road. > The other \[king\] urged \[the horses\] forward while driving fast, but the other \[priest\] pulled \[them\] back. > Having reached him, he could not pull \[the horses\] back in time. > Right there the two severed him. > Concerning this, the two disputed: 'You are the killer! You are the killer!' > Vṛśa, throwing down the reins and stepping down, said: 'You are the killer!' > 'No,' he said. > 'He who holds the reins of the chariot, he rules the chariot. > You are the killer!' > 'No,' the other said; 'I pulled back, whereas you urged \[them\] forward. You alone are the killer!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p1) tau vai pṛcchāvahā iti > They said, 'Let us two ask \[for arbitration\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p2) tau hekṣvākūneva praśnameyatuḥ > The two went to the Ikṣvākus for a decision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p3) te hekṣvākava ūcuryo vāva rathaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti sa rathasyeśe > The Ikṣvākus said: 'He indeed who holds the reins of the chariot, he rules the chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p4) tvameva hantāsīti vṛśameva parābruvan > You alone are the killer!' Thus they decided against Vṛśa alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p5) so'kāmayatodita iyāṃ | gātuṃ nāthaṃ vindeya > He desired: 'May I go out from here; may I find a way, a protector; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p6) samayaṃ kumāro jīvediti > may this boy live again.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.94.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94.p7) sa etatsāmāpaśyat > He saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.94) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.94) · Pramāṇa