[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) › 20.96 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.96 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96) tadabhivyāharat kumāraṃ mātā yuvatissamubdhaṃ guhā bibharti na dadāti pitre anīkamasya na minajjanāsaḥ puraḥ paśyanti nihitamaratau kametaṃ tvaṃ yuvate kumāraṃ peṣī bimarṣi mahiṣī jajāna pūrvīrhi garbhaśśarado vavardhāpaśyaṃ jātaṃ yadasūta mātā vi jyotiṣā bṛhatā bhātyagnirāvirviśvāni kṛṇute mahitvā prādevīrmāyāssahate durevāśśiśīte śṛṃge rakṣase vinikṣe uta svānāso divi ṣantvagnestigmāyudhā rakṣase hantavā u made cidasya pra rujanti bhāmā na varante paribādho adevīḥ ityevaināmidamagnerhara ūrdhvamuddravatsarvāṃ prādahat tato vai te yathāyathamagnerharo vyaharanta yathāyathamebhyo'gnirapacat tadetaddīptirbrahmavarcasaṃ sāma etena vā agnerharo'pakrāntamanvavindan tejasvī brahmavarcasī dīptimānbhavati ya evaṃ veda tadadhyardheḷe bhavati pratyakṣaṃ śakvarīṇāṃ rūpaṃ śākvare'han tena vai rūpasamṛddham yadu vṛśo'paśyattasmādvārśamityākhyāyate > He pronounced over it: > 'The young mother bears the child hidden, wrapped up; she does not give it to the father; > people do not perceive his face, resting in front in the fire-drill. > What is this child, O young woman, which you, a tormentress, bear? The queen has brought him forth; > for many autumns the embryo grew; I saw him born when the mother brought him forth. > Agni shines out with great light, making all things visible by his might; > he overcomes hostile, ill-willed wiles; he sharpens his horns to pierce the rakṣas. > And may the roars of Agni be in heaven, with sharp weapons to slay the rakṣas; > even in his exhilaration his flames shatter; the godless obstructors do not ward him off.' > Thus the heat of this fire, rushing upwards, completely burned her up. > Thereupon they distributed the heat of Agni according to their proper places; > Agni cooked for them in the proper manner. > This is a sāman of splendor and spiritual luster. > By it, indeed, they found the departed heat of Agni. > Splendid, possessing spiritual luster, and radiant does he become who knows thus. > It has a base of one and a half Iḷās; it is the visible form of the Śakvarī verses on the Śākvara day. > Thereby it is endowed with form. > Because Vṛśa saw it, therefore it is called the Vārśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.96.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96.p1) soma u ṣvāṇassotṛbhir > 'Soma, pressed by the pressers,'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.96.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96.p2) iti simānāṃ rūpam > this is the form of the boundaries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.96.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96.p3) adhi ṣṇubhiravīnām > 'Over the backs of the sheep,'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.96.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96.p4) iti gomatīḥ paśumatīrbhavanti paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai > thus \[verses\] containing 'cow' and 'cattle' occur for the securing of cattle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.96) · Pramāṇa