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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.121

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 21.121

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.121)

taṃ tuṣṭuvānaṃ śaryāto mānavo grāmeṇādhyavāsyat  
taṃ kumārā gopālā avipālā mṛdā śakṛtpiṇḍairāsapāṃsubhiradihan  
so'saṃjñāṃ śāryātyebhyo'karot  
tanna mātā putramajānān | na putro mātaram  
so'bravīccharyāto mānavaḥ kimihābhitaḥ kiṃ cidadrāṣṭa | yata  
idamitthamabhūditi  
tasmai hocurna nu tato'nyatsthavira evāyaṃ niṣṭhāvaśśete  
tamadya kumārā gopālā avipālā mṛdā śakṛtpiṇḍairāsapāṃsubhiradhikṣan  
tata idamitthamabhūditi

> While he was praising, Śaryāta Mānava camped over \[him\] with his clan. Boys, cowherds, and shepherds smeared him with mud, balls of dung, and ashes from hearths. He caused discord among the Śāryātas. Then mother did not recognize son, nor son mother. Śaryāta Mānava said: 'Did you see anything around here, from which this has happened in this manner?' They said to him: 'Nothing other than that: an old, worn-out man lies here. Today boys, cowherds, and shepherds have smeared him with mud, balls of dung, and ashes from hearths. From that, this has happened in this manner.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.121.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.121.p1)

sa hovāca cyavano vai sa bhārgavo'bhūt

> He said: 'That was indeed Cyavana Bhārgava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.121.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.121.p2)

sa vāstupasya brāhmaṇaṃ veda

> He knows the ritual mystery of the remnant of the dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.121.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.121.p3)

taṃ nūnaṃ putrā vāstau hitvā prāyāsiṣuriti

> His sons have surely driven off, leaving him on the site of the dwelling.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.121.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.121.p4)

tamādrutyābravīdṛṣe | namaste'stu

> Running up to him, he said: 'O seer, homage be to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.21.121) — English, machine translation

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