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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.122

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 21.122

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.122)

śāryātyabhyo bhago mṛḷeti  
atha ha sukanyā śāryātyā kalyāṇyāsa  
sa hovāca sa vai me sukanyāṃ dehīti  
neti hovāca  
anyaddhanaṃ brūṣveti  
neti hovāca  
vāstupasya vai brāhmaṇaṃ veda  
tāṃ ma ihopanidhāyāsāyamevādya grāmeṇa yātāditi  
te vai tvā mantrayitvā pratibravāmeti  
te hocurmantrayitvā -- ekaṃ vai dve trīṇi paramamanayā dhanāni labhemahy  
athainayeha sarvameva lapsyāmahe  
hantāsmā imā dadāmeti  
tāṃ hāsmai daduḥ  
tāṃ hocuḥ kumāri | sthaviro vā ayaṃ niṣṭhāvo nālamanusaraṇāya  
yadaiva vayaṃ yunajāmahā | athānvādhāvatāditi  
sā heyaṃ yuktaṃ grāmamanusariṣyantyanūttasthau  
sā hovācāhe paridhāva sakhāyaṃ jīvahāyinamiti  
sā yadītīyāya yadīti

> Be gracious, through fortune, to the Śāryātas.' Now Sukanyā, daughter of Śaryāta, was beautiful. He said: 'Then give me Sukanyā.' 'No,' he said, 'ask for other wealth.' 'No,' he said, 'Indeed I know the ritual mystery of the remnant of the dwelling. Having left her beside me here, move on today with the clan before evening.' \[They said:\] 'Deliberating together, we will give you an answer.' Having deliberated, they said: 'We might obtain one, two, or at most three pieces of wealth through her, but by means of her we shall obtain everything right here. Come, let us give her to him.' They gave her to him. They said to her: 'O maiden, this is an old, worn-out man, not capable of following. When we harness, then run after \[us\].' As she was about to follow the harnessed clan, she stood up after \[them\]. He said: 'O serpent, run around my life-taking companion!' As she went this way or that,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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