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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.125

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 21.125

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.125)

taṃ hocaturṛṣe'pisomau nau bhagavaḥ kurviti  
tatheti hovāca  
tau vai nu mā yuvaṃ punaryuvānaṃ kurutamiti  
taṃ ha sarasvatyai śaiśavamabhyavacakṛṣatuḥ  
sa hovāca kumāri | sarve vai sadṛśā udeṣyāmo'nena mā lakṣmakeṇa  
jānītāditi  
te ha sarva eva sadṛśā udeyuryatkalyāṇatamaṃ rūpāṇāṃ tena rūpeṇa  
taṃ heyaṃ jñātvāvabibhede -- ayaṃ mama patiriti  
taṃ hocatur | ṛṣe'kurvāvaṃ tava taṃ kāmaṃ yastava kāmo'bhūt  
punaryuvābhūḥ  
āvaṃ tvaṃ tathānuśādhi | yadāvamapisomau syāveti

> They said to him: 'O seer, make us two share in Soma, venerable one!' 'So be it,' he said, 'but make me young again.' They dragged him into the Śaiśava \[pool\] of the Sarasvatī. He said: 'O maiden, all of us will emerge looking identical. Recognize me by this mark.' They all emerged looking identical, possessing the most beautiful of forms. Having recognized him, she distinguished: 'This is my husband.' They said to him: 'O seer, we have fulfilled that wish of yours which was your wish. You have become young again. Instruct us two in such a way that we two may share in Soma.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.125.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.125.p1)

sa hovāca devā vā ete kurukṣetre'paśīṛṣṇā yajñena yajamānā āsate

> He said: 'These gods are sitting sacrificing with a headless sacrifice in Kurukṣetra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.125.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.125.p2)

te taṃ kāmaṃ nāpnuvanti yo yajñe kāmaḥ

> They do not obtain that wish which is in the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.125.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.125.p3)

tadyajñasya śiro'chidyata

> For the head of the sacrifice was cut off.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [21.125.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.125.p4)

tadyaddadhyaṅātharvaṇo'nvapaśyattaṃ tadgacchatam

> Because Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa perceived it, go to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.21.125) — English, machine translation

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