[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) › 21.127 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 21.127 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 21.127 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.127) tadindro'nvabudhyata pra hābhyāmavocaditi tasyādrutya śiraḥ prācchinadidamaśvaśīrṣam atha yadasya svaṃ śira āsīttadimau manīṣiṇau pratisamadhattām tau ha devānājagmaturapaśīrṣṇā yajñena yajamānān tānhocaturapaśīrṣṇā vai yajñena yajamānā ādhve te taṃ kāmaṃ nāpnutha yo yajñe kāma iti kastadyajñasya śiro vedeti āvamiti tadvai pratisaṃdhattamiti tābhyāṃ vai nau grahaṃ gṛhṇīteti tābhyāmetamāśvinaṃ grahamagṛhṇan tāvabruvanyuvamevādhvaryū sthas | tau tatprajānantāvetadyajñasya śiraḥ pratisandhāsyatha iti tatheti tāvadhvaryū āstām tattāvapisomāvabhavatām > Indra realized that: 'He has indeed spoken to the two of them!' / Running up to him, he cut off his head—this horse's head. / Then these two wise ones replaced what had been his own head. / The two came to the gods who were sacrificing with a headless sacrifice. / They said to them, 'You are sacrificing with a headless sacrifice! / You do not obtain that desire which is \[sought\] in the sacrifice.' / 'Who knows that head of the sacrifice?' / 'We two,' \[they said\]. / 'Then replace it!' / 'Draw a soma cup for the two of us!' / For the two of them they drew this Āśvina cup. / They said, 'You two indeed are the adhvaryus. As you know this, you will replace this head of the sacrifice.' / 'So be it.' / The two became the adhvaryus. / Thereby the two became drinkers of soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.127.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.127.p1) atha ha cyavano bhārgavaḥ punaryuvā bhūtvāgacchaccharyātaṃ mānavam > Then Cyavana Bhārgava, having become young again, went to Śaryāta Mānava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [21.127.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.127.p2) taṃ prācyāṃ sthalyāmayājayat > He sacrificed for him on the eastern plain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.21.127) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.21.127) · Pramāṇa