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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 22.129

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 22.129

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [22.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.22.129)

athāṣṭeḷaḥ padastobha iḷānāmayātayāmāvarudhyate  
teno hāsmā ekaśaphāḥ paśavastiṣṭhante  
prajāpatiṃ prajāssamṛjānaṃ śīrṣataḥ pāpmāgṛhṇāt  
so'kāmayatāpa pāpmānaṃ hanīyeti  
sa etānpadastobhānapaśyat  
tairastuta  
taiḥ pāpmānamapāhata  
tānapaveṣṭayanniva gāyet  
apaveṣṭayanniva vai sa tacchīrṣato'gre pāpmānamapajaghne  
apaveṣṭayannivaiva śīrṣato'gre pāpmānamapahate ya evaṃ veda

> Now the eight-iḷā padastobha is secured fresh, without staling, among the iḷās. / Thereby single-hoofed cattle stay for him. / Evil seized Prajāpati by the head as he was emitting creatures. / He desired, 'May I strike away the evil.' / He saw these padastobhas. / With them he praised. / With them he struck away the evil. / One should sing them as if unwinding. / For as if unwinding, he struck away that evil from his head in the beginning. / One who knows thus strikes away evil from his head in the beginning, as if unwinding.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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