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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 26.161

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 26.161

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [26.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161)

atha ha mada āsuro bibhayāṃcakāra  
sa hovāca mā māṃ moghāyodāhvayata vi māṃ nidhatteti  
te'bruvanpāsyāma iti manyamānāssurāmāharāma varuṇasyāndhaso'dhi  
tasyāṃ naivāsītkatamaścanārtassāmartyānīti  
tatra mada parehīti  
sa eṣa mada āsurassurāyāṃ vinihitaḥ  
sa sunve yo vasūnāṃ yo rāyām  
iti rūti revatīnāṃ rūpam

> Now, the Asuric intoxication (mada) became afraid.  
> He said: "Do not call me forth in vain; place me apart!"  
> They said: "Thinking 'we will drink,' let us fetch liquor (surā) from the food of Varuṇa.  
> In it no one was afflicted, \[thinking\] 'I shall perish.'  
> There, O intoxication, go!"  
> That Asuric intoxication was placed in the liquor.  
> "He is pressed, who \[is the lord\] of riches, who of wealth"—  
> in this way 'rūti' is the form of the Revatīs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p1)

tāsu dīrdhaṃ bṛhatāmekam

> Upon them \[is sung\] the Dīrgha, one of the Bṛhat \[sāmans\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p2)

etena ha vā etadaharbārhataṃ kriyate

> By this indeed this day is made connected with the Bṛhat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p3)

devā vai svargakāmāstapo'tapyanta

> The gods, desirous of heaven, practiced austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p4)

ta etatsāmāpaśyan

> They saw this sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p5)

tenāstuvata

> With it they praised.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [26.161.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.26.161.p6)

tadenāndīrghameva bhūtvā svargaṃ lokamavahat

> Then, having become long (dīrgha) indeed, it carried them to the heavenly world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.26.161) — English, machine translation

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