[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) › 29.167 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 29.167 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 29.167 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167) chandāṃsi yadamumādityamudayacchestāni nāśaknuvannudyantum tāni dvipadāñchandāṃsyabruvaṃstvayi pratiṣṭhāyaitamudyacchāmeti tāni vai me'nnaṃ bhavateti annaṃ te bhavāma ityabruvan tadbrāhmaṇo ha vai chando dvipadas | tānyasyaitānyannamiha cāmutra ca tānyetāni chandāṃsi dvipadāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyaitamādityamudyacchantyetāṃśca yajñakratūn tadyatpṛccheyuḥ kasmāddvipadaṣṣaṣṭhe'hankriyanta iti | pratiṣṭhityā ityeva brūyāt tasmādetā atra nāntarityāḥ tā etā bhavantyagne tvaṃ no antama iti > When the meters lifted up that Āditya, they were not able to lift him up. They said to the Dvipadā meters, 'Standing firmly on you, let us lift him up.' \[The Dvipadās replied:\] 'Become my food.' 'We will become your food,' they said. That meter which is the Dvipadā is the Brahmin; these are his food here and in the yonder world. These meters, having stood firmly on the Dvipadā, lift up this Āditya and these sacrificial rites. If they should ask, 'Why are the Dvipadās performed on the sixth day?', he should say, 'For a firm foundation.' Therefore these should not be omitted here. They are these: 'Agni, you are nearest to us…' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.167.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167.p1) asamātiṃ rāthaprauṣṭhaṃ gaupāyanā abhyadāsan > The Gaupāyanas practiced black magic against Asamāti Rāthaprauṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.167.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167.p2) te khāṇḍave satramāsata > They were sitting at a sacrificial session in Khāṇḍava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.167.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167.p3) atha hāsamātau rāthaprauṣṭhe kirātākulī ūṣaturasuramāyau > Now with Asamāti Rāthaprauṣṭha dwelt Kirāta and Ākuli, possessors of Asura sorcery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.29.167) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.167) · Pramāṇa