[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) › 29.170 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 29.170 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 29.170 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170) atha ha tataḥ purā māyayā darśanīyāvāsatuḥ tayoranyataro'gniṃ praplavamāṇo'bravīditthaṃ vai sa karoti yassatyamanṛtena jighāṃsatīti athetthaṃ gā nyakṛntan tadanyatara upaparetya grīvā apikṛntamāṇo'bravīditthamu vāva sa karoti yassatyamanṛtena jighāṃsatīti tau tadevāmriyetām tā etā bhrātṛvyaghnyo rakṣoghnya ṛcaḥ hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyamapa rakṣaḥ pāpmānaṃ hata etābhirṛgbhistuṣṭuvānaḥ tadāhuryadvālakhilyā viharanti kathametāsu vihṛtāsu stuvata iti sa brūyādyadevaitāni vyūnākṣarāṇi vyatiṣaktāni padāni bhavanti | teneti > Before that, however, they had been handsome by their magical art. One of the two, diving into the fire, said: "Thus, indeed, does he fare who seeks to strike truth with untruth!" Then they cut down cows in this way. One of the two, approaching, cutting his own throat, said: "Thus, indeed, does he fare who seeks to strike truth with untruth!" Right there they two died. These are those foe-slaying, demon-slaying verses. He who praises with these verses strikes down his hateful foe, strikes away the demon, evil. Regarding this, they say: "Since they transpose the Vālakhilyas, how do they chant praise with them when transposed?" He should say: "Because these syllables are transposed and the words interwoven; by that." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p1) tāsu gūrdaḥ > On them \[is sung\] the Gūrda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p2) devāsurā annādye'spardhanta > The gods and the Asuras vied for food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p3) te devā annādyamasurāṇāmavṛñjata > The gods appropriated the food of the Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p4) teṣu hāsureṣu gūrda eva nāma mahadannādyaṃ pariśiśiṣe > Among those Asuras, a great food named Gūrda alone remained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p5) te devā akāmayanta vṛñjīmahīmaṃ gūrdamannādyamasurāṇāmiti > The gods desired: "Let us appropriate this food of the Asuras, the Gūrda." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p6) ta etatsāmāpaśyan > They saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p7) tenāstuvata > With it they chanted praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p8) tena gūrdamannādyamasurāṇāmavṛñjata > With it they appropriated the food of the Asuras, the Gūrda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p9) tasminnagūrdan > They exulted over it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p10) yadagūrdaṃstadgūrdasya gūrdatvam > Because they exulted over it, that is the essence of the Gūrda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p11) tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhissāma > That is this sāman for the obtainment of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p12) avānnādyaṃ runddhe vṛṃkte dviṣato bhrātṛvyasyānnādyaṃ ya evaṃ veda > He obtains food, he appropriates the food of his hateful foe, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [29.170.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170.p13) prajāpatirannādyamasṛjata > Prajāpati created food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.29.170) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.170) · Pramāṇa