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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 29.171

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 29.171

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [29.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171)

tasya sarve devā mamatvina āsanmama mameti  
so'gnirakāmayatāhamidamannādyamujjayeyamiti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenainaṃ paryagṛhṇāt  
tadudajayat  
tadetadagnāveva sarvamannādyam  
tasmādyasyai yasyai devatāyai juhvaty | agnāveva juhvati  
tasminnagūrdat  
yadagūrdat | tadveva gūrdasya gūrdatvam  
tadetadannādyasyāvaruddhissāma  
avānnādyaṃ runddhe'nnāda śreṣṭha svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda  
imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhemendraśca viśve ca devā  
iti vaiśvadevyo bhavanti  
vaiśvadevo vai vṛṣakapiḥ  
vaiśvadevametadahaḥ  
yajñaṃ ca nastanvaṃ ca prajāṃ cādityairindrassaha sīṣadhātviti siddhyā eva  
ādityairindrassagaṇo marudbhirasmabhyaṃ bheṣajā karad  
iti bheṣajamevaitena prāyaścittiṃ kurvate

> All the gods laid claim to it, saying: "Mine, mine!" Agni desired: "May I conquer this food." He saw this sāman. With it he enclosed it. He conquered it. Therefore all this food is in Agni alone. That is why to whichever deity they offer, they offer in Agni alone. Over it he exulted. Because he exulted, that indeed is the essence of the Gūrda. That is this sāman for the obtainment of food. He obtains food, he becomes an eater of food, the best of his own people, who knows thus. "May Indra and all the gods now set these worlds in order"—\[these verses\] belong to the All-Gods. Vṛṣākapi belongs to the All-Gods. This day belongs to the All-Gods. "And may Indra together with the Ādityas set in order our sacrifice, our body, and our offspring"—\[this is\] for accomplishment. "May Indra, accompanied by the host of Maruts and the Ādityas, make remedies for us"—with this they perform a healing, an expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p1)

tāsu gotamasya bhadram

> On them \[is sung\] Gotama's Bhadra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p2)

gotamo vai śrīkāmastapo'tapyata

> Gotama, desiring prosperity, practiced ascetic heat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p3)

sa etatsāmāpaśyat

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

### [29.171.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p4)

tenāstuta

> With it he chanted praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p5)

tato vai sa śriyamāśnuta

> Thence indeed he attained prosperity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p6)

tacchrīrvai bhadram

> Prosperity is indeed good fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p7)

prajā vai bhadram

> Offspring is indeed good fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p8)

prajāyai yā prajā sā śreyaḥ

> The offspring of one's offspring, that is greater good fortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p9)

api ha prajāyai prajāṃ paśyate ya evaṃ veda

> He even beholds the offspring of his offspring, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p10)

yadu gotamo'paśyattasmādgotamasya bhadramityākhyāyate

> Because Gotama saw it, therefore it is called Gotama's Bhadra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p11)

pra va indrāya vṛtrahantamāye

> "Forth to your Indra, most slaying of Vṛtra..."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p12)

ti vārtraghnyo bhavanty | antato vijityai

> —these verses are related to the slaying of Vṛtra, for victory at the end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p13)

devā vai ṣaḍahena vijityābruvankiṃ nu no'syāntata syādyathā na idaṃ jitamasurānapajayeyuriti

> The gods, having conquered through the six-day rite, said: "What now would there be for us at its end, so that the Asuras do not reconquer this that we have won?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p14)

te pṛṣṭhānāmeva rasānsaṃprāvṛhan

> They tore out the saps of the pṛṣṭhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [29.171.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.29.171.p15)

tānabhyasvaran

> They chanted over them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.29.171) — English, machine translation

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