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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 33.204

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 33.204

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [33.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204)

tāsu vasiṣṭhasya vīṅkamatikrāntiḥ  
ati vā etarhyanuṣṭubanuṣṭubhaṃ krāmati  
saiṣānuṣṭupsatī trayastriṃśadakṣarā saṃpadyate  
tenātikrāmati  
vasiṣṭho vai jīto hataputro'kāmayata vīmām̐llokānaśnuvīya | vi prajayā  
paśubhiraśnuvīyeti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
tena vīvītyevemām̐llokānāśnuta | vi prajayā paśubhirāśnute  
tadetatsvargyaṃ prajananaṃ sāma  
vīmām̐llokānaśnute | vi prajayā paśubhiraśnute | ya evaṃ veda  
tadu stobhānutunnaṃ bhavati  
anutunnādvai prajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante  
paśavaśchandomāḥ  
tena vai rūpasamṛddham  
yadu vasiṣṭho'paśyattasmādvasiṭṭasya vīṃkamityākhyāyate  
tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati  
paśavo vā iḷā  
paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti

> On them is the Vīṅka of Vasiṣṭha, a surpassing. Indeed, at this point an anuṣṭubh surpasses an anuṣṭubh. Being an anuṣṭubh, it amounts to thirty-three syllables; thereby it surpasses. Vasiṣṭha, when he was vanquished and his sons killed, desired: 'May I pervade these worlds; may I extend far with offspring and cattle!' He saw this sāman. With it he praised. By it, shouting 'vī vī', he pervaded these worlds; he extends far with offspring and cattle. It is a heaven-procuring, procreative sāman. He pervades these worlds, he extends far with offspring and cattle, who knows thus. And it is unjostled by a stobha. From what is unjostled, offspring and cattle are born. The chandomas are cattle; thereby it is rich in proper form. Because Vasiṣṭha saw it, it is named the Vīṅka of Vasiṣṭha. It is an Iḷā-bearing sāman for the acchāvāka priest. Iḷā is cattle; they firmly establish themselves in cattle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p1)

śiśuṃ jajñānaṃ haryataṃ mṛjantī

> "Wiping the newborn, pleasing babe,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p2)

ti harivatīrbhavanti

> \[such\] contain \[the word\] "tawny" (hari).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p3)

harivatī vai paramā vācastanūḥ

> The highest form of speech is indeed endowed with "hari".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p4)

vācaṃ chandomaissamicchanti

> They seek speech together by means of the chandomas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p5)

āpteva vā etarhi vāgbhavati chandomeṣu

> For speech, as it were, is now attained in the chandomas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p6)

tāmevaitatsaṃvindanti

> thus they find it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p7)

śumbhanti vipraṃ maruto gaṇene

> "The Maruts adorn the sage with \[their\] troop,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p8)

ti marutvatīrbhavanti

> \[such\] contain \[the word\] "Maruts".  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p9)

marutvadvai triṣṭubho rūpam

> Endowed with the Maruts is indeed the form of the triṣṭubh;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p10)

traiṣṭubhametadahaḥ

> this day belongs to the triṣṭubh.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p11)

atho kṣatraṃ vai triṣṭubviśo marutaḥ

> Moreover, nobility is the triṣṭubh, and the commoners are the Maruts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p12)

tadyattriṣṭubho marutvatīrbhavanti | kṣatrāyaiva tadviśamanuvartmānaṃ kurvanti

> In that the triṣṭubhs contain the Maruts, they thereby make the commoners follow nobility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p13)

tasmātkṣatrasya viḍanuvartmā

> Therefore, the commoner is a follower of nobility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p14)

kavirgīrbhiḥ kāvyena kavissansomaḥ pavitramatyeti rebhann

> "The poet, \[inspired\] with songs through poetic wisdom, being a poet, Soma passes beyond the strainer, roaring,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [33.204.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.33.204.p15)

ityatihāyan

> so saying, \[he recites\] passing beyond \[some verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.33.204) — English, machine translation

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