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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 36.209

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 36.209

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [36.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.36.209)

devā vā akāmayantāñjasā svargaṃ lokamārohemeti  
ta etatsāmāpaśyan  
tenāstuvata  
tato vai te'ñjasā svargaṃ lokamārohan  
tadevāñjaso'ñjastvam  
tadetatsvargyaṃ sāma  
añjasaivaitena svargaṃ lokamārohati ya evaṃ veda  
tadvevācakṣate vairūpamiti  
paśavo vai virūpāḥ  
paśavo vairūpam  
paśuṣvevaitatpaśūnanusaṃdadhāti  
virūpa āṃgirasaḥ paśukāmastapo'tapyata  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
tato vai sa paśūnavārunddha  
tadetatpaśavyaṃ sāma  
ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavati ya evaṃ veda  
yadu virūpa āṅgiraso'paśyattasmādvairūpamityākhyāyate

> The gods indeed desired: "May we ascend straight (añjasā) to the heavenly world."  
> They saw this sāman.  
> With it they praised.  
> Thereupon they indeed ascended straight to the heavenly world.  
> That is the straightness of the Āñjasa.  
> That is a heaven-procuring sāman.  
> Straight indeed he ascends to the heavenly world with it, who knows thus.  
> Now they also call it the Vairūpa.  
> Cattle indeed are manifold (virūpāḥ);  
> cattle are the Vairūpa;  
> thus he joins cattle to cattle.  
> Virūpa Āṅgirasa, desiring cattle, practiced austerity.  
> He saw this sāman.  
> With it he praised.  
> Thereupon he indeed obtained cattle.  
> That is a cattle-procuring sāman.  
> He obtains cattle and becomes rich in cattle, who knows thus.  
> And because Virūpa Āṅgirasa saw it, therefore it is called Vairūpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [36.209.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.36.209.p1)

atha dhurāṃ sāma dravadiḷe rāthantaram  
tasmādrāthantare'hankriyate  
chandāṃsi vai dhuraḥ  
yātayāmāna ivaite yacchandomāḥ  
tadyadatra dhurāṃ sāma kriyate tenaiva chandomā dhūrvantaśchandasvanto'yātayāmānaḥ  
kriyante  
atho prāṇā vai dhuraḥ  
paśavo dhuraḥ  
prāṇeṣveva tatpaśuṣu pratitiṣṭhati  
atheḷataṃ triṇidhanaṃ savanānāṃ kḷhaptyai  
etaddha vai samṛddhaṃ yadgāyatraṃ triṇidhanam  
iḷankāvya svargakāmastapo'tapyata  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
sa imameva lokaṃ prathamena nidhanenābhyārohad | antarikṣaṃ dvitīyena | amuṃ  
tṛtīyena  
tānimāṃstrīm̐llokānabhyārohat  
tato vai sa svarge loke pratyatiṣṭhat  
tadetatsvargyaṃ pratiṣṭhā sāma  
gacchti svargaṃ lokaṃ | prati svarge loke tiṣthati ya evaṃ veda  
yadviḷankāvyo'paśyattasmādaiḷatamityākhyāyate  
atha saumitraṃ | bhrātṛvyahā sendraṃ sāma  
hanti dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyamāsyendro havaṃ gacchati ya evaṃ veda

> Now the Sāman of the Yokes (Dhurāṃ Sāman) running with iḷā, connected with the Rathantara.  
> Therefore it is performed on a Rathantara day.  
> The meters indeed are the yokes.  
> Exhausted as it were are these, namely the Chandomas.  
> When the Sāman of the Yokes is performed here, thereby the Chandomas are made bearing the yoke, possessed of meters, and unexhausted.  
> Moreover, the breaths are the yokes;  
> cattle are the yokes;  
> thus he firmly stands in breaths and in cattle.  
> Then the Aiḷata with three refrains, for the proper arrangement of the pressings.  
> Successful indeed is that which is Gāyatra and has three refrains.  
> Iḷa Kāvya, desiring heaven, practiced austerity.  
> He saw this sāman.  
> With it he praised.  
> He ascended to this world with the first refrain, to the intermediate space with the second, to that \[sky\] with the third.  
> He ascended to these three worlds.  
> Then indeed he was established in the heavenly world.  
> That is a heaven-procuring and establishing sāman.  
> He goes to the heavenly world, and is established in the heavenly world, who knows thus.  
> And because Iḷa Kāvya saw it, therefore it is called Aiḷata.  
> Now the Saumitra, slaying the rival, possessed of Indra.  
> He slays his hating rival, and Indra comes to his call, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.36.209) — English, machine translation

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