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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 38.224

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 38.224

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [38.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224)

atha kākṣīvatam  
kakṣīvānvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya | śriyaṃ rājyaṃ  
gaccheyamiti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyata śriyaṃ rājyamagacchat  
te ha vai sahasraṃ kākṣīvatā āsuḥ  
tairha vai sa putrai śriyaṃ rājyaṃ jagāma  
aśnute śriyaṃ gacchati rājyaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
tadu stobhānutunnaṃ bhavati  
anutunnādvai prajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante  
paśavaśchandomāḥ  
tena vai rūpasamṛddham  
yadu kakṣīvānapaśyattasmātkākṣīvatamityākhyāyate

> Now the Kākṣīvata \[sāman\]. / Kakṣīvant desired, 'May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle, may I attain prosperity and kingship.' / He saw this sāman. / With it he praised. / Thereupon, indeed, he was propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; he attained prosperity and kingship. / There were, indeed, a thousand descendants of Kakṣīvant. / With these sons, indeed, he attained prosperity and kingship. / He who knows thus reaches prosperity, attains kingship. / And it is unstruck by stobhas. / From the unstruck, indeed, offspring and cattle are born. / The Chandomas are cattle. / Therefore it is rich in form. / And because Kakṣīvant saw it, therefore it is called the Kākṣīvata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p1)

atha pramaṃhiṣṭhīyam

> Now the Pramaṃhiṣṭhīya \[sāman\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p2)

ṛṣīṇāṃ vai satramāsīnānāṃ paśava upādasyan

> When the seers were seated at a sacrificial session, their cattle ran low.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p3)

te'kāmayantāva paśūnrundhīmahīti

> They desired, 'May we obtain cattle.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p4)

te hocuretāgnimeva paśūnyācāma

> They said, 'Come, let us ask Agni for cattle.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p5)

sa vāva paśūnāmīśe

> 'He rules over cattle.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [38.224.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.38.224.p6)

sa eva naḥ paśūnpradāsyatīti

> 'He alone will give us cattle.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.38.224) — English, machine translation

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