[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) › 41.234 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.234 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 41.234 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.234](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234) atha maidhātitham medhātithigṛhapatayo vai vibhindukīyāssatramāsata teṣāṃ dṛḍhacyudāgastirudgātāsīdgaurīvitiḥ prastotācyutacyutpratihartā vasukṣayo hotā sanaka-navakau kāvyāvadhvaryū paśukāmo medhātithirjanikāmau sanaka-navakau | yatkāmā itare tatkāmāḥ nānākrāmā ha sma vai purā satramāsate te ha sma nānaiva kāmānṛddhvāptvotiṣṭhanti teṣāṃ ha smendro medhātithermeṣasya rūpaṃ kṛtvā somaṃ vratayati taṃ ha sma bādhante medhātitherno meṣassomaṃ vratayatīti sa u ha smaiṣāṃ svameva rūpaṃ kṛtvā somaṃ vratayati tato ha vā idamarvācīnaṃ medhātithermeṣa ityāhvayanti sa etanmedhātithiḥ paśukāmassāmāpaśyat tenāstuta purāṃ bhinduryuvā kavir ityeva valamabhinat tvaṃ valasya gomato'pāvaradrivo bilam ityetayā bilamapāvṛṇot > Then the Maidhātitha. Medhātithi as householder, the Vibhindukīyas sat for a sacrificial session. Of them, Dṛḍhacyut Āgasti was the Udgātṛ, Gaurīviti was the Prastotṛ, Acyutacyut was the Pratihartṛ, Vasukṣaya was the Hotṛ, Sanaka and Navaka, the Kāvyas, were the Adhvaryus. Medhātithi desired cattle; Sanaka and Navaka desired wives; whatever desires the others had, they were desiring that. In ancient times they used to sit for a sacrificial session with various desires. Having prospered, having obtained their diverse desires, they would rise. Among them, Indra, having assumed the form of a ram belonging to Medhātithi, used to drink the soma. They used to drive him away, \[saying\]: "The ram of Medhātithi is drinking our soma!" Then, having assumed his own form, he used to drink their soma. Thence originated this: they call him "ram of Medhātithi." That Medhātithi, desiring cattle, saw this sāman. With it he praised: "Breaker of strongholds, youthful, wise..." — thus he broke Vala. "You, O wielder of the thunderbolt, uncovered the cave of Vala rich in cows" — with this \[verse\] he uncovered the cave. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p1) tataḥ paśavo'sṛjyanta > From it cattle were released. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p2) ye prathame'sṛjyanta | ta ima etarhitanāḥ paśavaḥ > Those that were released first, these are the present cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p3) tadu haiva hiraṇyaśṛṅgīrdvyūdhnīranūdeyuḥ > Then indeed \[cows\] with golden horns and double udders followed out after them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p4) tadu haiva hiraṇyacaṇḍātakau vasāne'psarasāvanūdeyatuḥ > And then indeed two Apsarases wearing golden skirts followed out after them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p5) te gṛhapatirabhidadhyau > The householder laid claim to them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p6) sa hovāa mama vā ime | ye'haṃ mama gārhapatye'vārutsi > He said: "These are mine, which I have enclosed in my Gārhapatya \[hearth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p7) gṛhapatervāva sarvarddhiriti > All prosperity belongs indeed to the householder." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p8) neti hocatussanaka-navakau | paśukāmastvamāsiṣṭhāḥ > "No!" said Sanaka and Navaka, "You sat \[in the rite\] desiring cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p9) te tavaite paśavaḥ > These cattle are yours. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p10) janikāmāvāvam > We two desired wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p11) tayorāvayorime jāye iti > These two are our wives." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p12) taddhaiva saṃvadamāneṣvanyatarāmabhipede > While they were arguing, one of them took hold of one \[of the women\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p13) sā ha pratijaghne > She struck back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p14) saiṣā yasyā etatkabalikamiva > She is the one who has, as it were, a scarred face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p15) atha hānyatarā visiṣmiye > Then the other one smiled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p16) saiṣā hariṇikā > She is Hariṇikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.234.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234.p17) tasmādete paśūnsevate paśvājānehi > Therefore these \[women\] serve cattle in the place where cattle are born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.41.234) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.234) · Pramāṇa