[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) › 41.239 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 41.239 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 41.239 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.239) imā nadyo vivasatihottamāstārayāṃcakruḥ tāsu ha tāryamāṇāsu sindhorapriyamāsa sa hovāca nanu brahmeti śuśruma gāthinaṃ pitaraṃ tava kutastvā sahasramāgamadviśvāmitra balaṃ tava iti sa hovāca uta putro mamatāyai garbhe dīrghatamā vadan vipaścittadabhyajāyata yajñasyāṃgāni kalpayan kathodanvaḥ paṇāyasi iti tato vai te tānpaśūnavindanta tadetatpaśavyaṃ sāma ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavati ya evaṃ veda yadu viśvāmitro'paśyattasmādvaiśvāmitramityākhyāyate tadaiḷamacchāvākasāma bhavati paśavo vā iḷā paśuṣvevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti > they caused these highest rivers to cross over at Vivasati. While they were being made to cross, it was displeasing to the Sindhu. He said: 'Have we not heard: "Your father Gāthin is a brāhmaṇa"? Whence has this thousandfold strength come to you, Viśvāmitra?' He replied: 'Even as a child speaking in the womb of Mamatā, Dīrghatamas the wise was born, arranging the limbs of the sacrifice. Why, O Ocean, do you boast?' Thereupon they won those cattle. This is a cattle-giving sāman. He who knows this secures cattle and becomes rich in cattle. Because Viśvāmitra saw it, therefore it is called Vaiśvāmitra. It is the acchāvāka's sāman containing iḷā. Iḷā is cattle; in cattle they thus become established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.239.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.239.p1) akrānsamudraḥ parame vidharmann > 'The ocean has stepped out in the highest realm...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [41.239.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.239.p2) iti paramo vā aśvaḥ paśūnāṃ | paramassamudraḥ | paramaṃ navamamahas > The horse is the highest among cattle; the ocean is the highest; the ninth day is the highest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.41.239) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.13.3.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.41.239) · Pramāṇa