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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 43.245

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 43.245

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.245)

atha gātuvinnidhanam  
gātuṃ vindāmahā iti satramāsate  
gātumeva vindante  
tadupariṣṭobhavadbhavati bahirnidhanaṃ bārhatam  
tasmādbārhate'hankriyate  
tadvevācakṣate bharadvājasyādārasṛditi  
kṣatraṃ vai prātardanaṃ dāśarājñe daśa rājānaḥ paryatanta mānuṣe  
tasya ha bharadvājaḥ purohita āsa  
tamupādhāvadṛṣa | upa tvā dhāvāma  
iha naḥ prajānīhīti  
so'kāmayata bharadvājo jayema saṃgrāmamiti  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta  
so'bravītstutvā -- ā vai na indro havaṃ gamiṣyati  
jeṣyāmo vā imaṃ saṃgrāmamiti

> Now, the \[sāman\] with the finale "path-finder" (gātuvid): "May we find a path!"—thinking thus they sit for the sacrificial session (sattra). They indeed find a path. It has an upper stobha; it has an external finale; it is based on the Bṛhat. Therefore it is performed on the day connected to the Bṛhat. They also call it Bharadvāja's ādārasṛt. The kṣatra was Prātardana; ten kings surrounded him in a battle of ten kings against humans. Bharadvāja was his domestic priest (purohita). He ran up to him: "O sage, we run to you! Think out \[a plan\] for us here!" Bharadvāja desired: "May we win the battle!" He saw this sāman. With it he praised. Having praised, he said: "Indra will come to our call; we will win this battle!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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