[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) › 43.249 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 43.249 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 43.249 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [43.249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249) atha hariśrīnidhanam prajāpatau ha vā agre śrīrāsa sa indro'kāmayata yeyaṃ prajāpatau śrīrmayyeṣā syāditi sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tena hariśrīriti prajāpate śriyamaharat taddhariśrīnidhanasya hariśrīnidhanatvam tadetacchrīssavassāma aśnute śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda devāsurā aspardhanta teṣu hobhayeṣveva śrīrāsa sa indro'kāmayata vṛñjīyāsurāṇāṃ śriyamiti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tena hariśrīrityevāsurāṇāṃ śriyamavṛṃkta tadveva hariśrīnidhanasya hariśrīnidhanatvam tadetacchrīreva sāma aśnute śriyaṃ | vṛṃkta dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda tattryakṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati trayo vā ime lokā -- eṣāṃ lokānāṃ vidhṛtyai > Now the Hariśrī-finale \[sāman\]. > In the beginning, fortune resided in Prajāpati. > That Indra desired: “May this fortune which is in Prajāpati be in me.” > He saw this sāman. > He praised with it. > With it, with “hariśrīḥ”, he took away the fortune of Prajāpati. > That is why the Hariśrī-finale is called Hariśrī-finale. > This is the sāman of the pressing of fortune. > He who knows thus attains fortune. > The gods and the asuras contended. > In both of them there was fortune. > That Indra desired: “May I seize the fortune of the asuras.” > He saw this sāman. > With it, with “hariśrīḥ”, he seized the fortune of the asuras. > That too is why the Hariśrī-finale is called Hariśrī-finale. > This sāman is indeed fortune itself. > He who knows thus attains fortune; he seizes the fortune of his hateful rival. > It has a three-syllable finale. Three indeed are these worlds—\[it is\] for the support of these worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [43.249.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249.p1) athāṅgirasāṃ niveṣṭaḥ > Now the Niveṣṭa of the Aṅgirases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [43.249.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249.p2) aṅgiraso vā akāmayantāva paśūnrunadhīmahīti > The Aṅgirases desired: “May we secure cattle.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [43.249.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249.p3) ta etatsāmāpaśyan > They saw this sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [43.249.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249.p4) tenāstuvata > They praised with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [43.249.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249.p5) tato vai tānsarvābhyo digbhyaḥ paśavo'bhinyaveṣṭatvam > Then indeed cattle surrounded them from all directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.43.249) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.43.249) · Pramāṇa