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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 44.258

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 44.258

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.44.258)

tadvevācakṣata āśvamiti  
devā vai svargakāmāstapo'tapyanta  
ta etatsāmāpaśyan  
tenāstuvata  
tato vai te svargaṃ lokamāśnuvata  
tadetatsvargyaṃ sāma  
aśnute svargaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
atha bhargaḥ  
bhargeṇa vai devā bhargo'bhavan  
bhargo'sāmeti satramāsate  
bharga eva bhavanti  
tacchrīrvai bhargaḥ  
aśnute śriyaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
athābhiśavamubhayābhīśutāyai  
yathā haikābhīśunā yāyādevaṃ tadyadanyatarad | atha yathobhayābhīśunā  
yāyādevaṃ tadyadubhe  
etābhyāṃ vai dvādaśarātro'riṣṭassaṃgṛhīta eti  
ariṣṭena saṃgṛhītena dvādaśarātreṇa pāpmānaṃ tarati śriyamaśnute ya evaṃ veda

> They also call it the Āśva. The gods, desiring heaven, practiced tapas. They saw this sāman. With it they praised. Thereupon they attained the heavenly world. This is a heavenly sāman. He attains the heavenly world who knows thus. Now the Bharga. By means of the Bharga the gods became radiant. They sit at the sacrificial session \[thinking\], 'May we become radiant!' They indeed become radiant. The Bharga is indeed prosperity. He attains prosperity who knows thus. Now the Abhiśava, for having reins on both sides. Just as one might drive with one rein, so it is when there is one; and just as one might drive with both reins, so it is when there are both. By these two, the twelve-day rite proceeds secured, uninjured. By the twelve-day rite, secured and uninjured, he crosses over evil and attains prosperity who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [44.258.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.44.258.p1)

atha dīrghatamaso'rko'nnaṃ vā arko'nnādyasyaivāvaruddhyai

> Now the Arka of Dīrghatamas. Food is indeed the Arka, for the attainment of food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [44.258.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.44.258.p2)

dīrghatamā vai māmateyo'nnādyakāmastapo'tapyata

> Dīrghatamas Māmateya, desiring food, practiced tapas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [44.258.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.44.258.p3)

sa etatsāmāpaśyat

> He saw this sāman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.44.258) — English, machine translation

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