[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) › 47.265 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 47.265 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 47.265 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [47.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.47.265) athaidāvasunidhanaṃ bahirnidhanaṃ bārhatam tasmādbārhate'hankriyate asurha vai nāmarṣirapaśurāsa so'kāmayatāva paśūnrundhīyeti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta sa idaṃ vasvityeva nidhanamupait tadevaidāvasunidhanasyaidāvasunidhanatvam tatpaśavo vai vasu tato vai sa paśūnavārunddha tadetatpaśavyaṃ sāma ava paśūnrunddhe bahupaśurbhavati ya evaṃ veda taccaturakṣaraṇidhanaṃ bhavati catuṣpadā vai paśavaḥ paśavaśchandomāḥ paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai > Now \[the sāman\] with the nidhana "idāvasu", with a nidhana outside, is connected with the Bṛhat. > Therefore it is performed on the Bṛhat-day. > There was indeed a ṛṣi named Asur, who was without cattle. > He desired: "May I obtain cattle." > He saw this sāman. > He praised with it. > He approached this very nidhana: "This is wealth" (idaṃ vasu). > That is why \[the sāman\] with the nidhana "idāvasu" is called Idāvasunidhana. > Wealth is indeed cattle. > Then indeed he obtained cattle. > That is a sāman that brings cattle. > He obtains cattle, he becomes rich in cattle who knows thus. > It has a four-syllable nidhana; cattle are four-footed. > The chandomas are cattle; \[it is\] for the attainment of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [47.265.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.47.265.p1) atha kāśītam kaśītiṃ vai saubharaṃ satre yakṣmāvindat so'kāmayantāpa yakṣma hanīyeti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta vāta ā vātu bheṣajaṃ śaṃbhu mayobhu no hṛde pra na āyūṃṣi tāriṣat yadado vāta te gṛhe'mṛtasya nidhirhitaḥ tato no dehi jīvase uta vāta pitāsi na uta bhrātota nassakhā sa no jīvātave kṛdhi iti vāta evāsmai bheṣajamakarot tadetadbheṣajaṃ prāyaścittiṃ kurvate tadu kāmasani etaṃ vai sa kāmamakāmayata so'smai kāmassamārdhyata yatkāma evaitena sāmnā stute samasmai sa kāma ṛdhyate tasyo pratīcīmiḷāmupayanti | chandobhebhyo netparāñco'tipadyāmahā iti paśavo vā iḷā paśavaśchandomāḥ paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai yadu kaśītissaubharo'paśyattasmātkāśītamityākhyāyate > Now the Kāśīta. > Consumption indeed seized Kaśīti Saubhara at a sacrificial session. > He desired: "May I strike away consumption." > He saw this sāman. > He praised with it: > "May the wind blow medicine to our heart, bringing well-being and joy; > may he lengthen our life-spans. > What treasure of immortality is placed yonder in your house, O Wind, > give us from that to live. > And you, O Wind, are our father, and brother, and our friend; > make us live." > Thus the Wind made medicine for him. > They perform this medicine as an expiation. > And it is a granter of desires; for he desired that desire. > That desire was fulfilled for him. > Whatever desire one has when one praises with this sāman, that desire is fulfilled for him. > They conclude with an iḷā turned backward, \[thinking:\] "May we not slip beyond, going away from the meters." > Iḷā is cattle. > The chandomas are cattle; \[it is\] for the attainment of cattle. > And because Kaśīti Saubhara saw it, therefore it is called Kāśīta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.47.265) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.47.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.47.265) · Pramāṇa