[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) › 50.272.p1 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 50.272.p1 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 50.272.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [50.272.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.50.272.p1) athākūpāram akūpāro vai kaśyapaḥ kalibhissaha samudramabhyavaiṣat tasminpratiṣṭhāmaicchat sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenāstuta tato vai sa samudre pratiṣṭhāmavindatemāmeva pṛthivīm tato ha sma vai tasya kalayaḥ pṛṣṭha āsate tadetatpratiṣṭhāsāma pratitiṣṭhati ya evaṃ veda samudro vai chandomāḥ kaśyapo vai samudramatipārayitumarhati tadyadatrākūpāraṃ bhavati samudrasyaivātipāraṇāya yadvakūpāraḥ kaśyapo'paśyat | tasmādākūpāramityākhyāyate athaitā dvipado bhavantyuktabrāhmaṇāḥ tā etā bhavanti pavasva soma mahe dakṣāye ti mahaddhyetadaharyadaṣṭācatvāriṃśam > Now the Ākūpāra \[sāman\]. / Kaśyapa Ākūpāra wished to descend into the ocean together with the Kalis. / In it he sought a firm standing. / He saw this sāman. / With it he praised. / Thereupon he found a firm standing in the ocean, namely this very earth. / Then indeed his Kalis sat upon \[his\] back. / That is this sāman of firm standing. / He who knows this attains a firm standing. / The ocean indeed is the Chandomas. / Kaśyapa indeed is capable of taking \[one\] across the ocean. / So when the Ākūpāra is \[used\] here, it is just for crossing over the ocean. / And because Kaśyapa Ākūpāra saw it, therefore it is called Ākūpāra. / Now there are these two-footed \[verses\] whose Brāhmaṇa has been explained. / They are these: / 'Clarify yourself, O Soma, for great ability,' / for this day, which is forty-eightfold, is great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 50.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.50.272) - [Next: 51.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.51.273) - [Up: 50.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.50.272) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.50.272.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.50.272.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.50.272.p1) · Pramāṇa