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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 52.276

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 52.276

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [52.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.52.276)

athedhmavāham  
ṛṣayo vai svargaṃ lokaṃ yanta idhmavāhaṃ samiddhāraṃ paretamaraṇya ekamajahuḥ  
so'kāmayatānūtpateyaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ pratisatribhissaṃgaccheyeti  
sa ṣakṣata hanta prati satriṇa eva stavāni  
ta eva mā stutāstathā kariṣyanti yathaiṣāmupaśroṣyāmīti  
sa etaṃ tṛcamapaśyat  
tenainānastaudā ghā ye agnimindhate stṛṇanti barhirānuṣak  
yeṣāmindro yuvā sakhā  
bṛhannididhma eṣāṃ bhūri śastaṃ pṛthu svaruḥ  
yeṣāmindro yuvā sakhā  
ayuddha idyudhā vṛtaṃ śūra ājati satvabhiḥ  
yeṣāmi dro yuvā sakhā  
iti  
te'smai stutāstathākurvanyathaiṣāmupāśroṣat  
teṣāṃ ha kaśānāṃ vadantīnāmupaśuśrāva  
sa etatsāmāpaśyat  
tenāstuta

> Now the Idhmavāha. / The ṛṣis, going to the heavenly world, left Idhmavāha, the wood-gatherer, behind, dead, alone in the forest. / He desired: "May I fly up after to the heavenly world; may I unite with the fellow sacrificers!" / He reflected: "Come, let me praise the fellow sacrificers themselves! / They, praised, will act in such a way that I shall hear them." / He saw this triplet; / with it he praised them: / "Those who kindle the fire, who spread the sacrificial grass continuously, / whose youthful ally is Indra; / high is their fuel-wood, abundant their praise, broad their sacrificial post-chip, / whose youthful ally is Indra; / without battle, with warrior companions the hero drives the cattle pen enclosed by strife, / whose youthful ally is Indra." / Praised, they acted for him in such a way that he heard them. / He heard the sound of their whips. / He saw this sāman; / with it he praised:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [52.276.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.52.276.p1)

ihaivā śṛṇva eṣāṃ kaśā hasteṣu yādvādān

> "Right here do I hear the sound of the whips in their hands;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [52.276.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.52.276.p2)

ni yāmaiścitrāmṛñjatāi

> they adorn the bright one with their courses."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.52.276) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śāṭyāyanabrāhmaṇa (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satyayana*fragments.1.15) — Sanskrit

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