[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) › 56.295 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 56.295 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 56.295 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [56.295](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295) athoṣṇikkakubhau uṣṇikkakubbhyāṃ vā indro vṛtrāya vajraṃ prāharat tamastṛṇuta vajro vā uṣṇikkakubhau vajreṇaiva taddviṣantaṃ pāpmānaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ stṛṇute ya evaṃ veda kakubhi parākramatoṣṇihā prāharat tasmātkakubho madhyamānyakṣarāṇi bhūyiṣṭhāni parākramamāṇo hyasyā akṣarāṇi samauhat tasmāduṣṇiha uttamānyakṣarāṇi bhūyiṣṭhāni paro gururiva hi vajra | ārambhaṇato'ṇīyān sā kakubabravīdviliṣṭhā vā ahamasmīti parākramamāṇo vai me'kṣarāṇi samauhīt | pūrvāṃ māṃ prayuñjatāmiti athoṣṇigabravīdatha vai māṃ pūrvāmācakṣantā iti tatheti tasminsamapādayetām pūrvaprayogamanyāvṛṇīta | pūrvā khyānamasyā tasmādene evaṃ prayuñjate tasmāduṣṇikkakubhāvityākhyāyate > Then the Uṣṇih and Kakubh \[meters\]. > With the Uṣṇih and Kakubh, Indra hurled the thunderbolt at Vṛtra. > He laid him low. > The Uṣṇih and Kakubh are the thunderbolt. > With the thunderbolt, he who knows this lays low the evil, hateful rival. > Stepping forward on the Kakubh, he struck with the Uṣṇih. > Therefore, the middle syllables of the Kakubh are the most numerous; > for, stepping forward, he compressed its syllables. > Therefore, the final syllables of the Uṣṇih are the most numerous; > for the thunderbolt is heavier at the far end, thinner at the handle. > That Kakubh said: 'I have been dislocated; > stepping forward, he compressed my syllables. Let them employ me first.' > Then the Uṣṇih said: 'Then indeed let them name me first.' > 'So be it.' > Between the two, they agreed upon this. > The one chose the prior employment, the other the prior naming. > Therefore, they employ them in this way. > Therefore, it is named 'the Uṣṇih and Kakubh.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [56.295.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295.p1) tā etā bhavanti pavasva madhumattama | indramaccha sutā ima iti ṛjīṣaṃ vā etaddugche dhītaṃ yātayāma yattṛtīyasavanam tasmādindro bībhatsamāna udakrāmat dhītamiva hyāsīt tasmai vai devāḥ pavasve tyevāpavayan madhumattama iti madhumadakurvan indrāya soma kratuvittamo madaḥ mahi dyukṣatamo madaḥ ityabhipūrvamevāsmai madvadakurvan indramaccha sutā ima > These \[verses\] are: > 'Flow, most honeyed, these pressed \[somas\] toward Indra.' > This third pressing is pressed-out dregs, sucked dry, past its prime. > Therefore Indra, feeling disgusted, stepped up away \[from it\]; > for it was as if sucked dry. > For him the gods purified it with 'Flow.' > With 'most honeyed,' they made it honeyed. > 'O Soma, for Indra, the intoxication that is wisest, > the intoxication that is most heavenly and great,' > thus in regular order they made it intoxicating for him. > 'These pressed \[somas\] toward Indra,' > this line is as if one were to lead \[him\] back. > Being purifying verses, they are endowed with faculties and possessed of vital power. > Therefore, these very Uṣṇih and Kakubh verses should be used. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [56.295.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295.p2) iti yathābhivatyānayedevaṃ vā etatpadam ### [56.295.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295.p3) pāvamānyassatya ṣandriyo bhavanti vīryavatīḥ tasmādetā evoṣṇikkakubhaḥ kāryāḥ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.56.295) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.56.295) · Pramāṇa