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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.365

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.365

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [58.365](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365)

gaurvītaṃ ha papracchustvaṃ ha vai dadarśithendraṃ jāyamānamiti  
sa haitaduvāca  
aśvādiyāyeti yadvadantyojaso jātamuta manya enam  
manyoriyāya harmyeṣu tasthau yataḥ prajajña indro asya veda  
ityojaso'nvāhaṃ jātaṃ manya iti hovāca  
indrastveva tadveda yatassa jāta iti  
sa śiro nirhṛtya vyaikṣata  
sa idameṣāṃ sarvaṃ spṛtamapaśyat  
so'bravīdyadidameṣāṃ sarvaṃ spṛtaṃ | kaṃ lokamabhi jāyai sa vai nu me prayaccha  
imau nu me

> They asked Gaurvīti: 'Did you indeed see Indra being born?' He said this: / 'When they say that he came from a horse, / I rather think he was born from vigor; / he came from wrath, he took his stand in the dwellings; / from where he was born, Indra knows of it.' / 'I, for my part, think he was born from vigor,' thus he said; 'Indra alone indeed knows that from which he was born.' Having stuck out his head, he looked about. He saw all this of theirs already won. He said: 'Since all this of theirs has been won, toward what world shall I be born? Come now, give me, give me now these'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p1)

vāsantikau māsau prayaccheti

> 'two spring months!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p2)

etau te prayacchānītyannamannamiti patitvāsyai prācyai diśau rathantaraṃ bhā ādatta

> 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!', he took the Rathantara luster from this eastern direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p3)

tadito'dhatta

> He placed it from here \[into himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p4)

ṣako dvayorvīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda

> Alone he takes the vital power of two, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p5)

taṃ punareva prāviśat

> He entered back into him again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p6)

tamabravījjāyasvaiveti

> He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p7)

so'bravītsa vai nu me prayacchemau nu me graiṣmau māsau prayaccheti

> He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two summer months!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p8)

etau te prayacchānītyannamannamityeva patitvāsyai dakṣiṇāyai diśo bṛhadbhā ādatta

> 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Bṛhat luster from this southern direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p9)

tadito'dhatta

> He placed it from here \[into himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p10)

ṣakaścaturṇāṃ vīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda

> Alone he takes the vital power of four, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p11)

taṃ punareva prāviśat

> He entered back into him again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p12)

tamabravījjāyasvaiveti

> He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p13)

so'bravītsa vai nu me prayacchamau nu me vārṣikau māsau prayaccheti

> He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two rainy-season months!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p14)

etau te prayacchānītyannamannamityeva patitvāsyai pratīcyai diśo vairūpaṃ bhā ādatta

> 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Vairūpa luster from this western direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p15)

tadito adhatta

> He placed it from here \[into himself\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p16)

ṣakaṣṣaṇṇāṃ vīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda

> Alone he takes the vital power of six, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p17)

taṃ punareva prāviśat

> He entered back into him again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p18)

tamabravījjāyamvaiveti

> He said to him: 'Be born indeed!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.365.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.365.p19)

so'bravītsa vai nu me prayacchemau nu me śāradau māsau prayacchati

> He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two autumn months!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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