[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) › 8.30 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 8.30 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 8.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30) tāsu sīdantīyam devā vā akāmayanta svarge loke sīdemeti ta etatsāmāpaśyan tenāstuvata tato vai te svarge loke'sīdan svarge loke sīdāmeti satramāsate svarga eva loke sīdanti yadu devā etena sāmnā svarge loke'sīdaṃstasmātsīdantīyamityākhyāyate tadvevācakṣate śaṃkviti śaṃkunā vai taddṛṃhanti yaddadhiṣeṇyaṃ bhavati dadhiṣeṇyamivaitadaharyaddvitīyam tasmāddvitīye'hankriyate indramaccha sutā ime vṛṣaṇaṃ yantu harayaḥ śruṣṭe jātāsa indava svarvidaḥ ityṛcā vai pūrvamaha svarvatkriyate | sāmnaitat rāthantaraṃ hi pūrvamahar | bārhatametat > Upon them \[is sung\] the Sīdantīya. > The gods indeed desired: 'May we sit in the heavenly world.' > They saw this sāman. > They praised with it. > Then indeed they sat in the heavenly world. > They hold the sacrificial session \[thinking\]: 'May we sit in the heavenly world.' > They sit indeed in the heavenly world. > And because the gods sat in the heavenly world by this sāman, it is therefore called Sīdantīya. > They also call it the Śaṅku (Peg). > By a peg they indeed make firm that which is to be made firm. > This day, the second, is, as it were, to be made firm. > Therefore it is performed on the second day. > 'Towards Indra let these pressed, bull-like, tawny \[drops\] go, > born in obedience, the drops that find the light.' > By the verse, indeed, the previous day is made endowed with light; by the sāman, this one \[is made so\]. > For the previous day is connected with the Rathantara; this one is connected with the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p1) tāsu sujñānaṃ > Upon them \[is sung\] the Sujñāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p2) devānvā asurā vyavaṃhvāramajighāṃsanyadrūpaṃ devānāmāsīttena rūpeṇānupraviśya > The asuras wished to slay the gods deceitfully, having entered into them under the guise of whatever form belonged to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p3) teṣāṃ ha devānāṃ ye'raṇye svādhyāyaṃ cerur > Those among the gods who practiced private Vedic recitation in the wilderness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p4) ye grāma āsus | teṣāṃ tānrūpeṇa jighāṃsāṃcakruḥ > \[the asuras\] in their guise sought to slay those who were in the settlement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p5) atha ye grāma āsur | ye'raṇye svādhyāyaṃ cerur | teṣāmu tānrūpeṇa > And those who were in the settlement, \[the asuras\] in their guise sought to > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p6) jighāṃsāṃcakruḥ > slay those who practiced private Vedic recitation in the wilderness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p7) tānhaiva vyavaṃhvāraṃ jighāṃsāṃ cakruḥ > Thus they indeed sought to slay them deceitfully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p8) taddevāḥ pratyabudhyante > The gods realized that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p9) te'bruvansaṃvācanaṃ karavāmahā iti > They said: 'Let us make a password.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p10) te saṃvācanamakurvata yaṃ pṛcchāma carantaṃ kamaccha carasīti | indramaccha > They made a password: 'Whomever we ask as he wanders, "Towards whom are you going?", let him > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p11) carāmītyeva sa brūtāditi > say only, "I am going towards Indra."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p12) te ha sma yaṃ pṛcchanti carantaṃ kamaccha carasīti | indramaccha carāmīti ha > Then whomever they asked as he wandered, 'Towards whom are you going?', he would indeed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p13) smaivāha > say, 'I am going towards Indra.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [8.30.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30.p14) sujñāno'sīti ha smāhuḥ > They would say: 'You are well-known.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.8.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.8.30) · Pramāṇa