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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 9.33

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 9.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.9.33)

ehyū ṣu bravāṇi te agna itthatarā giraḥ  
ebhirvardhāsa indubhiḥ  
iti vṛddhaṃ hyetadaharyadbārhatam

> 'Come near, let me speak indeed to you, Agni, words of higher praise;  
> with these drops may you grow.'  
> For this day, which is connected with the Bṛhat, is exalted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [9.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.9.33.p1)

tāsu sākamaśvaṃ svargyaṃ sāma svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai  
evā hyasi vīrayur  
ityeveti bhavati bṛhato rūpam  
bārhatametadahaḥ  
tāsvāmahīyavaṃ prājāpatyaṃ sāma  
kṣatraṃ vai prajāpatiḥ  
prājāpatyametadahaḥ  
tadgāyatrīṣu bhavati  
brahma vai gāyatrī  
kṣatrametadahaḥ  
tadyadgāyatrīṣvāmahīyavaṃ bhavati | brahmaiva tadyaśasārpayanti  
brahmaṇo'sya sataḥ kṣatrasyeva prakāśo bhavati ya evaṃ veda  
etasmāddha vā idaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ rājñāmiva prakāśo yadgāyatrīṣūkthaṃ brahmasāma  
bhavati  
tatsamānaṃ vadantīṣu bhavati  
yaddha vai bahavassamānamācakṣate tatsatyam  
tadyad  
evā hyasi vīrayurevāśūra uta sthiraḥ  
evā te rādhyaṃ manaḥ

> On them \[is chanted\] the Sākamaśva, a heavenly sāman, for the attainment of the heavenly world.  
> "For thus art thou, eager for heroes":  
> "eva" \[thus\] is the form of the Bṛhat.  
> This day is connected to the Bṛhat.  
> On them \[is chanted\] the Āmahīyava sāman, belonging to Prajāpati.  
> The ruling class, indeed, is Prajāpati.  
> This day belongs to Prajāpati.  
> It is on Gāyatrī verses.  
> Brahman, indeed, is the Gāyatrī.  
> This day is the ruling class.  
> In that the Āmahīyava is on Gāyatrī verses, they thereby endow the ruling class with glory.  
> Though he is a Brahmin, he has the renown of a king, who knows thus.  
> Therefore it is that Brahmins have the renown, as it were, of kings, because the uktha-brahmasāman is on Gāyatrī verses.  
> It is on \[verses\] that say the same thing.  
> For when many state the same thing, that is truth.  
> And since \[it says\]:  
> "For thus art thou, eager for heroes, thus a hero and firm; thus thy mind is to be gratified" —  
> this is for the flourishing of the truth.  
> "All have strengthened Indra":  
> for this day is strengthened, since it is connected to the Bṛhat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [9.33.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.9.33.p2)

iti bhavati satyasyaivarddhyai indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhann iti vṛddhaṃ hyetadaharyadbārhatam tāsvāṣṭādaṃṣṭramuktabrāhmaṇam

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.9.33) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śaunakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*saunaka.20.60.1) — Sanskrit

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