[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) › 1.111 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.111 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.111 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111) tāḥ prāṇaṃ vividānā rakṣāṃsyanvasacanta tā etadeva sāma gāyannatrāyata yadgāyannatrāyata tadgayatrasya gāyatratvam trāyata enaṃ sarvasmātpāpmano ya evaṃ veda tadūrdhvamiva geyam ūrdhvo vai svargo lokaḥ svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai tryāvṛdgeyam trayo vā ime lokāḥ eṣāṃ lokānāmāptyai tryudāsaṃ geyam trayo vai prāṇāpānavyānāḥ teṣāṃ saṃtatyai samasmai prāṇāpānavyānāstāyante ya evaṃ veda tryāvṛdgeyam trayo vā ime lokāḥ eṣāṃ lokānāṃ saṃtatyai samasmā ime lokāstāyante ya evaṃ veda > As they found breath, the rakṣases pursued them. Singing this very sāman, he protected them. Because singing he protected them, that is the Gāyatra's nature as Gāyatra. It protects from all evil the one who knows this. It should be sung upward, as it were. The heavenly world is upward. \[It is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. It should be sung with three turns. Three, indeed, are these worlds. \[It is\] for the attainment of these worlds. It should be sung with three breath-pauses. Three, indeed, are out-breath, in-breath, and diffused breath. \[It is\] for their continuity. Out-breath, in-breath, and diffused breath are continuously extended for him who knows this. It should be sung with three turns. Three, indeed, are these worlds. \[It is\] for the continuity of these worlds. These worlds are continuously extended for him who knows this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111.p1) pitṛdevatyaṃ tvasya nopagantavā ityāhuḥ > However, they say: "One should not approach its part belonging to the fathers." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111.p2) etaddha vā asya pitṛdevatyaṃ yattāntīkaroti > Its part belonging to the fathers is indeed when one grows faint. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111.p3) yadi sāmi tāmyenmadhya ṛco'vānyāt > If he should grow faint halfway through, he should inhale in the middle of the verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111.p4) prāṇo vā ṛkprāṇo gāyatram > Breath is the verse; breath is the Gāyatra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.111) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.111) · Pramāṇa