[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) › 1.135 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.135 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.135 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.135) tasmāddvipādaṣṭāśaphānpaśūnadhitiṣṭhati aṣṭāksareṇa prastauti dvyakṣareṇottare dve prastauti taddvādaśa saṃpadyante dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiryajñaḥ saṃvatsaramevaitena prajāpatiṃ yajñamāpnoti akṣareṣṭhaṃ rathantaraṃ karoti tasmādareṇāreṇa rathaḥ pratitiṣṭhanneti rathantareṇa vai devā saṃvicya bṛhatā jālenevābhinyaubjan rathantareṇaiva dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ saṃvicya bṛhatā jālenevābhinyubjati ya evaṃ veda rathantareṇa vai devā ūrdhvāssvargaṃ lokamāyan tānyasurarakṣasāni nava navataya imām̐llokānavṛṇvan rathā ha nāmāsuḥ te devā rathantareṇaiva stutvā rathantaraṃ samāruhya svargaṃ lokamagacchan te'bruvannatāriṣma vā imānrathāniti tadeva rathantarasya rathantaratvam tarati dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ ya evaṃ veda > Therefore, being two-footed, he mounts four-footed, eight-hoofed cattle. > He introduces \[the chant\] with eight syllables. > With two syllables each, he introduces the subsequent two \[verses\]. > That comes to twelve. > Twelve months make a year. > The year is Prajāpati, the sacrifice. > Through this he attains the year, Prajāpati, the sacrifice. > He makes the Rathantara resting on syllables. > Therefore the chariot moves, standing firm on spoke after spoke. > Having wrapped \[the enemies\] up with the Rathantara, the gods pressed them down with the Bṛhat as if with a net. > Having wrapped up the hateful rival with the Rathantara, he presses him down with the Bṛhat as if with a net, who knows thus. > By means of the Rathantara the gods went upwards to the heavenly world. > Ninety-nine Asura-Rakṣases encompassed these worlds. > They were called chariots (rathāḥ). > Those gods, having praised with the Rathantara and having mounted the Rathantara, went to the heavenly world. > They said: 'We have crossed over (atāriṣma) these chariots (rathān).' > That is the Rathantara-nature of the Rathantara. > He crosses over the hateful rival, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.134.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.134.p5) - [Next: 1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.135) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.135) · Pramāṇa