[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) › 1.136 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.136 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.136 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136) aśanayā ha vai rathā annamu vai rathantaram annenāśanayāṃ ghnanti tāṃtāṃ aśanayāṃ annena hatvā svargaṃ lokamārohan bṛhatā vai devāssvargaṃ lokamajigāṃsan tena na vyāpnuvan tasminnuṣṇikkabhā upādadhuḥ tena vyāpnuvan te'bruvansvargaṃ lokaṃ gatvā bṛhadvāvedamabhūdyena svargaṃ lokaṃ vyāpāmeti tadeva bṛhato bṛhatvam dvādaśa bṛhato rohānrohetsvargakāma udadhimardayedvṛṣṭikāmaḥ yāvantyu ha vai bṛhatyā akṣarāṇyuṣṇikkakubhośca tāvaditassvargo lokaḥ pra svargaṃ lokamāpnoti ya evaṃ veda > Hunger is indeed the chariots, and food is the Rathantara. > With food they slay hunger. > Having slain hunger after hunger with food, they mounted up to the heavenly world. > With the Bṛhat the gods wished to go to the heavenly world. > With it they did not reach it. > To it they added an Uṣṇih and a Kakubh. > With it they reached it. > Having gone to the heavenly world, they said: 'Great (bṛhat) indeed has this become, by which we reached the heavenly world.' > That is the Bṛhat-nature of the Bṛhat. > One desiring the heavenly world should climb the twelve ascents of the Bṛhat; one desiring rain should make the ocean roar. > As many syllables as there are of the Bṛhat, the Uṣṇih, and the Kakubh, so far from here is the heavenly world. > He reaches the heavenly world, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p1) atho bṛhat > Now the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p2) mano bṛhat > Mind is the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p3) dvādaśākṣaraḥ prastāvaḥ > The prelude consists of twelve syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p4) tāvaddhi sāma > For so great is the sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p5) dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ > Twelve months are the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p6) saṃvatsaraḥ sāma > The year is the sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p7) trayo bṛhato rohā ima eva lokāḥ > The three ascents of the Bṛhat are these worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.136.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136.p8) te punarnava bhavanti prāṇā eva > They become nine again; \[they are\] the breaths themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.136) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.136) · Pramāṇa