[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) › 1.139 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.139 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.139 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139) tasya trīṇyakṣarāṇi channāni gāyati trayo vā ime lokāḥ prajāpatirvāmadevyaṃ prajāpatirlokānāmabhinetā sa yo prajāpatissvargasya lokasyābhinetā | sa yassvargasya lokasyābhinetā sa mā svargaṃ lokamabhinayāditi | lokānāmabhinetā sa no lokānabhinayāditi vāmadevyasya stotra ṛṣabhamapyarjet sau hau khā ityevarṣabhaḥ yonirvāmadevyaṃ prajananamṛṣabhaḥ yonyāmevaitatprajananena prajananamapisṛjati prajātyai tatparokṣamiva geyam narcamupaspṛśet vayo vai vāmadevyam yadṛcamupaspṛśedyathā vayo'ntarikṣeṇa patadvṛkṣamṛcchettādṛktat pade antarā nāvānyāt yatpade antarāvānyādyathā kartaṃ patettādṛktat uttarasya padasyārabhyāvānyāt sa yathākramaṇādākramaṇamākramyodanyāttādṛktat > He sings three syllables of it concealed. > These worlds are indeed three. > Prajāpati is the Vāmadevya; Prajāpati is the leader of the worlds. > 'May that Prajāpati, the leader to the heavenly world—he who is the leader to the heavenly world, may he lead me to the heavenly world; he who is the leader of the worlds, may he lead us to the worlds.' > In the stotra of the Vāmadevya he should introduce the bull. > 'sau hau khā' is indeed the bull. > The Vāmadevya is the womb, the bull is procreative power. > It is through procreative power that he introduces procreative power into the womb, for propagation. > It should be sung as if cryptically. > He should not touch the verse. > The Vāmadevya is indeed a bird. > If he were to touch the verse, it would be just as if a bird flying through the intermediate space were to strike a tree. > He should not breathe out between two quarters \[of a verse\]. > If he were to breathe out between two quarters, it would be just as if one were to fall into a pit. > Having begun the subsequent quarter, he should breathe out. > It is just as if one, having stepped from foothold to foothold, were to breathe out upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p1) vicchinnamiva vā etatsāma pratihāraṃ prati > This sāman is as if broken off at the pratihāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p2) kayā śacāyi vā rto hāyīti saṃkrāmedanādṛtya pratihāram > With 'kayā śacāyi vā rto hāyī' he should cross over, disregarding the pratihāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p3) tadu tadduṣkararūpam > That, however, is difficult to perform. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p4) sāmi tāmyettat > He would choke halfway. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p5) pratihāra eva pratihriyamāṇe vāgityudgātā brūyāt > While the pratihāra is being chanted, the udgātṛ should say: 'Speech!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p6) vāgvai brahma > Speech is indeed the brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.139.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139.p7) vācaivainattadbrahmaṇā saṃdadhāti > By speech, by the brahman, he connects it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.139) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.139) · Pramāṇa