[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) › 1.141 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.141 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.141 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141) ya evainamevaṃ cakṛvāṃsamupamīmāṃsate sa ārtimārchati aṣṭākṣarā gāyatryaṣṭau vasavaḥ gāyatraṃ prātassavanam akṣare'kṣare devatānvāyattā ekādaśākṣarā triṣṭubekādaśa rudrāḥ traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam akṣare-'kṣare devatānvāyattā dvādaśākṣarā jagatī dvādaśādityāḥ jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanam akṣare-'kṣare devatānvāyattā atha kiṃ pratiyajñaṃ yajamānamapinayantīti sa brūyātprajāpatiryadvāmadevyamasṛjata tasya trīṇyakṣarāṇyudakhidat sa eva tryakṣaraḥ puruṣo'bhavat vāmadevyasya stotre puruṣaḥ iti brūyāt tatpratiyajñaṃ yajamānamapinayantīti tadāhurna puruṣaḥ iti brūyātparokṣameva dhyāyenmanasaiva niyacchediti tadu vā āhurnaiva parokṣaṃ dhyāyenna manasā niyacchedyadvāva veda tenaivāptamiti > Whoever reproves him who has acted thus comes to ruin. > The Gāyatrī has eight syllables; the Vasus are eight. > The morning pressing belongs to the Gāyatrī. > To each syllable a deity is attached. > The Triṣṭubh has eleven syllables; the Rudras are eleven. > The midday pressing belongs to the Triṣṭubh. > To each syllable a deity is attached. > The Jagatī has twelve syllables; > the Ādityas are twelve. > The third pressing belongs to the Jagatī. > To each syllable a deity is attached. > Now, how do they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice? > He should say: 'When Prajāpati created the Vāmadevya, he extracted three syllables of it. > He became the three-syllabled Person. > At the stotra of the Vāmadevya he should say: "Person!"' > Thereby they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice. > Regarding this they say: 'He should not say "Person!"; he should meditate \[on it\] cryptically, he should fix it only with the mind.' > And regarding this they also say: 'He should neither meditate cryptically nor fix it with the mind; whatever one knows, by that alone it is attained.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p1) devā vā asurānyudhamupaprayanto'bruvanyanno vāmaṃ vasu tadapanidhāya yudhyāmahai > The gods, going forth to battle against the Asuras, said: 'Having set aside whatever desirable wealth we have, let us fight,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p2) yadadya kasmiṃścidbhūte'bhyupadhāvāmeti > 'lest we rush today toward some creature \[and lose it\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p3) prāṇā vāva teṣāṃ vāmaṃ vasvāsīt > The breaths were indeed their desirable wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p4) tadapanidhāya yudhamupaparāyan > Having set that aside, they went forth to battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p5) tadekadhā bhūtvā sṛjamānamatiṣṭhadṛcassāmāni yajūṃṣi gāmaśvamajāmaviṃ vrīhiṃ > Having become one, it stood emitting \[creations\]: verses, sāmans, sacrificial formulas, cow, horse, goat, sheep, rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.141.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141.p6) yavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ yadidaṃ kiṃ cittatsarvam > barley, Brahmin, noble, Vaiśya, Śūdra—whatever there is here, all that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.141) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.141) · Pramāṇa