[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) › 1.145 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.145 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.145 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.145) imau vai lokau saha santau vyaitām tayorna kiṃ cana samapatat te devamanuṣyā āśanāyan itaḥpradānāddhi te devā jīvantyamutaḥpradānānmanuṣyāḥ te bṛhadrathantare abrūtāṃ ye nāvime priye tanvau tābhyāṃ vivahāvahā iti śyaitaṃ ha vā agre rathantarasya priyā tanūrāsa naudhasaṃ bṛhataḥ tābhyāṃ vyavahetām ūṣānevāsāvamuto'syai śulkamakaroddhūmamita iyamamuṣyai varṣamevāsāvamuto'syai śulkamakaroddevayajanamityiyamamuṣyai savahatū u haine veda ya evaṃ veda menāmenaṃ vāva te tadvyavahetām tasmādāhurna menāmenaṃ vyūhyamiti bṛhadrathantarayorha vā eṣa vivāhamabhyārohati sa īśvaraḥ parābhavitoḥ te tanvāvabrūtāmāvaṃ nu nidhanābhyāṃ vivahāvahā iti > These two worlds, being together, moved apart. > Between them nothing at all fell \[down\]. > Those gods and human beings grew hungry; > for the gods live on what is given from here, and human beings on what is given from there. > Those two, the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, said: 'Those two bodies of ours that are dear—with them let us intermarry.' > The Śyaita indeed was in the beginning the dear body of the Rathantara, the Naudhasa of the Bṛhat. > With those two they intermarried. > That \[sky\] made the salt grounds from there her bridal price; this \[earth\] made smoke from here for that one. > That \[sky\] made rain from there her bridal price; this \[earth\] made the place of sacrifice for that one. > He knows these two with their bridal gifts, who knows thus. > They exchanged them, woman for woman. > Therefore they say: 'One must not marry exchanging woman for woman.' > For such a one ascends upon the marriage of the Bṛhat and Rathantara; > he is liable to perish. > Those two bodies said: 'Let the two of us now intermarry through our fināles.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.144) - [Next: 1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.146) - [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.1.145) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.4033) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.172) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.145) · Pramāṇa