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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.166

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.166

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166)

svareṇa vai devebhyo'ntato'nnādyaṃ pradīyate  
ṛksamaṃ pavamānānte bhavati  
narcā sāmātirecayanti narcaṃ sāmnā  
tadyadiheva ceheva ca pavamane na stuvanti etasyaiva samatāyai samaṃ kḷhaptyai  
padānusvāraṃ purastādgāyatraṃ bhavati padānusvāramupariṣṭātpavamānānte  
tasmādubhayataḥprāṇāḥ prajā ūrdhvāścāvācīśca  
yāṃ ha khalu vai pitāputrau nāvamajato na sa riṣyati  
daivyeṣā nauryadyajñaḥ  
tāvetatpitāputrāvevājataḥ  
auśanaṃ purastādbhavati kāvamupariṣṭādyajñasyaivāriṣṭyai  
tasmādyadāśu nāvamadhirohanti pitāputrau haivāgre'dhirohataḥ  
pañcaitāni chandāṃsyārbhave pavamāne bhavanti sapta sāmāni  
taddvādaśa saṃpadyante  
dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ  
pañco vā evāmūni sāmāni mādhyaṃdine pavamāne bhavanti  
ṛtava eva  
māsā evārbhave pavamāne kalpanta ṛtavo mādhyaṃdine  
sa haiṣa saṃvatsara eva vyūḍho yadyajñaḥ

> By means of the final vowel, proper food is finally granted to the gods.  
> At the end of the Pavamāna \[stotra\], it is equal to the verse.  
> They do not let the sāman exceed the verse, nor the verse exceed the sāman.  
> When they do not praise here and here in the Pavamāna, it is for its very equality, to fit what is equal.  
> In front, the Gāyatra has a post-word sound; at the end of the Pavamāna, there is a post-word sound.  
> Therefore creatures have breaths on both sides, upward and downward.  
> Indeed, a boat that father and son row together does not come to harm.  
> The sacrifice is this divine boat.  
> Father and son row it together:  
> the Auśana is in front, the Kāva is at the end, for the uninjured state of the sacrifice.  
> Therefore, when they board a boat quickly, father and son board first.  
> There are five meters in the Ārbhava Pavamāna; there are seven sāmans;  
> they amount to twelve.  
> Twelve months are the year.  
> There are five sāmans in the Midday Pavamāna;  
> they are the seasons.  
> The months are arranged in the Ārbhava Pavamāna, the seasons in the Midday \[Pavamāna\].  
> The sacrifice is this very year arranged.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p1)

prajāpatirha khalu vā eṣa yassaṃvatsaraḥ

> This year, indeed, is Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p2)

sa ha ṣaṇmāso'nyataramanyataraṃ pādamudgrāhaṃ tiṣṭhati

> For six months, he stands holding up one of his two feet, then the other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p3)

sa yadoṣṇamudgṛhṇātyatha hedamuparyuṣṇo bhavatyadha u ha tadā śīto bhavati

> When he holds up heat, then he becomes hot above here, and then he is cold below.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p4)

tasmādgrīṣma uparyuṣṇo'dhaśśītamadhigamyate

> Therefore, in summer it is found to be hot above and cold below.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p5)

tasmādu grīṣme śītāḥ kūpyā apa udāharanti

> Therefore also, in summer they draw cold water from the well.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p6)

atha yadā śītamudgṛhṇātyatha hedamupari śīto bhavatyadha u ha tadoṣṇo bhavati

> Now, when he holds up cold, then he becomes cold above here, and then he is hot below.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.166.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.166.p7)

tasmāddhemannupari śīto'dha uṣṇamadhigamyate

> Therefore, in winter it is found to be cold above and hot below.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.166) — English, machine translation

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