[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) › 1.169 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.169 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.169 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.169) satanūnyevaitadsāmnāni kurvanti yo ha vā etasmātsāmna iyādduścarmā vā syātpāpī vainaṃ kīrttirabhivadet gāyatrī vā eṣā vayo bhūtvodeti divamapatat anuṣṭubhi vā etasyai sate diśaśśulkamaharan śulkahṛtā asmai prajā bhavanti digbhyo'smai śulko hriyate ya evaṃ veda vayo yajñā vo agnaye iti prastauti o yirā yirā ca dakṣase popriṃ vayamamṛtaṃ jātovāhoyi vidosamiti pratiharati yajñā iti dve akṣare girā iti dve poprimiti dve tatṣaṭsaṃpadyante ṣaḍakṣarastūṣṇīṃśaṃsaḥ tūṣṇīṃśaṃsa evaitadāgnimārute vimucyate sa hyantaḥ agnirvaiśvānaraḥ prajā abhyudatiṣṭhat sa idaṃ sarvaṃ prātapat tasya devāḥ pradāhādabibhayuḥ te'bruvansarvaṃ vā ayaṃ idaṃ pradhakṣyati - > Thereby they make the sāmans possessed of bodies. / He who should depart from this sāman would become skin-diseased, or an evil reputation would address him. / Becoming a bird, this Gāyatrī flew upward; / she flew to heaven. / While she was an Anuṣṭubh, the quarters took away her tribute. / Creatures become tribute-bringers to him; / tribute is brought to him from the quarters who knows thus. / 'A bird, at every sacrifice, to Fire, for you'—thus he chants the prelude. / 'O with song, and with song, for strength, we the nourisher, the immortal, Jātavedas, for the wise one'—thus he chants the response. / 'yajñā' consists of two syllables, 'girā' consists of two, 'poprim' consists of two. / That amounts to six. / The silent recitation consists of six syllables. / In this way, at the Āgnimāruta \[śastra\], it is unyoked in the silent recitation. / For that is the end. / Agni Vaiśvānara arose against creatures. / He burned this whole \[world\]. / The gods feared his burning. They said: 'He will burn up this whole \[world\]—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.168.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.168.p4) - [Next: 1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.170) - [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.1.169) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t8.94) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6669) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.169) · Pramāṇa