[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) › 1.173 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.173 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.173) etadvai yajñaṃ yajamāno duhe sa heṣṭvaiva śreyānbhavati yajñāyajñā vo agnaye iti bhavati eṣa ha vai yajño yajño yadyajñāyajñīyam yajñaṃ yajñaṃ vahatīti ha vai yajñāyajñīyasya yajñāyajñīyatvam etena ha sma vai purā sarvāṇi stotrāṇi stuvanti tadāhurūrdhvā vā ete svargaṃ lokaṃ rohanti ye yajante ta īśvarāḥ parāñco'tipattoriti tadyajñāyajñīyenopariṣṭātstuvanti iyaṃ vai yajñāyajñīyam asyāmevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti apa upanidhāya stuvanti - agnirvā eṣa vaiśvānaro yadyajñāyajñīyaṃ - tasya śāntyā apradāhāya ūrubhyāṃ patnyupapravartayati agnimeva tadvaiśvānaraṃ śamayati nagnamivoruṃ kṛtvopapravartayati nagnamiva hyūruṃ kṛtvā patnī vīryaṃ karoti tāṃ saṃkhyāpayanti retodheyāya tadāhurā vā etatpatnyudgātuḥ prajāṃ datte yadvigīte sāmansaṃkhyāpayantīti > Thus the sacrificer milks the sacrifice. > Immediately after sacrificing, he becomes better off. > It is: 'Yajñā-yajñā vo agnaye...' > This is indeed sacrifice after sacrifice, namely the Yajñāyajñīya. > Because it conveys sacrifice after sacrifice, that is the essence of the Yajñāyajñīya's name. > By means of this, in ancient times, they used to praise all the stotras. > Regarding this they say: 'Upward indeed do they ascend to the heavenly world who sacrifice; > they are liable to fall away beyond.' Therefore they praise with the Yajñāyajñīya at the end. > This \[earth\] is the Yajñāyajñīya. > Upon this \[earth\] they firmly establish themselves. > Placing water nearby, they praise—for the Yajñāyajñīya is Agni Vaiśvānara—for its appeasement, that it may not burn. > Between her thighs, the wife rolls \[a vessel of water\] forward. > Thereby she appeases Agni Vaiśvānara. > Uncovering her thigh, as it were, she rolls it forward. > For having uncovered her thigh, as it were, the wife produces vital power. > They make her look \[at it\] for the depositing of seed. > Regarding this they say: 'The wife takes away the Udgātṛ's offspring when they make her look while the sāman is being sung.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.172.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.172.p7) - [Next: 1.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.174) - [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.1.173) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.173) · Pramāṇa