[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) › 1.187 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.187 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.187 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.187) veda prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata tā asya sṛṣṭāḥ parābhavan tadidaṃ sarīsṛpamabhavadyadanyatsarpebhyaḥ sa dvitīya asṛjata tā asya paraivābhavan te matsyā abhavan sa tṛtīyā asṛjata tā asya paraivābhavan tāni vayāṃsyabhavan sa caturthīrasṛjata sa ṣakṣata kathaṃ nu ma imāḥ prajāssṛṣṭā na parābhaveyuriti sa etatsāmāpaśyat tenainā ūrgityevābhyamṛśat tā asyorjā samaktā avardhanta so'bravītsubhṛtaṃ vā imāḥ prajā abhārṣamiti tadeva saubharasya saubharatvam subhṛtaṃ prajāṃ bibharti ya evaṃ veda > thus. > Prajāpati created creatures. > Being created, they perished from him. > They became this creeping thing, whatever is other than snakes. > He created a second time. > They indeed perished from him. > They became fish. > He created a third time. > They indeed perished from him. > They became birds. > He created a fourth time. > He considered: 'How indeed may these creatures of mine, being created, not perish?' > He saw this sāman. > With it, he touched them with 'ūrj'. > Anointed with vitality, they grew for him. > He said: 'Well supported indeed have I supported these creatures.' > That is the Saubhara-nature of the Saubhara. > He supports offspring well-supported, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.186.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.186.p6) - [Next: 1.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.188) - [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.1.187) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.187) · Pramāṇa