[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) › 1.18 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.18 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18) sa hi suvargacchati taṃ hāha yastvamasi so'hamasmi yo'hamasmi sa tvamasyehi iti sa etameva sukṛtarasamapyeti tasya putrā dāyamupayanti pitarassādhukṛtyām sa haivaṃ vidvāndvyātmā dvidāyaḥ ekātmā haivaikadāya etadavidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti > For he goes to heaven. He says to him: 'Who you are, that am I; who I am, that are you. Come!' He enters into this very essence of good deeds. His sons enter upon his inheritance, the ancestors upon his good deeds. He who knows thus has two selves and two inheritances. He who offers the fire-offering without knowing this has only one self and one inheritance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p1) vāgvā agnihotrī > Speech, indeed, is the milch-cow of the fire-offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p2) tasyai mana eva vatsaḥ > Her calf is the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p3) manasā vai vācaṃ prattāṃ duhre > With the mind, indeed, they milk speech when she has yielded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p4) vatsena vai mātaraṃ prattāṃ duhre > With the calf, indeed, they milk the mother when she has yielded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p5) tadvā idaṃ manaḥ pūrvaṃ yatpaścā vāganveti tasmādvatsaṃ pūrvaṃ yantaṃ paścā mātānveti > For the mind goes first, and speech follows behind; therefore, as the calf goes first, the mother follows behind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18.p6) hṛdayameva methyupadohanī prāṇo rajjuḥ > The heart is the tethering-post, the breath is the rope. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.18) · Pramāṇa