[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) › 1.201 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.201 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.201 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.201) praṣṭiriva ha khalu vā etatstotrāṇāṃ yatṣoḍaśī yadvai praṣṭiraniyukto vahatyapa vā vai sa chinatti nirvā mārṣṭi antyena stotreṇa samastomo bhavati sa yathā praṣṭiṃ praṣṭiyugāya niyuñjyādevamevaitatpūrveṣu stotreṣu ṣoḍaśinamanuniyunaktyanirmārgāya akṣīva ha khalu vā etatstotrāṇāṃ yatṣoḍaśī antyena stotreṇa samastomo bhavatyanakṣitāyai jāmīva ha khalu vā etatstotrāṇāṃ yatṣoḍaśī antyena stotreṇa samastomo bhavatyajāmitāyai paśavo vā ukthāni vajraṣṣoḍaśī yadukthānāmantataṣṣoḍaśinā stuvanti vajreṇaiva tatpaśūnparigṛhṇantyaparāvāpāya nāsya vittaṃ paropyate ya evaṃ veda > The Ṣoḍaśin is indeed like an extra trace-horse among the chants. When an unyoked extra trace-horse pulls, it either cuts off or wipes away. By the final chant the stoma becomes balanced. As one would harness an extra trace-horse to the yoke of the trace-horse, just so does he harness the Ṣoḍaśin after the previous chants, so that it may not wipe away. The Ṣoḍaśin is indeed like a wheel-axle among the chants. By the final chant the stoma becomes balanced, for the sake of imperishability. The Ṣoḍaśin is indeed like a monotony among the chants. By the final chant the stoma becomes balanced, to prevent monotony. The ukthas are cattle, the Ṣoḍaśin is the thunderbolt. In that they chant with the Ṣoḍaśin at the end of the ukthas, they thereby enclose the cattle with the thunderbolt to prevent their straying away. The wealth of him who knows thus is not scattered away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.200) - [Next: 1.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.202) - [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.1.201) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.201) · Pramāṇa