[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) › 1.231 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.231 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.231 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231) tadāhuryatpavamānavanto'nye yajñakratavo'tha kenaiṣāṃ rātriḥ pavamānavatī bhavatīti rathantareṇa saṃdhineti brūyāt etena ha vai rātriḥ pavamānavatī bhavati tena sakṛddhiṃkṛtena parācā stuvate sakṛddhyeva purastāttrivṛte hiṃurvanti yatprāyaṇaṃ tadudayanamasaditi retaḥsiktirha tvai pūrvastrivṛtprajāpatiruttaraḥ ātmā vai prajā paśava etāni tṛcāni prajāpatirvai rathantaram yathā reta eva siktaṃ syānna prajāyate tādṛktadyatsakṛddhiṃkṛtaiḥ stuvīran tadyattṛcāya tṛcāya hiṃkurvanti prajātyā eva bahurbhavati prajāyate ya evaṃ veda atho haiṣāmeka eva paryāya āyatanavānsyādanāyatanau dvau syātāṃ yatsakṛddhiṃkṛtaiḥ stuvīran tadyattṛcāya tṛcāya hiṃkurvanti tenaivaiṣāṃ sarvarātrirāyatanavatī pavamānavatī bhavati yathā vā ahastathā rātriryathā rātristathāhaḥ pūrvāhṇo madhyaṃdino'parāhṇaḥ pūrvarātro madhyarātro'parātraḥ tadyattṛcāya tṛcāya hiṃkurvantyahorātrayoreva vidhṛtyai > Regarding this, they say: 'Since other sacrificial rites have pavamāna \[lauds\], by what does their night become possessed of a pavamāna?' / He should say: 'By the rathantara-saṃdhi \[laud\].' / Through this, indeed, the night becomes possessed of a pavamāna. / With it, having uttered the sound 'hiṃ' once, they praise straight on. / For they utter 'hiṃ' in front once for the trivṛt \[stoma\], so that the beginning may be the conclusion. / The former trivṛt is the pouring of semen; Prajāpati is the latter. / The self, offspring, and cattle are these triplets \[of verses\]. / Prajāpati is the rathantara. / If they were to praise with \[only\] a single utterance of 'hiṃ', that would be just as if semen were poured and did not reproduce. / That they utter 'hiṃ' for each triplet is solely for procreation. / He who knows thus becomes manifold and is procreated. / Moreover, if they were to praise with \[only\] a single utterance of 'hiṃ', only one round of theirs would have an abode, and two would lack an abode. / That they utter 'hiṃ' for each triplet—by that very fact their entire night becomes possessed of an abode and possessed of a pavamāna. / As is the day, so is the night; as is the night, so is the day. / Morning, midday, afternoon; early night, midnight, late night. / That they utter 'hiṃ' for each triplet is precisely for the distinct maintenance of day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.231.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231.p1) tadāhuryadekaviṃśamanu sarve yajñakratavaḥ saṃtiṣṭhante'tyu vā ekaviṃśānyukthāni > Regarding this, they say: 'Since all sacrificial rites are completed according to the twenty-one-fold \[stoma\], and the ukthas go beyond the twenty-one-fold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.231.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231.p2) rātriretyatha kenaiṣāmekaviṃśamanu rātriḥ saṃtiṣṭhata iti > the night goes \[further\]. Then by what does their night conclude according to the twenty-one-fold?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.231.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231.p3) sa brūyādyadevaita ekaviṃśatiśca trivṛto bhavanti nava caikaviṃśā iti > He should say: 'Because these become twenty-one trivṛts and nine twenty-one-folds.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.231.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231.p4) atha ha smāha bhāllaveyaḥ ka u svidadyobhayatojyotiṣā yajñakratunā yakṣyata > Now Bhāllaveya used to say: 'Who indeed today will sacrifice with a sacrificial rite that has light at both ends?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.231) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.231) · Pramāṇa