[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) › 1.23 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.23 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23) taṃ hovāca gautama kiṃ yaśa iti agnimupadiśannuvācedaṃ yaśa ityado yaśa ityādityam so'hamado yaśo'sminyaśasi sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ yaśo'muṣminyaśasi prātarjuhomi etāveva mā tadgamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmāḥ etau me punarmṛtyumapajeṣyata iti suhutaṃ devānrādhayāni iti ha praśaśaṃsa atha hāparaṃ papraccha kathā bhagavastvamagnihotraṃ juhoṣīti sa hovāca vājasaneyaḥ satyamityeva samrāḍahamagnihotraṃ juhomi tasmādahaṃ satyamasmi tasmānmama satyamiva vadataḥ prakāśa iti taṃ hovāca yājñavalkya kiṃ satyamiti agnimupadiśannuvācedaṃ satyamityadaḥ satyamityādityam so'hamadaḥ satyamasminnsatye sāyaṃ juhomīdaṃ satyamamuṣminsatye prātarjuhomi etāveva mā tadgamayiṣyato yatra sarve kāmāḥ etau me punarmṛtyumapajeṣyata iti suhutaṃ devānrādhayāni iti haiva praśaśaṃsa atha hāparaṃ papraccha kathā bhagavastvamagnihotraṃ juhoṣīti > He said to him: 'Gautama, what is fame?' > Pointing to the fire, he said: 'This is fame,' and pointing to the sun, 'Yonder is fame. > So I offer yonder fame into this fame in the evening; I offer this fame into yonder fame in the morning. > These two alone will make me reach where all desires are; > these two will conquer repeated death for me.' > 'Well-offered; may I propitiate the gods!' thus he praised him. > Then he asked the next one: 'How, venerable sir, do you perform the fire-offering?' > Vājasaneya said: 'As truth indeed, O Emperor, do I offer the fire-offering. > Therefore I am truth. > Therefore, when I speak, it is bright like the truth.' > He said to him: 'Yājñavalkya, what is truth?' > Pointing to the fire, he said: 'This is truth,' and pointing to the sun, 'Yonder is truth. > So I offer yonder truth into this truth in the evening; I offer this truth into yonder truth in the morning. > These two alone will make me reach where all desires are; > these two will conquer repeated death for me.' > 'Well-offered; may I propitiate the gods!' thus he praised him. > Then he asked the next one: 'How, venerable sir, do you perform the fire-offering?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23.p1) sa hovāca barkurvārṣṇo bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāmityeva samrāḍahamagnihotraṃ juhomi > Barku Vārṣṇa said: 'As the most abundant, the best of possessions indeed, O Emperor, do I offer the fire-offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23.p2) tasmādahaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāmasmi > Therefore I am the most abundant, the best of possessions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23.p3) bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vāva me śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāṃ prajāyāmantato bhaviteti > The most abundant, the best of possessions indeed will ultimately be in my offspring.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.23.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23.p4) taṃ hovācāgniveśya kiṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittānāmiti > He said to him: 'Āgniveśya, what is the most abundant, the best of possessions?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.23) · Pramāṇa