[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) › 1.26 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.26 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.26) agnīnādadhānaḥ prātarevoddhareta dvissāyaṃ dviḥ prātarjuhoti catasra āhutayassaṃpadyante catuṣpadā vai paśavo ye ca grāmyā ye cāraṇyāḥ teṣāmevaitatpratyāśaṃ pratyapacayati eṣa vai mṛtyuryadagnī rihanneva nāma tameva tābhirāhutibhiśśamayitvā pṛthivīṃ lokānāṃ jayatyagniṃ devaṃ devānām agnerdevasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ samabhyārohati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti sa tato dhūmameva rathaṃ samāsthāya vāyossalokatāmabhiprayāti dvyahaṃ juhoti aṣṭāvāhutayassaṃpadyante aṣṭāśaphā ha vai paśavo ye ca grāmyā ye cāraṇyāḥ teṣāmevaitatpratyāśaṃ pratyapacayati eṣa vai mṛtyuryadvāyurajira eva nāma tameva tābhirāhutibhiśśamayitvāntarikṣaṃ lokānāṃ jayati vāyuṃ devaṃ devānām vāyordevasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ samabhyārohati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti > Setting up the fires, he should fetch out \[the fire\] early in the morning. > Twice he offers in the evening, twice in the morning. > Four oblations are completed. > Four-footed indeed are cattle, both domestic and wild. > In this way, he pays them back according to their expectation. > This indeed is death, which is named Agni the Licker. > Having pacified him by means of those oblations, he conquers the earth among worlds, Agni among gods. > He ascends to union, to co-existence with the god Agni, who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > Mounting smoke as a chariot, he journeys from there toward co-existence with Vāyu. > He offers for two days. > Eight oblations are completed. > Eight-hoofed indeed are cattle, both domestic and wild. > In this way, he pays them back according to their expectation. > This indeed is death, which is named Vāyu the Swift. > Having pacified him by means of those oblations, he conquers the atmosphere among worlds, Vāyu among gods. > He ascends to union, to co-existence with the god Vāyu, who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.25) - [Next: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.27) - [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.1.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.26) · Pramāṇa