[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) › 1.38 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.38 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38) tadvai tadagnihotraṃ tryahameva payasā juhuyāt tadvā agniṣṭomasya rūpam agniṣṭomenaivāsyeṣṭaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti tadvai tadagnihotraṃ tryahameva dadhnā juhuyāt tadvai vājapeyasya rūpam vājapeyenaivāsyeṣṭaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti tadvai tadagnihotraṃ tryahamevājyena juhuyāt tadvā aśvamedhasya rūpam aśvamedhenaivāsyeṣṭaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti tadvai tadagnihotraṃ tryahamevādbhirjuhuyāt tadvai puruṣamedhasya rūpam puruṣamedhenaivāsyeṣṭaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti svayamahatavāsā yajamāno'gnihotraṃ juhuyādajasreṣvagniṣvapravasan trayodaśīṃ rātriṃ somena vā paśunā veṣṭvotsṛjeta yathā sāvasānkṛtvā prārjayettādṛktat tadvai tadagnihotraṃ dvādaśāhameva pūrve manuṣyā juhuvāṃ cakruḥ tasmātteṣāṃ duhe dhenurvahatyanaḍvānādhānaprahito'śvo'śvatara upatiṣṭhatyadhikakṣyo hastī vahati > He should offer that fire-offering for three days with milk alone; > that is the form of the Agniṣṭoma. > It is as if he has sacrificed with the Agniṣṭoma, for him who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > He should offer that fire-offering for three days with sour milk alone; > that is the form of the Vājapeya. > It is as if he has sacrificed with the Vājapeya, for him who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > He should offer that fire-offering for three days with clarified butter alone; > that is the form of the Aśvamedha. > It is as if he has sacrificed with the Aśvamedha, for him who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > He should offer that fire-offering for three days with water alone; > that is the form of the Puruṣamedha. > It is as if he has sacrificed with the Puruṣamedha, for him who, knowing thus, offers the fire-offering. > Not staying away \[from home\], the sacrificer should himself offer the fire-offering wearing unwashed garments, in the perpetual fires. > On the thirteenth night, having sacrificed either with soma or with an animal, he should let \[it\] go; > it is just as if one were to set free \[cattle\] having made an abode for them. > The earlier men offered that fire-offering for twelve days alone. > Therefore for them the milch cow yields milk, the draft-ox pulls, the horse set forth with a burden or the mule waits upon \[them\], the elephant with girth-bands carries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38.p1) upasṛjyāgnihotrīmityāha upasṛṣṭe dyāvāpṛthivī > He says: 'Having let loose the agnihotra cow'; heaven and earth are let loose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.38.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38.p2) rudrā upagṛhṇanti vasūnāṃ dugdham > 'The Rudras receive the milk of the Vasus.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.38.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38.p3) bhūtakṛta stha nirūḍha janyaṃ bhayamityaṅgārānnirūhati > 'You are the makers of beings; removed is the fear born of folk'—with this he pushes out the burning coals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.38) · Pramāṇa