[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) › 1.44 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.44 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44) atha ya enāṃ kṛṣṇo nagnaḥ puruṣo musalyajūgupatkrodhassa tasyo tadevānnamiti tasya kā niṣkṛtiriti yadevaitatsrucā prāśnāti sā tasya niṣkṛtistayā tadatimucyata iti atha yā etāṃ srucaṃ nirṇijyodīcīrapa utsiñcati sā sā ghṛtakulyā tasyai hiraṇmayāḥ puruṣā hiraṇmayaiścamasaissarvānkāmānudacanta iti kiṃ ṣaṣṭhamiti pañca nadīḥ puṣkariṇīḥ puṇḍarīkiṇīrmadhūdakāssyandamānāḥ tāsu nṛttagītaṃ vīṇāghoṣo'psarasāṃ gaṇāssurabhirgandho mahānghoṣo'bhūditi omiti hovāca mamaivaite lokā abhūvanniti te kenābhijayyā iti etenaiva pañcagṛhītena pañconnīteneti sa hovāca na vai kilānyatrāgnihotrāllokajityā avakāśo'sti adyaiva me agnyādheyasyopavasatha iti tasya ha tathā cakruḥ sa ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti nainamamuṣmim̐lloke vanaspatayaḥ puruṣarūpaṃ kṛtvā pratyadanti na paśavo na vrīhiyavā nāsyeṣṭāpūrte śraddhāṃ cāśraddhāṃ ca gacchato'pahate lohitakulyāmavarunddhe ghṛtakulyām > "Now, that black, naked man armed with a club who guarded it—that was wrath; and that was his food." > "What is the expiation for it?" > "That he drinks from the ladle—that is its expiation; thereby he escapes beyond it. > Now, the waters which he pours toward the north after cleansing the ladle—that is the river of ghee. > For it, golden men draw out all desires with golden cups." > "What was the sixth?" > "Five rivers with lotuses, with white water-lilies, flowing with honey-water; > in them there was dancing and singing, the sound of the lute, troops of Apsarases, fragrant scent, and a great roar." > "Yes!" he said. > "Those worlds indeed became mine!" > "By what can they be conquered?" > "By this fivefold-drawn \[offering\], by this fivefold-lifted \[offering\]." > He said: "Indeed, there is surely no other room for the conquest of worlds than the fire-offering. > Today is the eve of my establishment of the fires!" > They did so for him. > When one who knows this offers the fire-offering, plants do not eat him in return in that world, having assumed human form, nor cattle, nor rice and barley; nor do his rites of sacrifice and charity go to faith and unfaith; he repels the river of blood; he attains the river of ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p1) eṣa vā agnirvaiśvānaro ya eṣa tapati > This indeed is the Vaiśvānara fire, which burns yonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p2) tasya rātrissamidaharjyotī raśmayo dhūmo nakṣatrāṇi viṣphuliṅgāścandramā > Night is its firewood, day its light, the rays its smoke, the stars its sparks, the moon > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p3) aṅgārāḥ > its coals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p4) tasminnetasminnagnau vaiśvānare'harahardevā amṛtamapo juhvati > In this very Vaiśvānara fire the gods offer immortal waters day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p5) tasyā āhuterhutāyai somo rājā saṃbhavati > From that oblation, when offered, King Soma comes into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p6) stanayitnurevāgnirvaiśvānaraḥ > The thunder-cloud indeed is the Vaiśvānara fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.44.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44.p7) tasya dyaussamidvidyujjyotirabhrāṇi dhūmo marīcayo viṣphuliṅgā aśaniraṅgārāḥ > Sky is its firewood, lightning its light, clouds its smoke, rays of light its sparks, the thunderbolt its coals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.44) · Pramāṇa