[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) › 1.66 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.66 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66) agniṣṭoma prajananaṃ jyotiragnirdevatānāṃ jyotirvirāṭchandasāṃ jyotirvirāḍvācaḥ agnau saṃtiṣṭhate virājaṃ saṃpadyate tasmādeṣa jyotirucyate dvau stomau prātassavanaṃ vahato yathā cakṣuśca prāṇaśca tathā tat dvau stomau mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ vahato yathā ca śrotraṃ ca bāhū ca tathā tat dvau stomau tṛtīyasavanaṃ vahato yathā madhyaṃ ca pratiṣṭhā ca tathā tat hiṃkāreṇa vai jyotiṣā devāstrivṛte brahmavarcasāya jyotiradadhuḥ trivṛtā brahmavarcasena pañcadaśāyaujase vīryāya jyotiradadhuḥ pañcadaśenaujasā vīryeṇa saptadaśāya prajāyai paśubhyaḥ prajananāya jyotiradadhuḥ saptadaśena prajayā paśubhiḥ prajanenaikaviṃśāya pratiṣṭhāyai jyotiradadhuḥ stomo vā etatstome jyotirdadhadeti tasmājjyotiṣṭoma ityākhyāyate atha yatstomasstomaṃ savanamabhipraṇayati tasmājjyotiṣṭoma ityākhyāyate atho yadyajñassaṃstuto virājamabhisaṃpadyate jyotirvirāṭtasmājjyotiṣṭoma ityākhyāyate > The Agniṣṭoma: > Agni is procreative light among the deities; the Virāj is the light among the meters; the Virāj is the light of speech. > It concludes in Agni; > it attains the Virāj; > therefore this is called light. > Two stomas carry the morning pressing, just as the eye and breath do; thus it is. > Two stomas carry the midday pressing, just as the ear and the arms do; thus it is. > Two stomas carry the third pressing, just as the middle and the firm foundation do; thus it is. > With the sound hiṃ as light, the gods placed light into the ninefold \[stoma\] for spiritual luster; > with the ninefold \[stoma\] as spiritual luster, they placed light into the fifteenfold \[stoma\] for force and vital power; > with the fifteenfold \[stoma\] as force and vital power, they placed light into the seventeenfold \[stoma\] for offspring, for cattle, for procreation; > with the seventeenfold \[stoma\] for offspring, cattle, and procreation, they placed light into the twenty-onefold \[stoma\] for a firm foundation. > Stoma indeed proceeds placing light into stoma; > therefore it is named Jyotiṣṭoma. > And because stoma leads forward stoma and the pressing, therefore it is named Jyotiṣṭoma. > Moreover, because the sacrifice when chanted attains the Virāj, and the Virāj is light, therefore it is named Jyotiṣṭoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p1) asthūrirvā eṣa yajñaḥ puruṣasaṃmitaḥ > This sacrifice is indeed drawn by a single team, commensurate with a man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p2) yatkāma enamāharate samasmai kāma ṛdhyate > Whatever desire one undertakes it for, that desire is fulfilled for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p3) asthūriṇā hi tatra gacchati yatra jigamiṣati > For with a two-horse team one goes where one wishes to go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p4) prajāpatiryatprajā asṛjata tā agniṣṭomenāsṛjata > When Prajāpati created creatures, he created them by means of the Agniṣṭoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p5) daśamena ca vai sa tā agniṣṭomasya stotreṇāsṛjata daśamena ca māsā > He created them by means of the tenth chant of the Agniṣṭoma and by means of the tenth month > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p6) saṃvatsarasya > of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p7) tā dvādaśena caivāgniṣṭomasya stotreṇa paryagṛhṇāddvādaśena ca māsā saṃvatsarasya > He enclosed them by means of the twelfth chant of the Agniṣṭoma and by means of the twelfth month of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p8) tasmātpaśavo daśamāso garbhānbibhrati > Therefore animals bear embryos for ten months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.66.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p9) ta ekādaśamanuprajāyante > They give birth in the eleventh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66) · Pramāṇa