[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) › 1.67 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.67 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.67) na kā cana dvādaśamatiharati parigṛhītā hi tena tāsāṃ parigṛhītānāmaśvataro'tyapravata tasyānuhāya reta ādatta tadgardabhe nyamārṭtadbaḍabāyāṃ tatpaśuṣu tadoṣadhīṣu tasmādgardabho dviretāstasmādbaḍabā dviretāḥ tasmātpaśavo dvau dvau janayanti tasmādoṣadhayo'nabhyaktā rebhanti tasmādaśvataro barhiṣi na deyaḥ ati hyaplavatāpa hyakrāmat āttaretā hyaprajā hi ṣoḍaśinasstotre deyaḥ atirikto vai ṣoḍaśi stotrāṇāmatirikto'śvataraḥ paśūnām atirikta evā tadatiriktaṃ dadhati yajñasya salomatāyai sa ya evaṃ vidvānagniṣṭomenodgāyati prājātāḥ prajā janayati pari prajātā gṛhṇāti jyeṣṭhayajño vā eṣa prajāpatiyajño yadagniṣṭomaḥ aśnute jyaiṣṭhyaṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ ya evaṃ veda > None exceeds the twelfth, > for they are enclosed by it. > While they were being enclosed, a mule bounded out. > Running after it, he took its seed. > He rubbed it onto a donkey, onto a mare, onto cattle, onto plants. > Therefore the donkey has double seed; therefore the mare has double seed; > therefore cattle give birth to two each; > therefore plants crackle when not anointed \[with oil\]. > Therefore a mule is not to be given on the sacrificial grass, > for it bounded over, it stepped aside; > for its seed has been taken away, for it is barren. > It is to be given at the chant of the Ṣoḍaśin. > The Ṣoḍaśin is an addition among the chants; the mule is an addition among animals. > They place the redundant into the redundant, for the smoothness of the sacrifice. > He who, knowing thus, chants as Udgātṛ with the Agniṣṭoma generates procreated offspring and encloses the procreated offspring. > This Agniṣṭoma is indeed the sacrifice of the eldest, the sacrifice of Prajāpati. > He attains seniority and supremacy who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.66.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.66.p9) - [Next: 1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.68) - [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.1.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.67) · Pramāṇa