[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) › 1.69 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.69 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69) sa udarādeva madhyatassaptadaśaṃ stomamasṛjata jagatīṃ chando vāmadevyaṃ sāma viśvāndevāndevatāṃ vaiśyaṃ manuṣyaṃ gāṃ paśum tasmādvaiśyo jagatīchandā vaiśvadevo devatayā tasmādu prajaniṣṇuḥ udarāddhyenaṃ prajananādasṛjata so'kāmayata praiva jāyeyeti sa patameva pratiṣṭhāyā ekaviṃśaṃ stomamasṛjatānuṣṭubhaṃ chando yajñāyajñīyaṃ sāma na kāṃ cana devatāṃ śūdraṃ manuṣyasmaviṃ paśum tasmācchūdro'nuṣṭupchandā veśmapatidevaḥ tasmādu pādāvanejyenaiva jijīviṣati pataṃ hyenaṃ pratiṣṭhāyā asṛjata etayā vai sṛṣṭyā prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata sa ya etadevaṃ veda bhūmānameva prajayā paśubhirgacchati tasmādvetaṃ yajñaṃ bhūyiṣṭhaṃ praśaṃsanti yadagniṣṭomam prajāpatiyajño hyeṣaḥ > From the belly, from the middle, he created the seventeen-part stoma, the jagatī meter, the Vāmadevya sāman, the All-Gods as deity, the Vaiśya among men, the cow among cattle. > Therefore the Vaiśya has the jagatī meter, has the All-Gods as deity. > And therefore he is prolific; > for he created him from the belly, from the place of procreation. > He desired: 'May I propagate further.' > From the feet, from the firm foundation, he created the twenty-one-part stoma, the anuṣṭubh meter, the Yajñāyajñīya sāman, no deity, the Śūdra among men, the sheep among cattle. > Therefore the Śūdra has the anuṣṭubh meter, has the master of the house as deity. > And therefore he seeks to live by the washing of feet alone; > for he created him from the feet, from the firm foundation. > By this creation, indeed, Prajāpati created creatures. > Whoever knows this thus attains abundance through offspring and cattle. > Therefore they praise this sacrifice, namely the Agniṣṭoma, above all; > for it is Prajāpati's sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p1) prajāpatiḥ prajābhya ūrjaṃ vyabhajat > Prajāpati distributed vigor to creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p2) tadudumbarassamabhavat > That became the udumbara tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p3) prajāpatirudgātā prājāpatya udumbaraḥ > Prajāpati is the Udgātṛ; the udumbara belongs to Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p4) vṛṇute'nyānṛtvijo nodgātāram > He chooses the other officiating priests, not the Udgātṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p5) yadudgātā prathamena karmaṇaudumbarīmanvārabhate svayaiva taddevatayātmānamārtvijyāya > When the Udgātṛ takes hold of the audumbarī post with the first rite, through his own deity he \[thereby\] for the priestly function > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p6) vṛṇīte > chooses himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.69.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69.p7) tāmanvārabhate āyoṣṭvā sadane sādayāmyavataśchāyāyāṃ samudrasya hṛdaye > He takes hold of it \[saying\]: 'I seat you in the seat of Āyu, in the shade of the well, in the heart of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.69) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.69) · Pramāṇa