[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) › 1.74 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.74 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.74) namaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ pūrvasato namassākaṃniṣatḥ yujye vācaṃ śatapadīṃ gāye sahasravartanīm gāyatraṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ jagadviśvā rūpāṇi saṃbhṛtam devā okāṃsi cakrire iti yannamaḥ pitṛbhyaḥ pūrvasatḥ iti pitaro vā atra pūrva upasīdanti na tebhya evaitannamaskaroti namassākaṃniṣatḥ iti yaireva brāhmaṇaissahopasīdatyārtvijyaṃ kariṣyaṃstebhya evaitannamaskaroti yujye vācaṃ śatapadīmiti vācamevaitacchatapadīṃ yuṅkte gāye sahasravartanīmitiyuktāmevaināmetatsahasravartanīṃ bhūtāṃ gāyati gāyatraṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ jagaditi etāni vai trīṇi savanāni tānyevaitānyātmanparigṛhṇīte viśvā okāṃsi cakrire iti sadevamevaitena yajñaṃ kurute > ‘Homage to the Fathers who sit of old, homage to those who sit together! / I yoke speech, hundred-footed; I sing \[her\] of a thousand paths, / gāyatra, traiṣṭubha, jāgata, brought together in all forms; / the gods made their dwellings \[in her\].’ / As to \[the words\], ‘Homage to the Fathers who sit of old’: the Fathers indeed sit near here beforehand; it is to them that he thereby pays homage. ‘Homage to those who sit together’: it is to those Brahmins with whom he sits near, intending to perform the priestly office, that he thereby pays homage. ‘I yoke speech, hundred-footed’: it is speech, indeed, hundred-footed, that he thereby yokes. ‘I sing \[her\] of a thousand paths’: it is speech, yoked, having become \[a path\] of a thousand ways, that he thereby sings. ‘Gāyatra, traiṣṭubha, jāgata’: these, indeed, are the three pressings; these very ones he encompasses within himself. ‘The gods made their dwellings \[in her\]’: thereby he makes the sacrifice accompanied by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.73) - [Next: 1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.75) - [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.1.74) — English, machine translation ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6262) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.74) · Pramāṇa