[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) › 1.86 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.86 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.86 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.86) brahmā ṣaṣṭhassarpati ṣaḍvai chandāṃsi chandobhireva tadrakṣaḥ pāpmānamapaghnate sarvaṃ vāvaitadbrahma yadbrahmā paścādbhavati brahmaṇaiva tadrakṣaḥ pāpmānamapahatya svargaṃ lokaṃ sarpanti prastaraṃ harantassarpanti yajamāno vai prastaro barhiḥ prajāḥ yaduparyupari barhiḥ prastaraṃ haranti yajamānameva tatprajāsvadhyūhanti tasmādyajamāna uparyuparyevānyāḥ prajāḥ yadupāsyetsvargaloko yajamānassyādavāsmāllokācchidyeta yadatyasyedasmim̐lloke pratitiṣṭhedava svargāllokācchidyeta tadāhurardhātmā vā eṣa yajamānasya yatpatnī yatsā bahirvedi bhavati tenāsmāllokānnāvacchidyate upaivāsyedityuta vai patnī na bhavati atho yadyapi syādupaivānyadasyedatyanyadasyet yadupāsyati tena svargaloko yadatyasyati tenāsmāllokānnāvacchidyate > The Brahman creeps sixth. / Six indeed are the meters. / By the meters alone they ward off the demon, evil. / All this is indeed the brahman. / In that the Brahman is behind, by the brahman alone having smitten away the demon, evil, they creep to the heavenly world. / They creep carrying the prastara bunch. / The sacrificer is the prastara bunch; the progeny is the sacrificial grass. / In that they carry the prastara bunch over and above the sacrificial grass, they place the sacrificer above the progeny. / Therefore the sacrificer is above other creatures. / If he were to throw it down \[into the fire\], the sacrificer would belong to the heavenly world, \[but\] he would be cut off from this world. / If he were to throw it beyond \[the fire\], he would be established in this world, \[but\] he would be cut off from the heavenly world. / Regarding this they say: 'The wife is half of the sacrificer's self. / Because she remains outside the altar, thereby he is not cut off from this world.' / 'He should throw it down,' \[others say,\] 'for the wife may not even be there. / And even if she should be there, he should throw one part down, and throw the other part beyond.' / In that he throws it down, thereby he belongs to the heavenly world; in that he throws it beyond, thereby he is not cut off from this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.85) - [Next: 1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87) - [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.1.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.86) · Pramāṇa