[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) › 1.87 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.87 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87) ādityo vā etadatrāgra āsīdyatraitaccātvālamado'gniḥ sa idaṃ sarvaṃ prātapat tasya devāḥ pradāhādabibhayuḥ te'bruvansarvaṃ vā ayamidaṃ pradhakṣyati vīmau pariharāmeti tamatastisṛbhirādadata tisṛbhirantarikṣāttisṛbhirdivamagamayan sa tataḥ parāṅevātapat ta etadāvaduttamamakṣaramapaśyan tenainamarvāñcamakurvan tata etadarvāṅtapati ṣateno evāvatākṣareṇāgnimasmim̐lloke'dadhuḥ sa yaṃ kāmayeta yajamānassvargalokassyāditi cātvālamevainamavakhyāpyodgāyet tamatastisṛbhirevādadate tisṛbhirantarikṣāttisṛbhirdivaṃ gamayanti sadaiva sarvābhisstuyurathottamāmagre brūyādathāvarāmathāvarām tāssarvā arvācīḥ tadu vā āhussatraitatpratyavarūḍhaṃ svargakāmyā vai yajata iti yadevāda āvaduttamamakṣaraṃ bhavati tenāsmāllokānnāvacchidyate > Āditya was here in the beginning, where this pit (cātvāla) is, and fire was yonder. / He burned scorching all this. / The gods feared his burning up. / They said: 'He will burn up all this; let us interchange these two.' / Him they took from here with three \[verses\], with three through the intermediate space, with three they made him reach the sky. / He burned from there turned away. / They saw this highest syllable beginning with ā. / With it they turned him facing hither. / Thence he burns here facing hither. / With the syllable beginning with ṣa they established fire in this world. / If he desires of a sacrificer, 'May he belong to the heavenly world,' / he should sing looking down upon the pit (cātvāla). / Him they take from here with three \[verses\], with three through the intermediate space, with three they make him reach the sky. / They should always praise with all \[verses\]; then he should recite the highest first, then the lower, then the lower. / All these \[become\] turned toward \[this world\]. / And they say regarding this: 'Indeed, this is descending, for he sacrifices desiring heaven.' / In that yonder syllable beginning with ā is the highest, thereby he is not cut off from this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p1) rathantaravarṇāmuttamāṃ gāyanti > They sing the last \[verse\] in the tone of the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p2) iyaṃ vai rathantaram > The Rathantara is this \[earth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p3) asyāmevaitatpratitiṣṭhati > He thus becomes firmly established on this \[earth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p4) prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata > Prajāpati created creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p5) tā enaṃ sṛṣṭā annakāśinīrabhitassamantaṃ paryaviśan > Created, they sat around him on all sides, looking for food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p6) tābhyo hiṃkāreṇānnādyamasṛjata > For them he created food by means of the sound hiṃ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p7) tadoṃkāreṇa sṛṣṭamavārayata > He enclosed that which was created by means of the sound om. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p8) prajāpatireṣa yadudgātā > The Udgātṛ is Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p9) tametatprajā annakāśinīrabhitassamantaṃ pariviśanti > Around him creatures sit on all sides looking for food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p10) tābhyo hiṃkāreṇaivānnādyaṃ sṛjate > For them he creates food by means of the sound hiṃ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.87.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87.p11) tadoṃkāreṇa sṛṣṭaṃ vārayate > He encloses that which was created by means of the sound om. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.1.87) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.87) · Pramāṇa