[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) › 1.96 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.96 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.96) āgnāvāruṇīāmayāvino jyogāmayāvinaḥ pratipadaṃ kuryāt agninā vā eṣa varuṇena gṛhīto bhavati ya āmayāvī jyogāmayāvī agninaivainamāgneyānmuñcanti varuṇena vāruṇāt yasyāṃ varṣīyasyāmṛci hrasīyo hrasīyasyāṃ vā varṣīyastāṃ ānāyakāmaḥ pratipadaṃ kurvīta varṣīyasā vā eṣa hrasīyaḥ prepsyatīti hrasīyasā varṣīyaḥ pra hrasīyasā varṣīya āpnoti ya evaṃ veda eṣa devo amartyaḥ iti pratipadaṃ kurvīta yaḥ kāmayetāhamevaikadhā śreṣṭhassvānāṃ syāṃ rucamaśnuvīyeti eṣa eṣaḥ ityevaināṃ jyeṣṭhyāya śreṣṭhyāyābhivadati ekadhaiva śreṣṭhassvānāṃ bhavati rucamaśnute īśvaro ha tvasyāparaḥ prajāyāmetādṛṅvīro nājanitoḥ eṣa eva nāto'nya itīva hyenaṃ vāgabhivadati tadu tvetanna tathā devo amartyaḥ iti vā āha adevaśca ha vai sa martyaśca yasya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavānnājāyate atha ha vai sa eva devasso'martyao yasya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavānājāyate ā hāsya vīrasya sato vīro vīryavāñjāyate saṃdhīyate prajayā na vyavacchidyate > One should make a \[verse\] addressed to Agni and Varuṇa the introductory verse for one who is sick, who is chronically sick. > He who is sick, who is chronically sick, is seized by Agni \[and\] by Varuṇa. > By means of Agni they release him from that which pertains to Agni; by means of Varuṇa from that which pertains to Varuṇa. > One who desires to bring \[something\] to himself should make that verse the introductory verse in which a shorter \[meter follows\] upon a longer verse, or a longer \[meter\] upon a shorter \[verse\]. > Thinking, 'He will obtain the shorter by means of the longer,' \[or\] the longer by means of the shorter, > he obtains the longer by means of the shorter, who knows thus. > He who desires, 'May I alone be the best among my own people; may I attain brilliance,' should make: 'This god is immortal...' the introductory verse. > By saying, 'This, this,' \[the verse\] addresses him for primacy, for preeminence. > He becomes the best among his own people; he attains brilliance. > Yet his subsequent offspring is liable not to be born as such a hero. > For speech addresses him, as it were: 'This one alone, none other than he.' > Now, on the other hand, this is not so. > For \[the verse\] says: 'The god is immortal.' > Indeed, he who, being a hero, does not have a heroic, vigorous \[son\] born \[to him\] is both non-divine and mortal. > Now he alone indeed is divine, he is immortal, who, being a hero, has a heroic, vigorous \[son\] born \[to him\]. > To him, being a hero, a heroic, vigorous \[son\] is born; he is connected with offspring, he is not cut off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.95.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.95.p8) - [Next: 1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.97) - [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.1.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.1.96) · Pramāṇa