[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) › 14.57 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.57 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 14.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57) yadāpyate yajña | āpyante chandāṃsy | āpyante devatā | āpyante ime lokā atha kena caturthamahastāyata ityāhuḥ vācaiveti brūyāt vāgeva tata ucchiṣyate'kṣarameva tryakṣaraṃ pariśiṣyate tadevottaraṃ tryahamanuvidadhāti yadāhāpyate yajña iti prātassavanabhājanaṃ prathamamahar | mādhyandinabhājanaṃ dvitīyaṃ | tṛtīyasavanabhājanaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tena yajña āpyate yadāhāpyante chandāṃsīti gāyatraṃ prātassavanaṃ | traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanaṃ tena chandāṃsyāpyante yadāhāpyante devatā iti vasūnāṃ prātassavanaṃ | rudrāṇāṃ mādhyandinaṃ savanam ādityānāṃ tṛtīyasavanaṃ tena devatā āpyante yadāhāpyante ime lokā iti -- idaṃ prātassavanam | idaṃ mādhyandinaṃ savanam | adastṛtīyasavanaṃ teneme lokā āpyante akṣarameva tryakṣaraṃ pariśiṣyate tadevottaraṃ tyahamanuvidadhāti yo vai caturthe'hanīndraṃ vedendriyāvānbhavati vāgvāva caturthe'hanīndraḥ indriyāvānbhavati ya evaṃ veda > 'When the sacrifice is obtained, the meters are obtained, the deities are obtained, these worlds are obtained, then by what is the fourth day extended?' they say. > 'By speech alone,' he should reply. > Speech alone is left over from that; a syllable alone, of three syllables, remains. > It arranges the subsequent three-day period. > When he says, 'The sacrifice is obtained'—the first day belongs to the morning pressing, the second belongs to the midday pressing, the third belongs to the third pressing; by that the sacrifice is obtained. > When he says, 'The meters are obtained'—the morning pressing is in the Gāyatrī, the midday pressing is in the Triṣṭubh, the third pressing is in the Jagatī; by that the meters are obtained. > When he says, 'The deities are obtained'—the morning pressing belongs to the Vasus, the midday pressing belongs to the Rudras, the third pressing belongs to the Ādityas; by that the deities are obtained. > When he says, 'These worlds are obtained'—this is the morning pressing, this is the midday pressing, yonder is the third pressing; by that these worlds are obtained. > A syllable alone, of three syllables, remains. > It arranges the subsequent three-day period. > Whoever knows Indra on the fourth day becomes endowed with faculty. > Speech, indeed, is Indra on the fourth day. > He becomes endowed with faculty who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p1) etā bhavanti > These \[verses\] occur: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p2) pra ta āśvinīḥ pavamāna dhenava > 'Forth have thy milch-cows of the Aśvins, O purifying one—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p3) iti pravatīḥ prāyaṇīye'han > thus \[verses\] containing \[the word\] 'forth' on the introductory day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p4) praṇinīṣeṇyaṃ vā etadahaḥ > This day is indeed to be led forward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p5) preti gāyatryai rūpam > 'Forth' is the form of the Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p6) gāyatryā evaitadrūpeṇa prayanti > With the form of the Gāyatrī they go forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p7) divyā asṛgranpayasā dharīmaṇī > 'The heavenly ones have streamed with milk in support—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p8) ti virājāmevaitadrūpamupagacchanti > thus they enter the form of the Virāj meters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p9) vairājaṃ hyetadahaḥ > For this day belongs to the Virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p10) prāntarikṣātsthāvarīste asṛkṣate > 'Forth from the midspace the stationary ones have streamed for thee—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p11) tyantarikṣavatīrbhavanti > thus they contain \[the word\] 'midspace'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p12) antarikṣabhājanaṃ vai tṛtīyamahaḥ > The third day indeed belongs to the midspace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p13) tṛtīyādahna etatprajātam > From the third day this \[day\] is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p14) ye tvā mṛjantyṛṣiṣāṇa vedhasa > 'They who cleanse thee, O wise one of the seers—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p15) iti mṛjantīva vai jātam > thus they cleanse, as it were, what has been born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57.p16) jāyata u etenāhnā > And by this day he is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.14.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.57) · Pramāṇa