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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 14.60

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 14.60

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60)

bārhataṃ hyetadahaḥ  
ā pavasva mahīmiṣaṃ gomadindo hiraṇyavat  
aśvavatsoma vīravat  
iti gomatīḥ paśumatīrbhavanti paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai  
pavasva viśvacarṣaṇa ā mahī rodasī pṛṇā  
uṣāssūryo na raśmibhiḥ  
iti sūryavatīrbhavanti  
sauryaṃ hyetadaharekaviṃśaṃ pratiṣṭhā vairājam  
pari naśśarmayantyā dhārayā soma viśvataḥ  
sarā raseva viṣṭapamiti parivatīrbhavantyantasya rūpam  
anto hyetadahaḥ  
āśurarṣa bṛhanmate pari priyeṇa dhāmnā  
yatra devā iti bruvan  
pariṣkṛṇvannaniṣkṛtam  
ayaṃ sa yo divaspari  
iti pariparīti bhavatyantasya rūpam  
anto vā anuṣṭupchandasām  
ānuṣṭubhametadahaḥ

> For this day belongs to the Bṛhant.  
> “Flow for great refreshment, rich in cattle, O Drop, rich in gold, / rich in horses, O Soma, rich in heroes” —  
> thus there are \[verses\] containing cattle \[and\] containing livestock, for the securing of livestock.  
> “Flow, O watcher over all! Fill the great two worlds, / as the sun, the dawn with its rays” —  
> thus there are \[verses\] containing the sun.  
> For this day is dedicated to Sūrya, twenty-one-fold, a firm foundation, belonging to the Virāj.  
> “Around us, with a stream bringing protection, O Soma, from all sides / run like sap to the summit” — thus there are \[verses\] containing “around” (pari-), which is the form of the end.  
> For this day is an end.  
> “Run swiftly, O high-minded one, around with your dear domain, / where the gods,” so they said;  
> “adorning what is unadorned”;  
> “This is he who from heaven around” —  
> thus it contains “around, around”; that is the form of the end.  
> The end of the meters, truly, is the Anuṣṭubh;  
> this day belongs to the Anuṣṭubh.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p1)

ṣaḍṛcaṃ bhavati ṣaḍvā ṛtava -- ṛtūnāmevāptyai

> It consists of six verses; six indeed are the seasons — for the attainment of the seasons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p2)

tadāhuryatṣaḍṛcaṃ ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam | atha kasmāccaturthe'hankriyate iti

> Regarding this they say: “Since a six-verse hymn is the characteristic mark of the sixth day, why then is it performed on the fourth day?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p3)

sa brūyātṣaḍvā ṛtavassaṃ vatsaras | saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiryajñaḥ

> He should say: “Six indeed are the seasons; the year \[is six seasons\]. The year is Prajāpati; \[it is\] the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p4)

saṃvatsaramevaitena prajāpatiṃ yajñamāptvā savanamukhe punarārabhante

> Having obtained the year, Prajāpati, the sacrifice by this means, they begin anew at the opening of the soma pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p5)

āpyata iva hyetadyajño yadeṣa pūrvastryaha āpyata iti

> For the sacrifice is, as it were, completed when this preceding three-day period is completed.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p6)

uttaraṃ ṣaḍṛcaṃ bhavati

> The latter \[hymn\] consists of six verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p7)

abhipūrvamevaitena yajñamārabhante

> Thereby they undertake the sacrifice in proper succession.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [14.60.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.14.60.p8)

hinvanti sūramusraya

> “The beams urge on the sun” —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.14.60) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kauthuma (Svādhyāya Maṇḍala edition, Pāraḍī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*kauthuma*satavalekar.11.1.6) — Sanskrit
- [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.12.5) — Sanskrit

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