[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) › 16.70 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 16.70 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 16.70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16.70) daśakṛtvo viṣṭabhnoty | asthānyeva tatprativapati navottare stobhā nidhanaṃ daśamaṃ daśākṣarā virāḍ | annaṃ virāḍ virāja evānnādyasyāvaruddhyai agniṃ manthanti agnirvai virāṭ virājameva tadannādyaṃ prajanayanti hiṃkṛtyā prastutya manthanti hiṃkṛtāddhi reto dhīyate atho sāmna evaitanmadhyato virājamannādyaṃ prajanayanti udgāturūrau manthanti | prastotṛpratihartārau dhāyanato | virājo'navacchedāya dakṣiṇa ūrau manthanti tasmādeṣa puruṣasyārdho vīryāvattaraḥ śakale'dhi manthanti śāntyai avakāsvadhi manthantyanatidāhāya taṃ jātamāgnīdhraṃ haranti ato hyagnīnviharanti tadu vā āhurāhavanīyameva hāryo yajamāno vā āhavanīyaḥ prajaiṣā yajamānameva tatprajayā samardhayanti > He props \[it\] up ten times; he thereby scatters bones in response. / There are nine subsequent stobhas, the cadence is the tenth; the Virāj consists of ten syllables. The Virāj is food, \[and this is done\] for securing the Virāj, proper food. / They churn the fire. / Fire is the Virāj. / They thereby generate the Virāj, proper food. / Having made the sound hiṃ and having sung the prelude, they churn. / For from \[what is accompanied by\] the sound hiṃ semen is deposited. / Moreover, they thereby generate the Virāj, proper food, from the middle of the sāman. / They churn on the thigh of the Udgātṛ; the Prastotṛ and the Pratihartṛ support \[him\], so that the Virāj is not broken. / They churn on the right thigh. / Therefore this side of a person is more endowed with vital power. / They churn upon a chip \[of wood\] for pacification. / They churn upon avakā plants so as not to cause excessive burning. / When it is born, they carry it to the Āgnīdhra. / For from there they distribute the fires. / But they also say: 'It should be carried to the Āhavanīya alone; the sacrificer is the Āhavanīya, this \[fire\] is offspring; they thereby cause the sacrificer to prosper with offspring.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.69.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16.69.p11) - [Next: 16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16.71) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.16.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.16.70) · Pramāṇa