[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) › 17.77 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 17.77 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 17.77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77) ahamevādarśamityabravīt tenāstuvata tena stutvaiva svargaṃ lokaṃ prājānan teṣāṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ yatāṃ so'hīyata anṛtaṃ hyabravīt | sa eṣa śvitro'bhavat ete ha vā ahayo yacchvitrāḥ yadahīyata tadahīnāmahitvam atha hānye sarpā eva tasmādu ha yasmādevānubruvīta | taṃ brūyādamuṣmādanvavoca iti atho ha satyameva vivadiṣet tadetatsvargyaṃ sāma aśnute svargaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda tvaṃ hyaṃga daivye ti tvamiti bhavati bṛhato rūpam bārhatametadahaḥ pavamāna janimāni dyumattama iti janadvatīrbhavanti ṣoḍaśinamevaitattṛtīyasavanātprajanayanti > 'I myself saw it,' he said. They praised with it. Having praised with it, they discerned the heavenly world. As they were going to the heavenly world, he was left behind. For he spoke an untruth. He became this white-spotted snake (śvitra). These snakes (ahi) are indeed those that are white-spotted. Because he was left behind (ahīyata), that is the snakehood of snakes (ahi). Then others are simply creeping serpents. Therefore, from whomever one might learn, of him one should say: 'From so-and-so I learned.' Moreover, one should desire to speak only truth. This is a sāman that leads to heaven. He reaches the heavenly world who knows thus. 'For you indeed, O divine one...'—there is the word 'you' (tvam), the form of the Bṛhat. This day is connected with the Bṛhat. 'O Pavamāna, most brilliant, \[purify\] the races...'—saying this, \[the verses\] contain forms of 'born' (jana-). Thus they generate the Ṣoḍaśin from the third pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.77.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77.p1) tāsu bṛhatkaṃ bṛhatāmekam > Upon them \[is sung\] the Bṛhatka, one of the Bṛhat \[sāmans\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.77.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77.p2) etena ha vā etadaharbārhataṃ kriyate > By this, indeed, this day is made connected with the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.77.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77.p3) devā vai svargakāmāstapo'tapyanta > The gods, desiring heaven, performed ascetic heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.17.77) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.17.77) · Pramāṇa