[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) › 18.87 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 18.87 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 18.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.87) bhuva iti vyāhṛtiḥ tadidamantarikṣaṃ vāyurdevatā jagatī chandassaptadaśa stomo vāmadevyaṃ sāma rudrā devatāpaśca prāṇabhṛcca svariti vyāhṛtiḥ tadasau loka ādityo devatā triṣṭupchandaḥ pañcadaśa stomo bṛhatsāmādityā devatā candramāśca nakṣatrāṇi ca etadime lokāstriṇavā bhavanti tadāhurmithunāni catvāryahāny | amithunaṃ pañcamamahaḥ ācaturaṃ vāva mithunaṃ prajananam tadyat tava śriyo varṣasyeva vidyuta ityāgneyamājyaṃ bhavati tenaiva mithunaṃ pañcamamahaḥ kriyate taveti puṃso rūpaṃ | śriya iti striyai varṣasyeveti puṃso | vidyuta iti striyai agna iti puṃsa | uṣasāmiveti stryai yadoṣadhīriti striyā | abhisṛṣṭa iti puṃsaḥ abhipūrvamevaitanmithunaṃ prajananaṃ dadhati yajamānasya prajātyai > ‘Bhuvaḥ’ is the mystical utterance. / That is this intermediate region: Vāyu is the deity, Jagatī the meter, the seventeen-fold the stoma, Vāmadevya the sāman, the Rudras the deities, and the waters and breathing beings. / ‘Svar’ is the mystical utterance. / That is yonder world: Āditya is the deity, Triṣṭubh the meter, the fifteen-fold the stoma, Bṛhat the sāman, the Ādityas the deities, and the moon and constellations. / Thus these worlds are twenty-seven-fold. / They say in this regard: ‘Four days are paired; the fifth day is unpaired. / Pairing and procreation extend up to four \[days\].’ / That there is an Ājya hymn addressed to Agni: / ‘Thy splendors like lightning of rain’— / by that very \[hymn\] the fifth day is paired. / ‘Thy’ has the form of the male; ‘splendors’ of the female. / ‘Like of rain’ has the form of the male; ‘lightning’ of the female. / ‘O Agni’ has the form of the male; ‘like of dawn’ of the female. / ‘When the herbs’ has the form of the female; ‘poured upon’ of the male. / In regular order they thereby establish a pair and procreation for the reproduction of the sacrificer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.86.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.86.p3) - [Next: 18.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.88) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.18.87) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.18.87) · Pramāṇa