[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) › 2-2.10 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.10 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.10) sanā ca soma jeṣi ceti daśarcaṃ bhavati ṛṣayo vā etadṛddhikāmā upotthānaṃ priyaṃ vāco'paśyan athā no vasyasaskṛdhyathā no vasyasaskṛdhīti tenāstuvata tato vai te sarva evārdhnuvan sarve haivardhnuvanti ya evaṃ vidvāṃsa etena daśarcena stuvate tasminha smāha śaktirvirājaṃ geyāṃ sanā ca soma jeṣi ca pavamāna mahi śrava ekaṃ dve trīṇi catvāripañca ṣaṭsaptāṣṭau nava daśa huṃbhā oi bhūriti tadāhuḥ kṛtrimevaiṣā virāḍupākāryeva saṃpadaṃ lobhayati omityetadevākṣaraṃ geyamiti etaddha vā idaṃ sarvamakṣaram yathā sūcyā palāśāni saṃtṛṇṇāni syurevametenākṣareṇeme lokāssaṃtṛṇṇāḥ daśadhā vā etadatividhyemānkṣarati śatadhemānsahasradhemān tasmādetadevākṣaraṃ geyamiti paryāso bhavati yaḥ paryāso kāmassa na upāpto'saditi tāḥ pañcaviṃśati stotriyāssaṃpadyante pañcaviṃśo vai prajāpatiḥ prājāpatyaṃ mahāvrataṃ tattatsalakṣma kriyate > 'sanā ca soma jeṣi ca' ('Win both formerly and now, O Soma') is a ten-verse hymn. > The seers, desiring prosperity, saw this dear standing-place of speech. > With 'athā no vasyasas kṛdhi' ('Now make us richer'), they praised him. > Then indeed they all prospered. > All prosper indeed who, knowing thus, praise with this ten-verse hymn. > In that regard, Śakti used to say: 'The Virāj should be sung: sanā ca soma jeṣi ca pavamāna mahi śravaḥ, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, hum-bhā-oi-bhūḥ.' > Regarding this they say: 'This Virāj is artificial, merely an imitation; > it confuses the metrical correspondence. > Only the syllable "om" should be sung.' > For this entire world is this syllable. > Just as leaves would be pierced together with a needle, even so these worlds are pierced together by this syllable. > Piercing through, this \[syllable\] flows tenfold to these \[worlds\], hundredfold to these, thousandfold to these. > Therefore this very syllable should be sung as the turn-verse: > 'Whatever desire is in the turn-verse, may that be attained by us.' > They amount to twenty-five stotriya verses. > Prajāpati is twenty-five-fold; > the Mahāvrata belongs to Prajāpati; thus it is provided with its proper characteristic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.9) - [Next: 2-2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.11) - [Up: 2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-2.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.10) · Pramāṇa