[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) › 2-2.2 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.2 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2) ṣcatha yathā tūṣṇīmāsitvā yadeva kalyāṇaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ tadvyāharet sā vyāhṛtaṃ bata vyāhārṣīdvyāhartā bateti evaṃ tadyadupariṣṭātsaṃvatsarasya pṛṣṭhānyupayanti abhyeva rathantareṇa krandati reta eva bṛhatā siñcati garbhāneva vairūpeṇa dadhāti janayatyeva vairājena vardhayatyeva śakvarībhirannādyameva revatībhiḥ pradīyate tatkuto māsi-māsi janiṣyate yo vai māsyo garbho'vapadyate'srāvīditi vai tamāhuḥ sa yathā sāmi garbhāḥ pateyuryathā vāmā oṣadhīrdāyustāḥ kiṃ ditā syuśśuṣyeyurevaivaṃ tadyanmāsi-māsi pṛṣṭhānyupayanti > Now, just as someone, having sat silently, would utter whatever is auspicious and meritorious—\[and people would say:\] 'Ah, she has made an utterance! She is indeed a speaker!'—so it is when they undertake the pṛṣṭhas at the end of the year. He roars towards \[the womb\] with the Rathantara; he pours seed with the Bṛhat; he places the embryos with the Vairūpa; he brings them to birth with the Vairāja; he makes them grow with the Śakvarīs; food is bestowed with the Revatīs. How, then, could that be born month by month? When an embryo miscarries within a month, they say of it: 'It has miscarried.' Just as embryos would fall prematurely, or as raw plants would be cut—what would they be when cut? They would surely wither!—so it is when they undertake the pṛṣṭhas month by month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p1) ṣcatha yatho saṃvatsaraṃ bhṛtvā garbhaṃ janayedṛtau pakvā oṣadhīḥ pracinuyustāsāṃ > And just as someone, having borne an embryo for a year, would give birth to it, or \[as people\] would harvest plants ripened in their season and > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p2) kāmānkurvīrannevaṃ tadyadupariṣṭātsaṃvatsarasya pṛṣṭhānyupayanti > would fulfill their desires from them, so it is when they undertake the pṛṣṭhas at the end of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p3) atha ha smāha citro gāṅgyāyani spandanaiṣā bahudohinī yatpṛṣṭhāni > Now Citra Gāṅgyāyani used to say: 'This cow is a restive one, yielding much milk, namely the pṛṣṭhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p4) ko'haraha spandanāyai dhārayitṝneṣiṣyati > Who will seek keepers day after day for a restive cow?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p5) na vā etānyavyūḍhe duhre no vā etānyupariṣṭādvyūḍhe daśarātre gāyatryā > 'These are not milked in an unarranged \[rite\], nor are they milked after the arranged ten-day rite, when surrounded by the Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-2.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jaiminīya or Talavakāra brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiyaortalavakarabrahmana.2.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2) · Pramāṇa