[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) › 2-2.3 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.3 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.3) parihṛtāni duhre sa yathā spandanāṃ rajjubhirvyapatatya duhyurevametānyupariṣṭādvyūḍhe daśarātre gāyatryā parihṛtāni duhre sa yathā upasṛjedevaṃ tadyadgāyatramukhastryaho yathābhidadhyādevaṃ tadyadgāyatramadhyo yathāpahṛtya duhyādevaṃ tadyadgāyatrottamaḥ tasmādupariṣṭādevopetyānīti tadu hovāca śāṭyāyaniryo vā eṣa candramā eṣa vāva saṃvatsara eṣa prajāpatireṣa māsa iti etāvānvāvaiṣa yāvānmāsaḥ etaṃ vāvaiṣa āptvā punaḥ palyayate sa pañcadaśa rātrīrūrdhva eti pañcadaśārvāṅ yā āpūryate tā ūrdhva etyatha yā apochestā arvāṅ sa āpūryamāṇo'muṃ lokaṃ gacchati so'munā lokena saṃspṛśyānnaṃ bhavati sa yadasya tatra svadyaṃ tatsvada ityapochannimaṃ lokaṃ āgacchati sa imā apa oṣadhīḥ praviśati sa imā apa oṣadhīḥ praviśyāsvapsvoṣadhīṣvātmānaṃ nyudyāpūryamāṇo'muṃ lokaṃ gacchati > Just as they would milk a restive cow having bound her with ropes on all sides, so these are milked after the arranged ten-day rite, surrounded by the Gāyatrī. As one would let loose \[the calf\], so is that three-day period with the Gāyatrī at the beginning; as one would bind \[her legs\], so is that with the Gāyatrī in the middle; as one would milk after taking \[the milk-pail\], so is that with the Gāyatrī at the end. Therefore they should be undertaken only at the end.' But Śāṭyāyani said: 'The moon here is indeed the year, he is Prajāpati, he is the month. He is of such extent as is the month. Having attained this \[measure\], he rolls back again. He goes upward for fifteen nights, downward for fifteen. The nights during which he fills up, he goes upward; then the nights during which he wanes, downward. Filling up, he goes to that world. Coming into contact with that world, he becomes food. Tasting what is savored for him there, waning with: "Taste!", he comes to this world. He enters these waters and plants. Having entered these waters and plants, having submerged himself in the waters and plants, filling up, he goes to that world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-2.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.2.p5) - [Next: 2-2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.4) - [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.2-2.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.3) · Pramāṇa