[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) › 2-2.8 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-2.8 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8) tato yāni daśa pañcaviṃśāni stotrāṇi mahāvrataṃ tat tairasya vaiṣuvate'hani mahāvratamupetaṃ bhavati atha ye dve stotriye āditya eva sa etasminnahanpratiṣṭhitaḥ atha ha sma vā etatpurā trirmahāvratamupayantyārambhaṇīye'hanvaiṣuvate mahāvratīye tasya vā etasyārambhaṇīyasyāhnaścaturdaśa ca pañcaviṃśāni stotrāṇi bhavanti daśa ca stotriyāḥ tato yāni caturdaśa pañcaviṃśāni stotrāṇi mahāvrataṃ tat tairasyārambhaṇīye'hani mahāvratamupetaṃ bhavati atha yā daśa stotriyā daśākṣarā virāṭ annaṃ virāṭ teno hāvasena yantyā vaiṣuvatādahnaḥ atha ye dve stotriye viṣuvato'tiricyete tadu hānnapānam dvayamu ha vā annasya rūpaṃ yaccaivāśnāti yacca pibati sa yathāśnaṃśca pibaṃśceyādevamevaitadetābhyāṃ yantyā mahāvratīyādahnaḥ ta etaṃ svargaṃ lokamāgacchanti etanmahāvratīyamahaḥ eṣa vāva svargo loko yanmahāvratīyamahaḥ sa ya etadevaṃ veda trirupetamasya mahāvrataṃ bhavati gacchati svargaṃ lokam > Then the ten twenty-five-fold chants are the Mahāvrata; > by them the Mahāvrata is undertaken by him on the Viṣuvant day. > Now the two stotriya verses: that is Āditya established on this day. > Now formerly they used to undertake the Mahāvrata three times: on the introductory day, on the Viṣuvant, and on the Mahāvrata day. > Of that introductory day there are fourteen twenty-five-fold chants and ten stotriya verses. > Then the fourteen twenty-five-fold chants are the Mahāvrata; > by them the Mahāvrata is undertaken by him on the introductory day. > Now the ten stotriya verses: the Virāj has ten syllables; > the Virāj is food; > with provisions, indeed, they go until the Viṣuvant day. > Now the two stotriya verses that are left over from the Viṣuvant: that is food and drink. > Twofold indeed is the form of food: that which one eats and that which one drinks. > Just as one would go eating and drinking, even so they go by means of these two until the Mahāvrata day. > They come to this heavenly world, > namely, this Mahāvrata day. > The heavenly world is indeed the Mahāvrata day. > He who knows thus—the Mahāvrata has been undertaken three times for him; he goes to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p1) ṣctadāhustamīṃ hinvantyagruva ityevaitasyāhnaḥ pratipatkāryeti > Regarding this they say: 'tam īṃ hinvanty agruvaḥ' ('Him the maidens urge on') should be made the opening verse of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p2) tamarkebhistaṃ sāmabhiriti śīrṣṇastadidāsa bhuvaneṣu jyeṣṭhamityātmanaḥ > 'tam arkebhis tam sāmabhiḥ' ('Him with songs, him with chants') \[is said\] on account of the head; 'tad id āsa bhuvaneṣu jyeṣṭham' ('That indeed was the eldest in the worlds') on account of the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p3) tattaditīva vā etenāhnā caranti > They proceed with this day as if saying 'tat tat' ('father, father'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p4) tato ha vai prajāpatiḥ > From that \[day\] arose Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p5) tato ha vā eṣa sarvāsāṃ devatānām > From that \[day\] arose this \[father\] of all deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-2.8.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8.p6) tatpitaitadahaḥ prajetarāṇi > This day is the father; the other days are the offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-2.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jaiminīya or Talavakāra brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiyaortalavakarabrahmana.2.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-2.8) · Pramāṇa