[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) › 2-3.108 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.108 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.108 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108) tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya vyatiṣaktā stomā bhavanti vyatiṣaktādvai mithunātprajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante prajātyā eva tasyobhe bṛhadrathantare sāmanī bhavataḥ etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yadubhe bṛhadrathantare tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya chandomāḥ pavamānā bhavanti paśavo vai chandomāḥ paśavaḥ prajananam tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya mānavaṃ brahmasāma bhavati brahma vai brahmasāma yajamānakāmo eṣa yadbrahmasāma sva eva tadāyatane yajamānaṃ kāmaissamardhayanti sa ukthyo bhavati prajā vai paśava ukthāni prajā vai paśavaḥ prajananam tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi > "May that which is a divine pair, a generative power, generate me," \[he thinks\]. > Its stomas are interwoven; indeed, from an interwoven pair offspring and cattle are generated, > for propagation alone. > Its two sāmans are both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. > That both are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara is indeed a divine pair, a generative power. > "May that which is a divine pair, a generative power, generate me," \[he thinks\]. > Its pavamānas are the Chandomas. > The Chandomas are indeed cattle. > Cattle are a generative power. > "May that which is a generative power generate me," \[he thinks\]. > Its brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's sāman is the Mānava. > The brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's sāman is indeed brahman. > The sacrificer's desire is this: namely, the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's sāman. In his own sphere they thereby prosper the sacrificer with desires. > It is an Ukthya. > Offspring and cattle are indeed the ukthas. > Offspring and cattle are a generative power. > "May that which is a generative power generate me," \[he thinks\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p1) atho āhuranviṣṭīnāṃ hedvā eṣa eko yajñakraturiti > Now they also say: "Indeed, this one is a sacrificial rite of the seekings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p2) sa yassaṃvatsarabhṛtā vāsaṃvatsarabhṛtā vāgninā cityena yajeta sa etena yajeta > If he should sacrifice with a fire that is to be piled, whether it has been borne for a year or not borne for a year, he should sacrifice with this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p3) sadyo haivāsya saṃvatsara ṛtuśo'rdhamāsaśo māsaśo rātriśo'nviṣṭo bhavati > In a single day, the year is sought by him season by season, half-month by half-month, month by month, and night by night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p4) tadyatpṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya stomā bhavantyṛtavo vai pṛṣṭhāni saṃvatsara > Now, because there are the stomas of the pṛṣṭhya six-day rite—the pṛṣṭhas are indeed the seasons; the year > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p5) ṛtavastenartuśaḥ > is the seasons—thereby \[it is sought\] season by season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p6) atha yatpañcadaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti pañcadaśa vārdhamāsasya rātrayastenārdhamāsaśaḥ > Then, because there are fifteen chants—fifteen indeed are the nights of a half-month—thereby \[it is sought\] half-month by half-month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p7) atha yattriṃśatstutaśastrāṇi bhavanti triṃśanmāsasya rātrayastena māsaśaḥ > Then, because there are thirty chant-and-recitations—thirty are the nights of a month—thereby \[it is sought\] month by month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p8) atha yattrīṇi ṣaṣṭiśatāni stotriyā bhavanti tāvatīḥ saṃvatsarasya rātrayastena > Then, because there are three hundred and sixty chant-verses—that many are the nights of the year—thereby > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.108.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108.p9) rātriśaḥ > \[it is sought\] night by night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.108) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.108) · Pramāṇa