[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) › 2-3.118 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.118 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.118 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118) aśva śveto dakṣiṇā bhavati svargyo vā aśva svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai aśvarathassomapravāko bhavati yojanaṃ paramam etaddha vai paramāṇāmadhvānāmavamaṃ yadyojanamavamānāṃ vā paramam tasmindadhidṛtirupāvahito bhavati tasya yatsarpissaṃpatati tadājyakuṃbhe'vāsyanti taddhi sadyojamiva dvikrośamitthaṃ dvikrośamitthamṛtvijo vinihitā bhavanti ta enaṃ prātarupasametya yājayanti sa juhvattrirnimīlayati trirvīkṣate tā eva dīkṣopasadaḥ > A white horse is the sacrificial gift; the horse belongs to heaven, for the attainment of the heavenly world. A horse-chariot is the soma-announcer; the maximum \[distance\] is a yojana. For a yojana is the lowest among the highest distances, or the highest among the lowest. In it a waterskin of curds is placed. Whatever clarified butter collects from it, they pour into the butter pot; for it is as if produced that very day. The priests are stationed at two krośas here, at two krośas there. They, approaching in the morning, sacrifice for him. Offering, he closes his eyes three times, and looks three times; those are the consecrations and Upasads. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.118.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118.p1) sa trivṛdrathantarasāmā bhavati brahma vai trivṛt > It has the ninefold stoma and the Rathantara sāman; the ninefold stoma is brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.118.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118.p2) brahma rathantaraṃ brahmaṇā svargaṃ lokaṃ gacchāmeti > The Rathantara is brahman; \[they think,\] 'By means of brahman let us go to the heavenly world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.118.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118.p3) atho āhustrivṛdeva bṛhatsāma syāditi > And they also say, 'It should have the ninefold stoma and the Bṛhat sāman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.118.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118.p4) brahma vai trivṛtkṣatraṃ bṛhat > The ninefold stoma is brahman, and the Bṛhat is the ruling power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.118.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118.p5) brahmaṇā ca kṣatreṇa ca saṃyugbhyāṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ gacchāmeti > \[They think,\] 'By means of brahman and the ruling power, joined together, let us go to the heavenly world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.118) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.118) · Pramāṇa