[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) › 2-3.131 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.131 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.131 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131) kṣatraṃ virāṭ atha yā aṣṭau sā gāyatrī tejo brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī teja eva tadbrahmavarcasaṃ kṣatrasya purastāddadhāti tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyasya purohitaḥ sa yaḥ purodhākāma syātsa etena yajetāśnute purodhām taṃ haika ekachandasameva kurvanti gāyatrameva sarvaṃ gāyatro vai bṛhaspatiḥ brahma vai gāyatrī brahma bṛhaspatirbrahmaṇā vā brahmavarcasamṛdhnavāmeti te ye ha te tathā kurvantyagniṃ caiva tena devatānāmupāpnuvanti gāyatrīṃ ca chanda imaṃ ca lokam antaritā haiṣāmitarāśca devatā bhavantītarāṇi ca chandāṃsītare ca devā itare ca lokā itare ca kāmāḥ tasmādyathāchandasameva kāryaṃ sarvāsāṃ devatānāṃ sarveṣāṃ chandasāṃ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ sarveṣāṃ lokānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kāmānāmupāptyai tasya bṛhadbārhaspatyamādiṣṭasāmārbhave pavamāne bhavati bṛhaspatisavo hyeṣaḥ stomameva tadrūpeṇa samardhayanti > The virāj is the ruling power. Then those which are eight are the gāyatrī. Brilliance and spiritual luster are the gāyatrī. He thus places brilliance and spiritual luster in front of the ruling power. Therefore a Brahmin is the domestic priest of a nobleman. He who desires the domestic priesthood should sacrifice with this; he attains the domestic priesthood. Some make it of one meter only, the gāyatrī entirely; \[they think,\] 'Bṛhaspati is of the gāyatrī; the gāyatrī is the brahman; Bṛhaspati is the brahman; by the brahman let us prosper in spiritual luster.' Those who do so obtain thereby only Agni among the deities, the gāyatrī among the meters, and this world. But the other deities are excluded for them, and the other meters, and the other gods, and the other worlds, and the other desires. Therefore it should be performed according to \[various\] meters, for the attainment of all the deities, all the meters, all the gods, all the worlds, and all desires. Its prescribed sāman at the Ārbhava-pavamāna is the Bṛhad-Bārhaspatya; for this is the Bṛhaspatisava. They thus make the stoma abundant with its own form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.131.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131.p1) athaiṣa indrāgnyoḥ kulāyaḥ > Now this is the Kulāya \[sacrifice\] of Indra and Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.131.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131.p2) indrāgnī vā akāmayetāṃ sadṛśānāmeva satāṃ devānāṃ śreṣṭhatāṃ gaccheva samānena > Indra and Agni desired: 'Being equal, may we two attain supremacy among the gods; by an equal > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.131.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131.p3) yajñena samānīmṛddhimṛdhnuyāveti > sacrifice may we two prosper with equal prosperity.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.131.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131.p4) tāvetaṃ yajñamapśyatām > The two saw this sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.131.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131.p5) tamāharatām > They took it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.131) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.131) · Pramāṇa