[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) › 2-3.134 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.134 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.134 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134) atho hāsyāgnireva sakhitama ivāsa deveṣu sa u hāgnimuvāca tvaṃ mā yajayeti tatheti hovāca sa vai nu taṃ deveṣvicchāmi yena tvā saha yājayeyamiti sa ha taṃ deveṣu na viveda yenainaṃ sahāyājayiṣyat sa hovāca na vai nu taṃ deveṣu vindāmi yena tvā saha yājayeyamiti taṃ vai mā tvameva yājayeti tatheti so'gnirātmana evādhyetamagniṣṭutamatanuta tenainamayājayat tasya sadyassarvaṃ pāpmānaṃ niradahat sa yathāhirahicchavyai nirmucyeta yathā muñjādiṣīkāṃ vivṛhedevameva sarvasmātpāpmano niramucyata sa eṣo'pahatapāpmā tapatyeṣa ha vā indraḥ sa ya uktokta syādyo'bhyākhyāyeta sa etena yajeta sadyo haivāsya sarvaṃ pāpmānaṃ nirdahati sa yathāhirahicchavyai nirmucyeta yathā muñjādiṣīkāṃ vivṛhedevameva sarvasmātpāpmano nirmucyate > Now, among the gods, Fire was his dearest friend, as it were. > He said to Fire: 'Do you sacrifice for me!' > 'So be it,' he said. > 'I will now search among the gods for someone with whom I might sacrifice for you.' > He did not find anyone among the gods with whom he might sacrifice for him. > He said: 'I do not find anyone among the gods with whom I might sacrifice for you.' > 'Then do you yourself sacrifice for me!' > 'So be it.' > Fire extended this Agniṣṭut from out of himself. > With it he sacrificed for him. > It immediately burned away all his evil. > Just as a snake would cast off its skin, just as one would pull a reed out of the muñja grass, in the very same way he was released from all evil. > He who burns yonder, having struck away evil, is indeed Indra. > He who has been repeatedly defamed, who has been accused, should sacrifice with this. > It immediately burns away all his evil. > Just as a snake would cast off its skin, just as one would pull a reed out of the muñja grass, in the very same way he is released from all evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.134.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134.p1) sa yo mukhena pāpaṃ kṛtvā manyeta trivṛtāgniṣṭutā yajeta > One who considers that he has committed a sin with his mouth should sacrifice with the ninefold Agniṣṭut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.134.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134.p2) eṣa ha vai mukhena pāpaṃ karoti yo'vādyaṃ vadati > He who speaks what ought not to be spoken commits a sin with the mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.134.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134.p3) mukhaṃ vai trivṛtstomānām > The ninefold is the mouth of the stomas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.134.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134.p4) mukhādeva tena pāpmānamapaghnate > By it they strike away evil from the mouth itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.134.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134.p5) atha yo bāhubhyāṃ pāpaṃ kṛtvā manyeta pañcadaśenāgniṣṭutā yajeta > Now, one who considers that he has committed a sin with his arms should sacrifice with the fifteenfold Agniṣṭut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.134) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.134) · Pramāṇa