[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) › 2-3.136 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.136 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.136 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.136) trivṛtā tejaskāmo brahmavarcasakāmo'gniṣṭutā yajeta pañcadaśena vīryakāmassaptadaśena paśukāmaḥ prajananakāma ekaviṃśena pratiṣṭhākāmastriṇavenaujaskāmastrayastriṃśena śrīkāmaḥ tadu vā āhurvadanamevaitatsarvaṃ ya evāyaṃ catuṣṭomo'gniṣṭomaḥ tenaiva yajeteti ayaṃ vai trivṛdayaṃ pañcadaśo'yaṃ saptadaśo'yamekaviṃśaḥ imānvai prāṇānagniranvāyattaḥ sa yo'nūcānassanna viroceta sa etena yajeteti yathā ha vai niṣkaśśamalagṛhīta evaṃ sa yo'nūcānassanna virocate agnā u vā etaṃ prāsyanti yamagniṣṭutā yājayanti tadyathā niṣkaṃ śamalagṛhītamagnau prāsya tasyāyoghanena sarvaṃ śamalaṃ nirhanyādevaṃ haivāsya sarvaṃ pāpmānaṃ nirghnanti so'pahatapāpmā tejasvī brahmavarcasī bhavati atho āhuryasminneva paśavye sati paśavo na rameransa enena yajeteti yathā ha vai jaratkaṣa evaṃ sa yasminpaśavye sati paśavo na ramante tasya revatīṣvagniṣṭomasāma bhavati āpo vai revatayaḥ agnā u vā etaṃ prāsyanti yamagniṣṭutā yājayanti > One who desires brilliance \[or\] desires spiritual luster should sacrifice with the Agniṣṭut of nine verses; one who desires vital power, with one of fifteen; one who desires cattle, one who desires procreation, with one of seventeen; one who desires a firm footing, with one of twenty-one; one who desires might, with one of twenty-seven; one who desires prosperity, with one of thirty-three. > Now about this they say: 'All this is just talk; one should sacrifice with only this four-stoma Agniṣṭoma.' > This indeed is the ninefold, this the fifteenfold, this the seventeenfold, this the twenty-onefold. > Fire is attached to these breaths. > He who, being learned, does not shine forth, he should sacrifice with this. > As a golden ornament covered with tarnish, so indeed is he who, being learned, does not shine forth. > Indeed, they cast him into fire whom they cause to sacrifice with the Agniṣṭut. > Just as, having cast into the fire an ornament covered with tarnish, one would strike off all its tarnish with an iron mallet, even so they strike off all his evil. > He, with evil struck away, becomes brilliant \[and\] endowed with spiritual luster. > Then also they say: 'One in whose possession, though he has cattle, cattle do not thrive, he should sacrifice with this.' > As an old dried-up thicket, so indeed is he in whose possession, though he has cattle, cattle do not thrive. > His Agniṣṭoma-sāman is upon the Revatī verses. > The waters indeed are the Revatī verses. > Indeed, they cast him into fire whom they cause to sacrifice with the Agniṣṭut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.135) - [Next: 2-3.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.137) - [Up: 2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.136) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba.22.13.29.a) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesi.17.5.49.a) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.17.65_173) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.136) · Pramāṇa