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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.142

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.142

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-3.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.142)

taṃ vijigyānaṃ sarve devā abhitassamantaṃ paryaviśanvasavaḥ purastādrudrā  
dakṣiṇata ādityāḥ paścānmaruta uttarato viśve devā  
upariṣṭātsādhyāścāptyāścāhdastādabhito'ṅgirasaḥ  
eṣā vai daivī śrīrdaivā sabhā daivī saṃsat  
gacchati ha vā etāṃ daivīṃ śriyaṃ daivīṃsabhāṃ daivīṃ saṃsadaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
sa vā eṣa ṣaḍbṛhatīrabhisaṃpadyate  
ṣaḍvā ṛtavassaṃvatsaraśrīḥ  
śriyāṃ vāvainaṃ tadadhyauhat  
sa eṣa ṛtuṣu ca saṃvatsare caitasyāṃ śriyāmadhyūḍhastapati  
tasya pratnaṃ pīyūṣaṃ pūrvaṃ yadukthyamityetāḥ satobṛhatayo bhavanti gāyatrībhājanam  
brahma vai gāyatrī  
kṣatraṃ bṛhatī  
brahmaiva tadyaśasānakti  
brahmaṇo'sya tatsataḥ kṣatrasyeva prakāśo bhavati ya evaṃ veda

> All the gods sat around him on every side as he stood victorious: the Vasus in front, the Rudras on the south, the Ādityas behind, the Maruts on the north, the All-Gods above, the Sādhyas and Āptyas below, and around \[them\] the Aṅgirases.  
> This indeed is divine prosperity, the divine assembly, the divine gathering.  
> He who knows thus indeed goes to this divine prosperity, the divine assembly, the divine gathering.  
> It amounts to six Bṛhatīs.  
> The six seasons are indeed the prosperity of the year.  
> He placed him atop prosperity.  
> He, raised atop this prosperity in the seasons and in the year, shines.  
> His \[verses beginning\] 'pratnaṃ pīyūṣaṃ pūrvaṃ yadukthyam'—these are Satobṛhatīs, having a share of the Gāyatrī.  
> The Gāyatrī is indeed spiritual power;  
> the Bṛhatī is royal power.  
> He thereby anoints spiritual power with glory.  
> Being of the nature of spiritual power, there is splendor for him like that of royal power, who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.142.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.142.p1)

tāsu vyatiṣaktāsu stuvanti vyatiṣaktādvai mithunātprajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante  
prajātyā eva  
atho vyatiṣakto vai puruṣaḥ pāpmabhiḥ  
vyatiṣaktābhireva tadvyatiṣaktānpāpmano'pahate

> They chant praise upon them interlaced; for offspring and cattle are born from an interlaced pair,  
> for propagation.  
> Moreover, man is indeed interlaced with evils.  
> By means of them being interlaced, he strikes away the evils interlaced \[with him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.142) — English, machine translation

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