[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) › 2-3.16 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.16 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.16) bhā ityasau vā ādityaḥ bhā ityetadevāsya nidhanam etasya salomatāmaśnute ya evaṃ veda tadetatsarvāṇi pṛṣṭhānyabhivadatyetena sāmanidhanena ta u vai pañca pañcaviṃśāssāmanidhanānāṃ saṃstutānāṃ saṃpadyante tānu etānnidhanaireva hotānuśaṃsati tadāhurātmanāgre pratipadyamatha śīrṣṇā ātmā vā agre'tha śira iti tadu ha tadyathā kartaṃ patettādṛktadyatpañcaviṃśādātmanastrivṛcchiro'bhi pratyavaroheyuḥ śīrṣṇaiva pratipadyam sarvā ha vā etaddevatā stotraṃ pratyupatiṣṭhanti mayā pratipatsyate mayā mayeti sa yadi śīrṣṇā pratipadyeta yaiva śiraḥpratipaddevatā bhavati tāmeva tenardhnoti yadi pakṣeṇa yaiva pakṣaupratipaddevatā bhavati tāmeva tenardhnoti yadi pucchena yaiva pucchepratipaddevatā bhavati tāmeva tenardhnoti yadyātmanā yaivātmanaḥpratipaddevatā bhavati tāmeva tenardhnoti antaritā itarā devatā bhavanti sarvā u ha vai devatāśśīrṣanneveme vai vasavaḥ > "Light" is that Āditya. "Light" is indeed its finale. He who knows thus attains identity with him. In this way he addresses all the pṛṣṭhas with this sāman-finale. And these chanted sāman-finales amount to five twenty-five-fold \[groups\]. It is through these very finales that the hotṛ recites afterwards. Regarding this they say: "One should begin with the trunk first, and then with the head; the trunk is indeed first, then the head." But that would be just as if one were to fall into a pit, namely if they were to descend from the twenty-five-fold trunk to the nine-fold head. One must begin only with the head. All these deities indeed attend upon the chant, \[saying:\] "He will begin with me, with me, with me!" If he should begin with the head, he prospers through whichever deity is the deity of the head's beginning. If with the wing, he prospers through whichever deity is the deity of the wings' beginning. If with the tail, he prospers through whichever deity is the deity of the tail's beginning. If with the trunk, he prospers through whichever deity is the deity of the trunk's beginning. The other deities are excluded. But all the deities are indeed in the head: these are the Vasus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.15.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.15.p5) - [Next: 2-3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.17) - [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.2-3.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.16) · Pramāṇa