[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) › 2-3.20 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.20 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.20) piṇḍāḥ piṇḍā iva hi bhavantyakratāḥ yathāṅgameva stotavyam te haivāmuṣmim̐lloke sāṅgāssatanavo'mṛtāssaṃbhavanti atha haike sakṛdeva śīrṣṇe hiṃkurvanti parāṅetadyacchira iti vadantaḥ tristriritarebhyo'ṅgebhyaḥ te trayodaśa hiṃkārāssaṃpadyante evaṃ trayodaśasya māsa upāptiriti tadu ha śaśvanna tathā trireva śīrṣṇe hiṃkurvantastristriritarebhyo'ṅgebhyaḥ te pañcadaśa hiṃārāssaṃpadyante pañcadaśo vā indraḥ ṣandraṃ mahāvrataṃ tattatsalakṣma kriyate > for, lacking ritual form, they become like mere lumps. One should chant limb by limb. They indeed come into being in that world endowed with limbs, endowed with bodies, immortal. Now some make the sound hiṃ only once for the head, saying: "The head is facing away from this \[chant\]." Three times each for the other limbs. Those make thirteen hiṃ-sounds. "Thus is the attainment of the thirteenth month." But that is certainly not so. Making the sound hiṃ three times for the head, three times each for the other limbs, those make fifteen hiṃ-sounds. Indra is fifteen-fold; the Mahāvrata belongs to Indra: that is made possessed of its characteristic sign. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.19) - [Next: 2-3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.21) - [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.2-3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.20) · Pramāṇa