[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) › 2-3.23 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.23 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23) tadāhuḥ kāṃ devatāṃ dīkṣamāṇā anuniṣīdanti kāmanūttiṣṭhantīti sa brūyādagniṃ devatānāṃ dīkṣamāṇā anuniṣīdantyādityamanūttiṣṭhantīti tasmāddīkṣitānsata āhurāsata iti yadyapi te śayīrannathottiṣṭheyuḥ agnirhi devānāmāsīnānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ agnidevatyā hi tarhi bhavanti tasmādutthitānsata āhurudasthuriti yadyapi ta āsīrannatho śayīran ādityo hi devānāmutthitānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ ādityadevatyā hi tarhi bhavanti tadāhuḥ ke bhūtvottiṣṭhantīti sa brūyānmanuṣyā bhūtā dīkṣante devā bhūtvottiṣṭhantīti ta etadṛgretasaṃ yajūretasaṃ brahmaṇi yonau reto dadhato yanti agnāveva tadāhutībhirabhijuhvato yanti tasmāddīkṣopasatsu vīva glāyanti taruṇamiva tarhi reto bhavati tasmādu strī durhṛdinī vīva glāyati taruṇamiva hi tarhi reto bhavati tānstutiśastraistrirvardhayanto'bhiśṛṇvanto yanti tasmādgarbhā anaśnatassaṃbhavanti > Concerning this they say: 'Following which deity do they sit down when taking consecration, and following which do they rise?' He should say: 'Following Agni among the deities they sit down when taking consecration, and following Āditya they rise.' Therefore they say of consecrated ones, 'They are sitting,' even though they might lie down and then stand up; for Agni is the best among the sitting gods, and they belong to the deity Agni at that time. Therefore they say of those who have risen \[from the rite\], 'They have arisen,' even though they might sit or lie down; for Āditya is the best among the arisen gods, and they belong to the deity Āditya at that time. Concerning this they say: 'Having become what do they rise?' He should say: 'Having become men they take consecration, and having become gods they rise.' They go about depositing this semen of the ṛc, the semen of the yajus, in the womb of the brahman; they go about making oblations over it with offerings right into the fire. Therefore during the consecration and the upasads they feel, as it were, languid; for the semen is then, as it were, tender. Therefore a pregnant woman feels, as it were, languid; for the semen is then, as it were, tender. They go about making them grow threefold with praises and recitations, chanting over them. Therefore embryos develop without eating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p1) ta ṛṅmayā yajurmayāssāmamayā brahmamayā hiraṇmayā amṛtāssaṃbhavanti > They are brought forth made of the ṛc, made of the yajus, made of the sāman, made of the brahman, golden, immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p2) ṛṅmayo ha vai yajurmayassāmamayo brahmamayo > Made of the ṛc indeed, made of the yajus, made of the sāman, made of the brahman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p3) hiraṇmayo'mṛtassaṃbhavatyṛṅmayānyasyāsthāni bhavanti ya evaṃ veda > golden, immortal he is brought forth; made of the ṛc are his bones, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p4) tānudgātā purastātsaṃvatsarasya janayitvā hotre prayacchati > The Udgātṛ, having brought them forth before the year, hands them over to the Hotṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p5) tānhotā sūktaissūte > The Hotṛ brings them forth with hymns (sūktas). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p6) tatsūktānāṃ sūktatvam > That is the hymn-nature (sūktatva) of the hymns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p7) tāñchastraiḥ praśāsti > He instructs them with recitations (śastras). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.23.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23.p8) tacchastrāṇāṃ śastratvam > That is the recitation-nature (śastratva) of the recitations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.23) · Pramāṇa