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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.35

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35)

taddhaitadeke svarasāmnāṃ svarāṇyeva pṛṣṭhāni kurvanti  
pṛṣṭhena vā aharākhyāyate svarasāmāna ityeta ākhyāyante  
tasmātsvarasāmnāṃ svarāṇyeva pṛṣṭhāni kāryāṇīti  
te cetsvarāṇi pṛṣṭhāni kuryuryāni ṣṭaṃ bhavanti tānyekabṛhatīṣu kuryuḥ  
tadu hovāca śāṭyāyanirvayaṃ vāva pratyakṣaṃ svarāṇi pṛṣṭhāni kurmo ye  
bṛhadrathantare kurmaḥ  
idaṃ vai rathantaramado bṛhat  
ābhyāmu vai lokābhyāmidaṃ sarvaṃ spṛtam  
tasmādbṛhadrathantare eva pṛṣṭhe kārye iti  
atho haite vicchinnānsvarasāmna upayanti ye trīṇyupayanti  
sarvāṇyeva kāryāṇi  
tathā dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmahastāyate  
evaṃ saṃgṛhītā svarasāmāno bhavantyavicchinnātho pāpavasyasasya vyāvṛttyā  
iti taddhaitadeke viṣuvato bṛhatīṣveva bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ kurvanti -

> On this point some make the svaras themselves the pṛṣṭhas of the Svarasāman days. By the pṛṣṭha indeed the day is named; these are named 'Svarasāmans'; therefore the svaras themselves should be made the pṛṣṭhas of the Svarasāman days. If they should make the svaras the pṛṣṭhas, whatever are six-fold they should make on single Bṛhatīs. Regarding this Śāṭyāyani said: 'We visibly make the svaras the pṛṣṭhas who make the Bṛhat and Rathantara \[the pṛṣṭhas\]. This \[earth\] indeed is Rathantara; that \[sky\] is Bṛhat. By these two worlds all this is encompassed. Therefore the Bṛhat and Rathantara alone should be made the two pṛṣṭhas.' Moreover, those who undertake three \[sāmans\] undertake interrupted Svarasāmans. All of them must be performed. Thus the day is extended by two and two. Thus the Svarasāmans become held together, uninterrupted, and also for the separation of the worse from the better. On this point some make the Bṛhat the pṛṣṭha on Bṛhatīs for the Viṣuvat:—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.35.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35.p1)

- bārhato viṣuvānbārhato vāsāvādityaḥ

> —'The Viṣuvat belongs to the Bṛhatī, or that Āditya belongs to the Bṛhatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.35.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35.p2)

bṛhatyāmeṣa etadadhyūḍhastapati

> mounted upon the Bṛhatī, he burns here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.35.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35.p3)

tasmādbṛhatīṣveva bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ kāryamiti

> therefore the Bṛhat should be made the pṛṣṭha on Bṛhatīs.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.35.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35.p4)

atha haike bṛhatīṣveva divākīrtyaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ kurvanti

> Now some make the Divākīrtya the pṛṣṭha on Bṛhatīs:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.35.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.35.p5)

bṛhatyāyatanāni pṛṣṭhāni

> 'The pṛṣṭhas have the Bṛhatī as their abode;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.35) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Jaiminīya or Talavakāra brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiyaortalavakarabrahmana.2.35) — Sanskrit

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