[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) › 2-3.41 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.41 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41) atha ha vai trayaḥ pūrve'gnaya āsurbhūpatirbhuvanapatirbhūtānāṃ patiḥ ayaṃ vai loko bhūpatirantarikṣaṃ bhuvanapatirasāveva loko bhūtānāṃ patiḥ atha hāyaṃ bhūtirnāma teṣāṃ ha vaṣaṭkāraśśīrṣāṇi ciccheda ta imāstisraḥ pṛthivīḥ praviviśuḥ tasmādyadagnihotrasya vājyasya vāvaskandettadabhimṛśedbhūpataye svāhā bhuvanapataye svāhā bhūtānāṃ pataye svāheti eteṣu haivāsyāgniṣu hutamaskannaṃ bhavati atha ha vai trayaḥ pūrva ṛṣaya āsuśśūrpaṃyavamashvānā antarvānkṛṣissolvālāḥ te ha yajñasya kṛntatrāṇi dadṛśuḥ tasyaitāḥ prāyaścittīrdadṛśuḥ śaṃ ca ma upa ca ma āyuśca me bhūyaśca me yajña śivo me saṃtiṣṭhasva yajña sviṣṭo me saṃtiṣṭhasva yajñāriṣṭo me saṃtiṣṭhasveti tasmādetā darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ vā cāturmāsyairvā paśubandhena vā saumyena vādhvareṇeṣṭvopariṣṭājjapet yadevātra yajñasya vidhuraṃ bhavati tadeva tena śamayati prāṇa evāviṣuvato vyāno viṣuvānapāno yadūrdhvaṃ viṣuvataḥ apāno vā idaṃ sarvamāharati tasmādvayaṃ parastādviṣuvato'rvācaṣṣaḍahānupaimaḥ > Now, there were three ancient fires: the Lord of the Earth (Bhūpati), the Lord of the World (Bhuvanapati), and the Lord of Beings (Bhūtānāṃ Pati). This world is the Lord of the Earth; the intermediate region is the Lord of the World; that world is the Lord of Beings. And this one is prosperity (bhūti). The vaṣaṭ-call cut off their heads. They entered into these three earths. Therefore, if anything of the fire-offering or of the melted butter should spill, he should touch it, saying: 'To the Lord of the Earth, svāhā! To the Lord of the World, svāhā! To the Lord of Beings, svāhā!' It is into these fires that it is offered for him, not spilled. Now, there were three ancient sages: Śūrpaṃyava Mashvānā, Antarvān Kṛṣi, and Saulvāla. They saw the injuries of the sacrifice. They saw these expiations for it: 'May there be welfare for me, and approach for me; long life for me, and increase for me; O sacrifice, conclude auspiciously for me; O sacrifice, conclude well-offered for me; O sacrifice, conclude unharmed for me!' Therefore, having sacrificed with the new- and full-moon sacrifices, or with the four-month seasonal sacrifices, or with the animal sacrifice, or with the soma sacrifice, he should mutter these afterwards. Whatever is deficient in the sacrifice here, that he pacifies by means of this. Breath is up to the Viṣuvant; circulating breath is the Viṣuvant; down-breath is what is above the Viṣuvant. Down-breath indeed brings all this. Therefore, after the Viṣuvant, we undertake the six-day rites in reverse order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p1) taddha kratujijjānakiriyapiṃ saumāpaṃ papraccha prāṇena svī3dapānenā3 > Regarding this, Kratujit Jānaki asked Iyapi Saumāpa: 'Does a mortal live here through out-breath or through in-breath?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p2) asmiñjīvati martyaḥ > '\[Through what\] does a mortal live here?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p3) tadbrūtātsaṃgatebhyaḥ kurūṇāṃ brāhmaṇebhya iti > 'Declare that to the assembled Brahmins of the Kurus.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p4) sa hovācehaivāhaṃ tvāṃ prativakṣyāmīti > He said: 'Right here will I answer you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p5) taṃ ha pratyuvāca na prāṇena nāpānena > He answered him: 'Neither through out-breath nor through in-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p6) asmiñjīvati martye vyāno'dhyakṣaḥ paśossa taṃ viṣvañcaṃ īryata iti > While a mortal lives here, circulating breath is the overseer of the animal; it drives it in every direction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p7) puruṣo vai paśuḥ > Man indeed is an animal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p8) paśurutpaśussaḥ > He is an animal that looks upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p9) vyāno ha vā etaṃ viṣvañcamīryate > Circulating breath indeed drives him in every direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p10) tānvā etāneke parastādviṣuvata ūrdhvāneva ṣaḍahānupayanti > Now, some undertake these six-day rites in forward order after the Viṣuvant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p11) yaṃ vāvaitaṃ pṛṣṭhyaṃ pūrvamupaimastena vyāvṛttā bhavanti > By that pṛṣṭha six-day period which we perform first, they become distinguished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p12) atho evamajāmīti > And so that it is not monotonous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p13) tadu hovāca śāṭyāyanirubhaye vā eta ūrdhvā bhavanti ye cordhvā ye cārvāñcaḥ > Regarding this, Śāṭyāyani said: 'Both of these become ascending—those that are ascending and those that are descending.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p14) savanairvā eta ūrdhvā bhavantyāpnuma u taṃ kāmaṃ ya āvarteṣviti > 'Through the soma pressings these become ascending, and we attain that desire which is in the turns.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p15) tadāhuryadyathāpāṃ vivarta evamete yadgoāyuṣī > Regarding this they say: 'Just as there is a whirlpool of waters, so are these two: the Go and the Āyus.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p16) katareṣāmete ahnām > 'To which of the days do these belong?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p17) pareṣāmavareṣāmiti > 'To the preceding or to the following?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p18) ubhayeṣāmeveti brūyāt > One should reply: 'To both.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.41.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41.p19) ubhayāni ha vā ete ahāni saṃgṛhya tiṣṭhataḥ parāṇi cāvarāṇi ca > For these two hold together both days, the preceding and the following. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.41) · Pramāṇa