[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) › 2-3.51 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.51 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51) ārdramiva vai cakṣurārdrā iva varṣāḥ śrotraṃ śarat mano hemantaḥ yā imāḥ puruṣa āpassa śiśiraḥ atha devartavaḥ vāyureva vasanta āsa agnirgrīṣmaḥ parjanyo varṣāḥ ādityaśśarat candramā hemantaḥ yā amūrdivyā āpassa śiśiraḥ sa yassa prāṇo vasanta āsa yo vāyurvasantasso'yametarhi vasantaḥ atha yā vāggrīṣma āsa yo'gnirgrīṣmasso'yametarhi grīṣmaḥ atha yaścakṣurvarṣā āsuryāḥ parjanyo varṣāstā imā etarhi varṣāḥ atha yacchrotraṃ śaradāsa ya ādityaśśaratseyametarhi śarat atha yanmano hemanta āsa yaścandramā hemantasso'yametarhi hemantaḥ atha yā imāḥ puruṣa āpaśśiśira āsuryā amūrdivyā āpassa śiśirasso'yametarhi śiśiraḥ > The eye is, as it were, moist; moist, as it were, is the rainy season. > The ear is autumn. > The mind is winter. > The waters here in man, that is the cool season. > Now the divine seasons: > Wind was spring. > Fire was summer. > Parjanya was the rainy season. > Āditya was autumn. > The moon was winter. > Those heavenly waters yonder, that was the cool season. > That breath which was spring, that wind which was spring, that is this spring now. > Then the speech which was summer, the fire which was summer, that is this summer now. > Then the eye which was the rainy season, the Parjanya which was the rainy season, that is this rainy season now. > Then the ear which was autumn, the Āditya which was autumn, that is this autumn now. > Then the mind which was winter, the moon which was winter, that is this winter now. > Then those waters in man which were the cool season, those heavenly waters yonder which were the cool season, that is this cool season now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p1) ta ete ṣaḍṛtavaṣṣaḍdiśaḥ > These are the six seasons, the six directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p2) ta eta ṛtavo digbhirmithunā vasanteneyaṃ prācī diṅmithunā grīṣmeṇeyaṃ > These seasons are paired with the directions: with spring, this eastern direction is paired; with summer, this \[southern direction\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p3) varṣābhiriyaṃ śaradeyaṃ hemantenāsau śiśireṇeyam > with the rainy season, this \[western direction\]; with autumn, this \[northern direction\]; with winter, that \[upper direction\]; with the cool season, this \[lower direction\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p4) tadyathā patiṃ jāyā animeṣamīkṣerannevamevainā evaṃvidaṃ dīkṣamāṇamīkṣante > Just as wives look upon their husband without blinking, so indeed do they look upon the one who knows thus as he undergoes consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p5) tadyaddigbhirīkṣitastasmāddīkṣitaḥ > Because he is looked upon (īkṣita) by the directions (digbhiḥ), therefore he is the consecrated one (dīkṣita). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p6) sa dīkṣiṣyamāṇa ādityamupatiṣṭheta tvaṃ devatā dīkṣitāsi > As he is about to be consecrated, he should attend upon Āditya: 'You are the deity who is consecrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p7) sā dīkṣamāṇasya teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśa ādatse > As such, you take away the splendor, faculty, vital power, and fame of the one undergoing consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p8) mā me teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśa ādithāḥ > Do not take away my splendor, faculty, vital power, and fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p9) tava dīkṣāmanu dīkṣa iti > Following your consecration, I undergo consecration,' so \[he says\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p10) athartūnanvārohati > Then he mounts the seasons: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.51.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51.p11) ya ṛtava ṛtubhyo'dhyāsan > 'The seasons who were above the seasons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.51) · Pramāṇa