[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) › 2-3.59 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.59 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59) gāyatryā uṣṇiho'nuṣṭubhaścaturaśītirakṣarāṇi te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ paṅkteśca triṣṭubhaśca caturaśītirakṣarāni te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ bṛhatyai ca jagatyai ca caturaśītirakṣarāṇi te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ atha trayāṇāṃ chandasāṃ daśaśatamakṣarāṇi viṃśatyakṣarā dvipadā triṃśadakṣarā virāṭ ṣaṣṭyakṣarāticchandāḥ tāni daśaśatamakṣarāṇi saṃpadyante tato dve ādatte atha dvādaśa trivṛtassaṃpadyante tānimāndvādaśa trivṛto dvādaśasyaikaviṃśeṣūpadadhāti te dvādaśa satriṃśino māsāssaṃpadyante tadetacchandāṃsi trivṛtaṃ caiva stomamabhisaṃpadyante - > The syllables of the Gāyatrī, the Uṣṇih, and the Anuṣṭubh are eighty-four. > They are four twenty-onefolds. > And the syllables of the Paṅkti and the Triṣṭubh are eighty-four. > They are four twenty-onefolds. > And the syllables of the Bṛhatī and the Jagatī are eighty-four. > They are four twenty-onefolds. > Now the syllables of the three meters are one hundred and ten: > the Dvipadā has twenty syllables, > the Virāj has thirty syllables, > the Aticchandas has sixty syllables. > They amount to one hundred and ten syllables. > From them he takes two. > Then twelve ninefolds are produced. > These twelve ninefolds he places in the twelve twenty-onefolds. > They become the twelve thirty-sixfold months; thus these meters correspond to the ninefold stoma— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59.p1) - ekaviṃśaṃ ca vā pañca prāṇaṃ cāgnīñcādityaṃ ca > —and to the twenty-onefold \[stoma\], or to the five: breath, the fires, and the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.59.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59.p2) atha ye dve akṣare te bṛhadrathantare te ahorātre > Now the two syllables that \[remain\], they are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara; they are day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.59.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59.p3) so'rdhamāsassa māsassa ṛtussa saṃvatsaraḥ > That is the half-month, that is the month, that is the season, that is the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.59.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59.p4) tadāhuryatprāṇāśchandāṃsi chandāṃsi stomā ityāhuḥ kathaṃ yajamānaḥ > Regarding this they say: since the breaths are the meters, and the meters are the stomas, how does the sacrificer \[stand\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.59.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59.p5) prāṇaiśchandāṃsyapyeti > reaches the meters by the breaths, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.59) · Pramāṇa