[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) › 2-3.72 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.72 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72) tāvanti tārakanakṣatrāni tāvanti jyotīṃṣi tāvanto'rkāḥ āpnoti ha vā etāni tārakanakṣatrāṇyāpnoti jyotīṃṣyāpnotyarkānya evaṃ veda athāsya stotryāṇāṃ navatiśca sahasrāṇi trīṇi ca śatāni ṣaṇṇavatiśca tadetacchlokenābhigītam stotryā asya navatissahasrā trī ca śatā navatiścopa ṣaṭca tābhissaṃstuto vivasāna eti bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyadbhuvanaṃ prajāpatiḥ iti athāsya padānāṃ catvāri ca sahasrā triṃśaṃ cāyutāni sapta śatāni pañcāśataṃ padāni tadetacchlokenābhigītam catvāri sahasrā triṃśaṃ cāyutāni sapta śatāni pañcāśataṃ padāni saṃvatsarasya kavibhi stutasyaitāvatī madhyamā devamātrā iti > So many are the stars and constellations, so many the lights, so many the suns. > He who knows thus obtains these stars and constellations, obtains the lights, obtains the suns. > Now of its strophic verses there are ninety thousand, three hundred, and ninety-six. > This has been sung in a verse: > "Ninety thousand are its strophic verses, and three hundred, and ninety, and six beside; > praised together with them, Prajāpati goes shining forth through the past and future world." > So it is. > Now of its words there are four thousand, thirty ten-thousands \[three hundred thousand\], seven hundred, and fifty words. > This has been sung in a verse: > "Four thousand, thirty ten-thousands, seven hundred, and fifty words > belong to the year praised by the wise poets; such is the intermediate divine measure." > So it is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p1) athāsyākṣarāṇāmayutamekaṃ prayutāni ṣaṣṭirniyute dve nava cākṣarāṇi sapta > Now of its syllables: one ten-thousand, sixty hundred-thousands, two millions, and nine syllables, seven > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p2) sahasrāṇi daśato daśa > thousand, and ten times ten. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p3) tadetacchlokenābhigītam > This has been sung in a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p4) ayutamekaṃ prayutāni ṣaṣṭirniyute dve nava cākṣarāṇi > "One ten-thousand, sixty hundred-thousands, two millions, and nine syllables, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p5) sapta sahasrāṇi daśato daśaitāvānātmā paramaḥ prajāpateḥ > seven thousand, and ten times ten: such is the supreme self of Prajāpati." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p6) iti ### [2-3.72.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p7) tadetadanantaṃ yatsaṃkhyānam > This computation is endless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p8) tadetadamṛtaṃ yatsaṃkhyānam > This computation is immortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p9) sa eṣa sukṛtasso yatsaṃkhyānam > This computation belongs to the well-done \[world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p10) atha yadasaṃkhyānaṃ martyaṃ tat > Now what is without computation is mortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p11) tasmādu sameva cakṣīta > Therefore one should consider it as equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p12) sā haiṣā devānāṃ senā yatsaṃkhyānam > This computation is the army of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p13) manuṣyasenayā vāva nu taṃ stṛṇute yaṃ tistīrṣate > With an army of men one lays low him whom one wishes to lay low. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.72.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72.p14) tādṛgiha taṃ stṛṇavātai yaṃ devasenayā tistīrṣātā iti > "In such a way here may one lay low him whom one wishes to lay low with an army of gods," \[so it is said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.72) · Pramāṇa