[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) › 2-3.75 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.75 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.75) ekaikamu ha vā eteṣāmakṣarāṇāṃ yāvatīyaṃ pṛthivī tāvat ūrjo'nnādyasya madhuno'mṛtasya kāmasya-kāmasya pibdamānaṃ tiṣṭhati taddhaivaṃvidvānbrāhmaṇassahasraṃ-sahasraṃ devayugānyupajīvati tadyadāpyate'thetaradupasaṃkrāmatyathetaratpunarākhyāyate tasmādu haivaṃvide brāhmaṇāya ditsantyasyorjo'nnādyasya madhuno'mṛtasya kāmasya-kāmasya lipsāmahā iti yathā ha vā idaṃ kṣetrapādaṃ vā kṣetrarajjuṃ vāvakrīyāsata evamevaivaṃvido brāhmaṇāllokamavakrīṇate sa yathā kraye paryavete kṣetriṇameva kṣetrāṇyapiyantyevaṃ lokinameva lokā apiyanti sa yaddha vā apyevaṃvidvānbrāhmaṇaḥ pūrṇāṃ pṛthivīṃ pratigṛhṇīyādekameva tasyākṣaraṃ jyāyaḥ tasmādu haivaṃvidvānbrāhmaṇo dadyāccaiva pratigṛhṇīyāt > Indeed, each one of these syllables stands swelling with vigor, with food, with honey, with immortality, with every desire, as great as this earth. > A Brahmin who knows thus lives through a thousand divine ages each \[from them\]. > When that is exhausted, then he passes on to another, and then another is related again. > Therefore they wish to give to a Brahmin who knows thus, \[saying\]: "May we obtain vigor, food, honey, immortality, and every desire from him." > Just as here they might sit down having leased a quarter of a field or a measuring-cord of a field, in the same way they lease a world from a Brahmin who knows thus. > Just as when the lease has expired the fields go back to the owner of the field alone, so the worlds go back to the owner of the world alone. > If indeed even a Brahmin who knows thus should receive the earth full \[of wealth\], a single syllable of his is superior. > Therefore a Brahmin who knows thus should both give and receive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.74) - [Next: 2-3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76) - [Up: 2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.75) · Pramāṇa