[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) › 2-3.76 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.76 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76) janako ha vaideho bahudakṣiṇena yajñeneje te tadu ha kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmaṇā abhisamājagmuḥ sa ha sahasraṃ gavāmavarundhāna uvāca brāhmaṇā etā vo yo brahmiṣṭhassa udajatāmiti sa hovāca vājasaneyo'rvācīretāssomyeti taṃ hocustvaṃ nu no brahmiṣṭho'sī3 iti sa hovāca namo vo brahmiṣṭhāyāstu gokāmā eva vayaṃ sma iti te hocuḥ ko na imaṃ prakṣyatīti sa hovāca vidagdhaśśākalyo'hamiti taṃ ha puraskṛtyeyuḥ taṃ ha pratikhyāyāyantamuvāca tvāṃ svicchākalya brāhmaṇā ulmukāvakṣayaṇamakratā3 iti sa hovāca yadi tenolmukāvakṣayaṇaṃ smaḥ prakṣyāmo nvai tvāmiti taṃ ha papraccha kati devā yājñavalkyeti sa hovāca trayaśca triṃśacca trayaśca trī ca śatā trayaśca trī ca sahasrā yāvanto nividābhyāhūtā iti omiti hovāca > "How many gods \[are there\] indeed?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p1) katyeva devā iti > "How many gods are there really?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p2) traya iti > "Three," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p3) omiti hovāca > "Yes," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p4) katyeva devā iti > "How many gods are there really?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p5) dvāviti > "Two," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p6) omiti hovāca > "Yes," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p7) katyeva devā iti > "How many gods are there really?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p8) eka iti > "One," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p9) omiti hovāca > "Yes," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p10) katame trayaśca triṃśacca trayaśca trī ca śatā trayaśca trī ca sahasreti > "Which are the three and thirty, and the three and three hundred, and the three and three thousand?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p11) mahimāna evaiṣāṃ ta iti hovāca > "These are only their greatnesses," he said; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p12) trayastriṃśadvāveti > "truly there are thirty-three." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p13) katame trayastriṃśaditi > "Which are the thirty-three?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p14) aṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityā indraścaiva prajāpatiśca trayastriṃśāviti > "Eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and Indra and Prajāpati are the thirty-second and thirty-third." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p15) katame vasava iti > "Which are the Vasus?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p16) agniśca pṛthivī ca vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ cādityaśca dyauśca candramāśca nakṣatrāṇi caite > "Fire and the earth, and the wind and the intermediate space, and Āditya and the sky, and the moon and the lunar mansions—these are > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p17) vasavaḥ > the Vasus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p18) eteṣu hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vasu hitamiti > For in them this whole good thing (vasu) is deposited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p19) tasmādvasava iti > Therefore \[they are called\] Vasus." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p20) katame rudrā iti > "Which are the Rudras?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p21) daśa puruṣe prāṇā iti hovāca > "The ten breaths in a person," he said, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p22) ātmaikādaśaḥ > "and the self as the eleventh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p23) te yadotkrāmanto yantyatha rodayanti > When they go departing \[from the body\], they cause lamentation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p24) tasmādrudrā iti > Therefore \[they are called\] Rudras." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p25) katama ādityā iti > "Which are the Ādityas?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.76.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p26) dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsara iti hovāca > "The twelve months of the year," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.76) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.8.21.1) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76) · Pramāṇa