[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) › 2-3.77 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.77 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.77) eta ādityāḥ ete hīdaṃ sarvamādadānā yanti tasmādādityā iti katame traya iti ima eva lokā iti katamau dvāviti ahorātrāviti katama indraḥ katamaḥ prajāpatiriti vāgevendro manaḥ prajāpatiriti katamaikā devateti prāṇa iti sa hovācānatipraśnyāṃ vai mā devatāmatyaprākṣīḥ puraitāvatithyā martāsi na te śarīrāṇi cana gṛhānprāpsyantīti taddha tathaivāsa sa ha tathaiva mamāra tasya hāpahāriṇo'nantareṇa śarīrāṇyapajahruranyanmanyamānāḥ tasmādu ha nopavadet api hyevaṃvitparo bhavatīti > "These are the Ādityas, for they go along taking up (ādadānāḥ) all this. Therefore \[they are called\] Ādityas. > 'Which are the three?' > 'These worlds.' > 'Which are the two?' > 'Day and night.' > 'Which is Indra, and which is Prajāpati?' > 'Speech is Indra, the mind is Prajāpati.' > 'Which is the one deity?' > 'Breath.' > He said: 'You have asked beyond a deity that is not to be asked beyond; you will die before such and such a day, nor will your bones reach home.' > And it was indeed so: he died just so. Highway robbers carried off his bones, thinking them to be something else. Therefore one should not speak ill \[in debate\], for even one who knows thus may be surpassed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.76.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.76.p26) - [Next: 2-3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78) - [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.2-3.77) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jaiminīya or Talavakāra brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiyaortalavakarabrahmana.2.77) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.77) · Pramāṇa