[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) › 2-3.78 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.78 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78) brahma ca ha vai subrahma caiṣu lokeṣvāsaturasminbhuvane tatassubrahmoccakrāma asau vā ādityo brāhmātho vāgeva subrahma te devā ihaiva vedyā antarvedi yajñena brahma paryagṛhṇan tadidamapyetarhi vedyā antarvedi yajñena brahma parigṛhītam tadāhuryadanyā hotrā antarvedi kurvantyatha kathaṃ subrahmaṇyo bahirvedi karotīti sa brūyādeṣa vedyā ātmā yadutkara etatpratyakṣaṃ brahma yatsubrahmaṇyā yadutkaramāsyātha subrahmaṇyāmāhvayati tenāsyāntarvedi kṛtaṃ bhavatīti subrahmaṇyo3ṃ subrahmaṇyo3ṃ subrahmaṇyo3miti trirāha vāgvai subrahmaṇyā tadetāṃ vācaṃ prathamata ārabhate atho brahma vāgrasa oṃkāraḥ tāmetāṃ vācaṃ rasena prīṇāti taddhaitadeka oṃ subrahmaṇyetyāhvayanti - > Brahman and Subrahman were in these worlds, in this creation. Then Subrahman departed upwards. That Āditya is Brahman, and speech is Subrahman. The gods enclosed Brahman here with the sacrifice, inside the altar-ground (antarvedi). Thus even now Brahman is enclosed with the sacrifice inside the altar-ground. On this they say: 'Since other priestly functions are performed inside the altar-ground, why does the Subrahmaṇyā priest perform \[his duty\] outside the altar-ground?' He should say: 'The rubbish-heap (utkara) is the self of the altar-ground, and the Subrahmaṇyā formula is visibly Brahman; when he stands on the rubbish-heap and then invokes the Subrahmaṇyā, thereby it becomes done by him inside the altar-ground.' He says three times: 'Subrahmaṇyom, Subrahmaṇyom, Subrahmaṇyom!' Speech is Subrahmaṇyā; thus he undertakes this speech in the beginning. Moreover, Brahman is speech, and the syllable Om is its essence; he satisfies this speech with the essence. Regarding this, some invoke: 'Om Subrahmaṇyā—'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p1) prāṇo hyagre'tha vāgiti > "for breath is first, and then speech." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p2) taddha tanna tathā > That is indeed not so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p3) yathā madhvāsicya lājānāvapettadanyadheva syāttādṛktat > Just as if one were to pour honey and cast parched grain into it, it would be just wrong; such is that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p4) tasmātsubrahmaṇyo3mityevāhvayet > Therefore one should invoke only: 'Subrahmaṇyom!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p5) indrāgaccheti > "Come, O Indra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p6) indrameva tadyajña āhvayati > Thereby he invokes Indra to the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.78.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78.p7) hariva āgaccheti > "Come, possessor of the bay steeds!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.78) · Pramāṇa