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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.89

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89)

gāyatrīmetau yajñāvabhisaṃpannau  
tasmādubhābhyāṃ brahmavarcasakāmo yajeta  
atho āhurāyuṣkāma evābhyāṃ yajeteti  
prāṇo vai gāyatrī  
gāyatrīmetau yajñāvabhisaṃpannau  
tasmādubhābhyāmāyuṣkāmo yajeta  
atho āhustejaskāma evābhyāṃ yajeteti  
tejo vai gāyatrī  
gāyatrīmeva tau yajñāvabhisaṃpannau  
tasmādubhābhyāṃ tejaskāmo yajeta  
atho āhu svargakāma evābhyāṃ yajeteti  
yā vai ṣaḍgāyatryaścatasrastā bṛhatyaḥ  
bṛhatī vai svargaṃ lokamānaśe  
tasmādubhābhyāṃ svargakāmo yajeta  
atho āhuḥ paśukāma evābhyāṃ yajeteti  
yā vai ṣaḍgāyatryastisrastā jagatyaḥ  
paśavo jagatī  
tasmādubhābhyāṃ paśukāmo yajeta

> These two sacrifices have attained the Gāyatrī. Therefore, one desirous of spiritual luster should sacrifice with both. Now they say: 'Only one desirous of life should sacrifice with these two.' Breath is the Gāyatrī. These two sacrifices have attained the Gāyatrī. Therefore, one desirous of life should sacrifice with both. Now they say: 'Only one desirous of brilliance should sacrifice with these two.' Brilliance is the Gāyatrī. These two sacrifices have attained the Gāyatrī. Therefore, one desirous of brilliance should sacrifice with both. Now they say: 'Only one desirous of heaven should sacrifice with these two.' The six Gāyatrīs are four Bṛhatīs; the Bṛhatī indeed reached the heavenly world. Therefore, one desirous of heaven should sacrifice with both. Now they say: 'Only one desirous of cattle should sacrifice with these two.' The six Gāyatrīs are three Jagatīs; cattle are the Jagatī. Therefore, one desirous of cattle should sacrifice with both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p1)

te devā etāvudbhidvalabhidāvapaśyan

> The gods saw these two \[sacrifices\], the Udbhid and the Valabhid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p2)

tābhyāṃ enā abhiprā dhāvayan

> With these two they rushed against them \[the cows in the cave\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p3)

te valabhidaiva valamabhindan

> With the Valabhid alone they broke the enclosure (vala).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p4)

udbhidā gā udasṛjanta

> With the Udbhid they brought forth the cows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p5)

sa vā eṣa trivṛtpañcadaśo valabhidbhavati rathantarsāmotsedhabrahmasāmā

> That Valabhid consists of the threefold and fifteenfold \[stomas\], has the Rathantara sāman, and has the Utsedha as the sāman of the brahman priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p6)

athaiṣa udbhitsaptisaptadaśo bhavati bṛhatsāmā niṣedhabrahmasāmā

> Then that Udbhid consists of the sevenfold and seventeenfold \[stomas\], has the Bṛhat sāman, and has the Niṣedha as the sāman of the brahman priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p7)

tadyathā ha vai mayūkho vā tīkṣṇaśśaṅkurvaivameṣa yattrivṛtstomaḥ

> Just as there might be a peg or a sharp wedge, even so is this threefold stoma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-3.89.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.89.p8)

tadyathā mayūkhena vā tīkṣṇenābhinidhāya śaṅkunā vā kūṭenābhihanyādevamevaitena

> Just as, having placed \[it\] on with a peg or a sharp wedge, one would strike with a mallet, even so by this,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.89) — English, machine translation

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