[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) › 2-3.93 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.93 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.93) saṃvatsaraḥ prajananam tattadabhipūrvaṃ prajananaṃ kriyate pra prajayā paśubhirjāyate ya evaṃ veda tāḥ prajanyākāmayatānnavatīrma imāḥ prajā syuriti sa etaṃ satrājitaṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata sa pañcaviṃśo bhavati caturviṃśatyardhamāso vai saṃvatsaraḥ annādyaṃ pañcaviṃśī annādyamevābhyastatpañcaviṃśyā prāyacchat tasya trīṇi śatāni stotryā bhavanti sā virāṭ annaṃ virāḍetadevābhyastadannādyaṃ prāyacchat tā asyānnavatīḥ prajā abhavan sa yaḥ kāmayeta bahubhiḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeyānnāvatīrma imāḥ prajā syuriti sa etābhyāṃ yajeta bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate'nnavatīrasya prajā bhavanti > The year is procreation. > In regular succession, procreation is thereby performed. > He who knows this is procreated with offspring and cattle. > Having procreated them, he desired: 'May these offspring of mine possess food.' > He saw this Satrājit sacrifice. > He brought it; > he sacrificed with it. > It consists of twenty-five \[stotras\]. > The year indeed consists of twenty-four half-months. > Food is the twenty-fifth. > Through the twenty-fifth, he then bestowed food upon them. > Its praise verses are three hundred. > That is the Virāj. > The Virāj is food; he then bestowed food upon them. > These offspring of his became possessed of food. > He who desires: 'May I be procreated abundant with offspring and cattle; may these offspring of mine possess food,' should sacrifice with these two. > He is procreated abundant with offspring and cattle; his offspring become possessed of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-3.92.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.92.p17) - [Next: 2-3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.94) - [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.2-3.93) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.93) · Pramāṇa