[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) › 2-3.96 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.96 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96) tasya yuvaṃ hi stha svaḥpatī ityeṣo pratipatkāryā eṣā vai dvayossaṃyajamānayoḥ pratipat tadu vā āhuḥ pavasva vāco agriya upāsmai gāyatā nara ityete eva pratipadau kārye ete vāva dvayoḥ saṃyajamānayoḥ pratipadau atho ubhe hyatra sāmanī kriyete tasmādete eva pratipadau kārye iti tasminnetāni sāmānyavakalpayanti gauṣūktāśvasūkte hāviṣmata-hāviṣkṛte ye dve dve sāmanī yāni dvayossaṃyajamānayossāmāni tāni tasya virāṭsvarājamārbhavasya pavamānasyānuṣṭubhi kurvanti virāṭsvarājo hyeṣa yajñaḥ stomameva samardhayanti > For it, the opening verse to be used should be: 'For you two are lords of heaven.' > This indeed is the opening verse for two sacrificers together. > Concerning this, however, they say: '"Flow, foremost of speech!" and "Sing unto him, O men!"—these two opening verses > should be used. > These indeed are the two opening verses for two sacrificers together. > Moreover, both sāmans are performed here; > therefore these two opening verses should be used.' > In this \[rite\] they assign these sāmans: the Gauṣūkta and Aśvasūkta, the Hāviṣmata and Hāviṣkṛta, > which are pairs of sāmans, which are the sāmans of two sacrificers together. > They perform the Virāj-Svarāj on the Anuṣṭubh of the Ārbhava Pavamāna \[stotra\]. > For this sacrifice is the Virāj-Svarāj. > They thereby make the stoma complete. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p1) athaiṣa jyeṣṭhayajñaḥ > Now this is the Jyeṣṭhayajña (Sacrifice of Preeminence). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p2) yo jyaiṣṭhyakāma syātsa etena yajeta > He who is desirous of preeminence should sacrifice with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p3) sa vā eṣo'ṣṭāvekaviṃśānabhisaṃpadyate > It corresponds to eight twenty-one-verse \[stomas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p4) dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśaḥ > Twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds: that sun is the twenty-first. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p5) eṣa u ha vā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam > And he is the summit, preeminence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p6) sa yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa māgraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi > \[Thinking:\] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p7) tasya saptadaśāḥ pavamānā bhavanti > Its pavamāna \[stotras\] are seventeen-verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.96.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96.p8) prajāpatirvai saptadaśaḥ > Prajāpati is seventeenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.96) · Pramāṇa