[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) › 2-3.97 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.97 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.97 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.97) prajāpatirvā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam so yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa māgraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi tasyottarāvanti stotrāṇi bhavanti uttarāvatīmevainaṃ tacchriyamuttarāvantaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ gamayanti tasya bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati śrīrvai bṛhajjyaiṣṭhyam ado vai bṛhadado vai jyaiṣṭhyam tadenaṃ tacchriyāmeva madhyato jyaiṣṭhye pratiṣṭhāpayanti tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro vā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam so yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa māgraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro vā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam so yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa māgraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi sa yo jyeṣṭho jyaiṣṭhineyassamagriya syātsa etena yajeta gacchati jyaiṣṭhyaṃ na jyaiṣṭhyādavarohati > Prajāpati is the summit, preeminence. > \[Thinking:\] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.' > Its stotras have verses following upon verses. > They lead him to fortune having subsequent \[glory\], to the heavenly world having subsequent \[glory\]. > Its pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat. > The Bṛhat is fortune, preeminence. > Yonder is the Bṛhat, yonder is preeminence. > They thereby establish him in fortune right in the middle, in preeminence. > It has twelve stotras. > The year has twelve months. > The year is the summit, preeminence. > \[Thinking:\] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.' > It has twenty-four chanted and recited hymns. > The year has twenty-four half-months. > The year is the summit, preeminence. > \[Thinking:\] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.' > He who is the eldest, born of the eldest wife, \[yet\] equal to the foremost, should sacrifice with this; he attains preeminence, he does not fall from preeminence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.97.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.97.p1) athaiṣa durāśaḥ > Now this is the Durāśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.97.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.97.p2) paurṇamāsena haviṣeṣṭvā ādityāya caruṃ nirvapati > Having sacrificed with the sacrificial offering of the full moon, he offers a caru to Āditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.97) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.97) · Pramāṇa