[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) › 2-3.98 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.98 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98) tasmiñchatamānaṃ hiraṇyaṃ dadāti suvarṇaṃ candramase'parāhṇe tasmiñchatamānaṃ hiraṇyaṃ dadāti rajatam sa evametau pūrvāhṇāparāhṇāvetamaparapakṣaṃ yajate tasyāmāvāsyāyāṃ dīkṣopariṣṭātsutyā tadvā etatsūryācandramasorevāyanam sūryācandramasau vā akāmayetāṃ samānena yajñena samānīmṛddhimṛddhnuyāva ahareva nāvanyataro'bhijayedrātrimanyatara iti tāvetaṃ yajñamapaśyatām tamāharatām tenāyajetām tato vai tau samānena yajñena samānīmṛddhimārdhnutām aharevainayoranyataro'bhyajayadrātrimanyataraḥ eṣā ha vā enayoḥ samānyṛddhiryatsamāne loke pūrvāhṇāparāhṇau yajate aharvai pūrvāhṇo rātriraparāhṇo'horātrayorevābhijityai pūrvapakṣāparapakṣau yajate aharvai pūrvapakṣo rātriraparapakṣo'horātrayorevābhijityai śatamāne bhavataḥ śatāyurvai puruṣaḥ śatendriyaḥ śatavīryastasyaivendriyasya vīryasyāvaruddhyai > At it, he gives gold weighing a hundred measures—yellow gold—\[for the sun in the forenoon;\] to the moon in the afternoon > he gives gold weighing a hundred measures—silver. > He thus sacrifices these two, forenoon and afternoon, during this latter fortnight. > His consecration is on the new moon, with the pressing after it. > This indeed is the course of the Sun and the Moon. > The Sun and the Moon desired: 'May we attain equal prosperity through an equal sacrifice; > may one of us conquer the day, the other the night!' > They saw this sacrifice. > They grasped it. > They sacrificed with it. > Thereupon, through an equal sacrifice, they attained equal prosperity. > One of them conquered the day, the other the night. > This indeed is their equal prosperity, that one sacrifices during the forenoon and afternoon in the same place. > The forenoon is the day, the afternoon is the night, for the conquest of day and night. > He sacrifices the first fortnight and the latter fortnight. > The first fortnight is the day, the latter fortnight is the night, for the conquest of day and night. > There are \[pieces of gold\] weighing a hundred measures. > Man has a life of a hundred \[years\], a hundred faculties, a hundred vital powers; \[it is\] for the securing of that very faculty and vital power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p1) saptadaśa stomo bhavati > The stoma is seventeenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p2) prajāpatirvai saptadaśa > Prajāpati is seventeenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p3) prajāpati svargasya lokasyābhinayitā > Prajāpati is the leader to the heavenly world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p4) sa mā svargaṃ lokamabhinayāditi > \[and he thinks:\] 'May he lead me to the heavenly world!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p5) tasya śatamanaḍvāho dakṣiṇā bhavanti > A hundred draft-oxen are the sacrificial gift for it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p6) śatāyurvai puruṣaḥ śatendriyaḥ śatavīryastasyaivendriyasya vīryasyāvaruddhyai > Man has a life of a hundred \[years\], a hundred faculties, a hundred vital powers; \[it is\] for the securing of that very faculty and vital power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p7) sarve vahnayo bhavanti > All are draft-animals; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p8) vahninā hi tatra gacchati yatra jigamiṣati > for by a draft-animal one goes to where one desires to go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-3.98.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98.p9) sarve varā bhavanti > All are choice \[animals\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-3.98) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-3.98) · Pramāṇa