[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) › 2-4.145 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.145 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.145 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.145) abhipūrvāṇāmeva paśūnāmavaruddhyai tadāhurapāvamānyo na pavamāne kāryā iti tadu vā āhuḥ pāvamānya evāmuṣya vā etāścandramasa ṛcaḥ eṣa vai pavamāna eṣa somo rājā tasmātkāryā eveti sumanmā vasvī rantī sūnarī surūpa vṛṣannā gahi imau bhadrau dhuryāvabhi tāvimā upasarpataḥ nīva śīrṣāṇi mṛḍhvaṃ madhya āpasya tiṣṭhati śṛṅgebhirdaśabhirdiśan iti ye ha vā eta ādityasya raśmaya etāni ha vā etasya śṛṅgāṇi madhya u ha vā eṣa etadapām tāsu vāravatīyam yadanena karmaṇāvārutsmahi tanno vāravantīyena vāritamantata upatiṣṭhātā iti tadu vā āhuryadvāvānyā vāṅnātivadati tadetasyāhno'gniṣṭomasāma kāryam yajñāyajñīyaṃ vāvānyā vāṅnātivadati vāgvai yajñāyajñīyam kuto hi vāgvācamativadiṣyati tasmādetasyāhno yajñāyajñīyamevāgniṣṭomasāma kāryamiti > — verily to secure cattle one after another. > Regarding this they say: ‘Verses not addressed to Pavamāna should not be used in the Pavamāna \[lauds\].’ > And regarding this they also say: ‘Verses addressed to Pavamāna \[should be used\], for these are the verses of that moon. > He indeed is Pavamāna; he is King Soma. > Therefore they should indeed be used.’ > ‘Well-minded, bountiful, rejoicing, joyous, fair-formed, O bull, come hither! / These two auspicious draft-oxen—unto them these two creep up. / Wipe downward, as it were, the heads; he stands in the midst of the water, / pointing with ten horns.’ > Those which are the rays of that sun are indeed his horns. > And he is in the midst of these waters. > On these \[verses\] the Vāravantīya \[sāman is sung\]. > ‘What we have obtained by this rite, may that remain held for us at the end by the Vāravantīya \[sāman\]!’ > And regarding this they also say: ‘That which no other speech excels should be made the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day.’ > No other speech excels the Yajñāyajñīya \[sāman\]. > Speech indeed is the Yajñāyajñīya. > For whence could speech excel speech? > Therefore the Yajñāyajñīya should be made the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-4.144.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.144.p5) - [Next: 2-4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146) - [Up: 2-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.145) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.145) · Pramāṇa