[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) › 2-4.146 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.146 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.146 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146) athaiṣa vaiśvadevaḥ prajananakāmo haitena yajeta prajāpatirvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya vaiśvadevīḥ prajāssṛjeyeti sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata vaiśvadevīḥ prajā asṛjata sa yatkāmayeta bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya vaiśvadevīḥ prajāssṛjeyeti sa etena yajeta bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate vaiśvadevīḥ prajāssṛjate tadyadeṣa vaiśvadevo bhavati vaiśvadevīnāmeva prajānāṃ sṛṣṭyai sa sarva eva vaiśvadevīṣu bhavati vaiśvadevīnāmeva prajānāṃ prajātyai sa trivṛdbhavati nyūnaṃ vai trivṛt nyūnaṃ prajananaṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati prajananaṃ vai rathantaraṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi sa ukthyo bhavati prajā vai paśava ukthāni prajā vai paśavaḥ prajananaṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi > Now comes this Vaiśvadeva \[rite\]. > One desiring procreation should sacrifice with it. > Prajāpati desired: ‘May I be multiplied in offspring and cattle; may I create All-Godly creatures!’ > He saw this sacrifice. > He grasped it. > He sacrificed with it. > Then indeed he was multiplied in offspring and cattle; he created All-Godly creatures. > If one should desire, ‘May I be multiplied in offspring and cattle; may I create All-Godly creatures!’, he should sacrifice with this. > He is multiplied in offspring and cattle; he creates All-Godly creatures. > As to why this is the Vaiśvadeva, it is for the creation of All-Godly creatures. > It is entirely upon \[verses\] addressed to the Viśve Devāḥ, for the procreation of All-Godly creatures. > It is a ninefold \[trivṛt rite\], for the trivṛt is deficient \[in number\]. > Procreation is deficient \[in fullness\]: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’ > Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara, for the Rathantara is procreation: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’ > It is an Ukthya, for creatures and cattle are ukthas. > Creatures and cattle are procreation: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p1) atho āhussaptadaśa eva syāditi prajāpatirvai saptadaśaḥ > Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be seventeenfold \[saptadaśa\], for Prajāpati is seventeenfold.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p2) prajāpatiḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi > ‘Prajāpati is procreation: may he who is procreation procreate me!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p3) atho āhustriṇava eva syāditi > Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be twenty-sevenfold \[triṇava\].’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p4) trayo ha te trivṛtaḥ > For they are three ninefold \[stomas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p5) nyānaṃ vai trivṛt > Deficient indeed is the ninefold \[trivṛt\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p6) nyūnaṃ prajananam > Deficient is procreation: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p7) tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi > ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-4.146.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146.p8) atho āhustrayastriṃśa eva syāditi > Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be thirty-threefold \[trayastriṃśa\].’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-4.146) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.146) · Pramāṇa