[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) › 2-4.149 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.149 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.149 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-4.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.149) tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati annaṃ vai rathantaram atho hāsminbahveva pakvānnaṃ dadyāt tā enamannakāśinīḥ prajā abhyupāvartante prajāpatiryajñamasṛjata taṃ devebhyaḥ prāyacchat sa yajñaṃ pradāya riricāno'manyata sa ṣakṣata kathaṃ nvahamimaṃ yajñaṃ punarupahvayeyeti sa etenaiva yajñenāyajata tenainaṃ punarupāhvayata yadupāhvayata tadvevopahavyasyopahavyatvam tadyaṃ sakṛdiṣṭinaṃ yajño nopanametsa etena yajeta apakrānto ha vā etasmādyajño bhavati yaṃ sakṛdiṣṭinaṃ yajño nopanamatyetena haivainaṃ punarupahvayate upa hainaṃ yajño namati ya evaṃ veda > Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara. > The Rathantara is food. > Moreover, one should give abundant cooked food at this \[rite\]. > Those creatures, seeing food, turn toward him. > Prajāpati created the sacrifice. > He handed it over to the gods. > Having given away the sacrifice, he considered himself emptied. > He considered: ‘How now may I call this sacrifice back to myself?’ > He sacrificed with this very sacrifice. > By it he called it back to himself. > In that he called it back to himself \[upāhvayata\], that too is the Upahavya nature of the Upahavya. > Therefore, one whom sacrifice does not favor, even having sacrificed once, should sacrifice with this. > Sacrifice has indeed departed from him. > One whom sacrifice does not favor, even having sacrificed once, by this \[rite\] he calls it back to himself. > Sacrifice favors him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-4.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.148) - [Next: 2-4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.150) - [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.2-4.149) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-4.149) · Pramāṇa