[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) › 2-5.162 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.162 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.162 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.162) tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasyobhe bṛhadrathantare sāmanī bhavataḥ etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yadubhe bṛhadrathantare tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi atho āhu svargakāma evainena yajeteti tasya pṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya stomā bhavantyṛtavo vai pṛṣṭhāni saṃvatsara ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsara svargo loka svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai tasyordhvā stomā bhavantyūrdhvo vai svargo loka svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai tasyobhe bṛhadrathantare sāmanī bhavata svargye svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsara svargo loka svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsara svargo loka svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai > \[Thinking:\] 'May that divine pair, \[capable of\] procreation, generate me \[offspring\]!' > Both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara sāmans belong to it. > That indeed is a divine pair, \[capable of\] procreation, namely both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. > \[Thinking:\] 'May that divine pair, \[capable of\] procreation, generate me \[offspring\]!' > There are twelve stotras for it; the year has twelve months. > The year is procreation; \[thinking:\] 'May that which is procreation generate me \[offspring\]!' > There are twenty-four stuta-śastras for it; the year has twenty-four half-months. > The year is procreation; \[thinking:\] 'May that which is procreation generate me \[offspring\]!' > Moreover they say: 'One who desires the heavenly world should sacrifice with this.' > Its stomas are those of the pṛṣṭhya six-day period; the pṛṣṭhas are the seasons; > the year is the seasons; > the year is the heavenly world: \[it is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. > Its stomas are ascending; upward indeed is the heavenly world: \[it is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. > Both the Bṛhat and Rathantara sāmans belong to it; \[they are\] heavenly: \[it is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. > There are twelve stotras for it; the year has twelve months; > the year is the heavenly world: \[it is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. > There are twenty-four stuta-śastras for it; the year has twenty-four half-months; > the year is the heavenly world: \[it is\] for the attainment of the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.162.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.162.p1) tasya dvyuttarāṇyuttarāni stotrāṇi bhavanti > Its subsequent stotras are each increased by two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.162.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.162.p2) dvipādvai yajamānaḥ > The sacrificer is two-footed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.162) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.162) · Pramāṇa