[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) › 2-5.164 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.164 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.164 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164) sa etau yajñāvapaśyat tāvāharata tābhyāmayajata tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata dvandve prajāḥ paśūnasṛjata sa yaḥ kāmayeta bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya dvandve prajāḥ paśūnsṛjeyeti sa etābhyāṃ yajeta bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate dvandve prajāḥ paśūnsṛjate sa rāśiścatuścatvāriṃśo bhavati rathantarasāmā brahma vai rathantaraṃ kṣatraṃ catuścatvāriṃśaḥ brahmaṇā ca kṣatreṇa ca sayugbhyāṃ bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyā iti yadvevaitāni stotrāṇi bahulānyudapadyanta iva tasmādrāśiḥ aṣṭācatvāriṃśo marāyo bhavati bṛhatsāmā brahma vā aṣṭācatvāriṃśaḥ kṣatraṃ bṛhat dve hi te gāyatryau yadaṣṭācatvāriṃśaḥ brahmaṇā ca kṣatreṇa ca sayugbhyāṃ bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyā iti yadvevaitāni stotrāṇi jyāyāṃsīva ca bhavanti tasmānmarāyaḥ jyāyānhyeva rāśermarāyo bhavati > He saw these two sacrifices. > He grasped them; > he sacrificed with them. > Then indeed he was propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; > he created offspring and cattle in pairs. > He who desires, 'May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; may I create offspring and cattle in pairs,' should sacrifice with these two. > He is propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle; he creates offspring and cattle in pairs. > That Rāśi has the forty-four-fold \[stoma\] and has the Rathantara as its sāman. > The Rathantara is the priesthood (brahman), the forty-four-fold is the nobility (kṣatra); > \[thinking:\] 'With priesthood and nobility yoked together, may I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle.' > Moreover, because these stotras arise as if abundant (bahula), it is therefore called Rāśi (the Heap). > The Marāya has the forty-eight-fold \[stoma\] and has the Bṛhat as its sāman. > The forty-eight-fold is the priesthood, the Bṛhat is the nobility; > for these two are Gāyatrīs, in that it is forty-eight-fold; > \[thinking:\] 'With priesthood and nobility yoked together, may I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle.' > Moreover, because these stotras are, as it were, greater (jyāyas), it is therefore called Marāya; > for a granary (marāya) is indeed greater than a heap (rāśi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.164.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164.p1) tau vā etau bhūmaiva stomānām > These two indeed are the abundance of stomas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.164.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164.p2) tau yau bhūmā stomānāṃ tābhyāṃ bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyā iti > \[Thinking:\] 'By these two, which are the abundance of stomas, may I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.164) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164) · Pramāṇa