[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) › 2-5.165 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.165 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.165 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.165) tayossaha dīkṣā saha krayassahopasadaḥ krītvā tu nānopanahyanti nānrtvijo bhavanti tadāhussaṃsavo vā eṣa yannānartvijo bhavanti yannvāva dūrātsaṃsūyate tadaramaṇīyam atha kiṃ yadantikātsamānā evartvija syuriti no ha tu tathā sadyassaṃtiṣṭheyātāṃ nānaivartvija syuḥ te vāva samānaṃ pravaraṃ pravṛṇate samānīmāśiṣamāśāsate tasmānnānaivartvija syuriti atho āhū rāśinaiva pūrveṇeṣṭvāvabhṛtādudetya marāyāya dīkṣeteti ayamau ha tu tathā syātām samānī hi yamayoryonissaha jāyete saha vardhete tasmātsahaiva syātāmiti tābhyāṃ haitābhyāmugrāyudho mānaścitta īje atho alando vātsyastayorha paraśśatā anyasminsamā āsuḥ paraśśatā anyasmin tathā bahurha prajajñāte bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate ya evaṃ veda > For them, the consecration is together, the purchase \[of Soma\] is together, the upasads are together. > Having purchased \[the Soma\], however, they tie it up separately. > There are separate priests. > Regarding that, they say: 'This is a rival pressing (saṃsava) in that there are separate priests. > What is pressed at a distance is unpleasant enough; > so how much more when the priests are in close proximity? They should be the same.' > Yet, on the contrary, they would not be completed immediately in that manner; the priests should be separate. > They indeed choose the same lineage of seers (pravara); they pray for the same blessing; > therefore, the priests should just be separate. > Moreover they say: 'Having sacrificed first with Rāśi, having emerged from the purificatory bath, one should consecrate himself for Marāya.' > However, in that way they would be non-twins. > For the womb of twins is the same; they are born together; they grow together; > therefore they should just be together. > With these two indeed Ugrāyudha Mānaścitta sacrificed. > And also Alanda Vātsya; for the two of them there were more than a hundred \[sons born\] in one year, more than a hundred in another. > Thus they were propagated abundantly. > He is propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.164.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.164.p2) - [Next: 2-5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.166) - [Up: 2-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.165) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.165) · Pramāṇa