[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) › 2-5.166 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.166 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.166 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.166) athaite jyotirgaurāyuriti stomā bhavanti gaurāyuraskandat tato jyotirajāyata ayaṃ vai loka āyurasau gauridamevāntarikṣaṃ jyotiḥ tametaṃ purastādakurvātāṃ yathā putramevam ito vā ayamūrdhvo loko'rvāṅasāvamutaḥ tadidamenayoḥ purastājjyotiḥ paryūḍhaṃ tena paśyāmaḥ tau yogamupaprayantāvantamabhi jyotirvyudauhatām sa yathā pitarau putraṃ pūrvaṃ yantaṃ paścādanviyātāṃ tādṛktat tadetanmithunī stomā bhavanti yadyujyante madhye vai jāyāpatyoḥ putraḥ śete tau yathā mithunībhaviṣyantāvitthādvetthādvā putraṃ parihareyātāṃ tādṛgevaitat ta eta ūnātiriktā mithunā prajanaya stomāḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeyeti sa etairyajeta bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate > Now these are the stomas: Jyotis, Gauḥ, Āyus. > Gauḥ mounted Āyus; > thence Jyotis was born. > This world is Āyus; yonder world is Gauḥ; this intermediate space is Jyotis. > They two placed him in front, just as \[parents place\] a son. > For this world is upward from here, and yonder world is downward from there. > This light (jyotis) is held around in front of the two; by it we see. > Approaching their union, the two pushed out the Jyotis toward the end. > Just as two parents would follow behind a son going ahead, such is that. > These become paired stomas when they are yoked. > A son lies in the middle of wife and husband; > just as they two, being about to unite, would set aside their son to this side or that, such indeed is this. > These deficient and redundant stomas are a pair \[fit\] for procreation. > He who desires, 'May I be propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle,' should sacrifice with these. > He is propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.165) - [Next: 2-5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.167) - [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.2-5.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.166) · Pramāṇa