[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) › 2-5.167 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.167 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.167 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.167) athaiṣa śunaskarṇastomaḥ śunaskarṇo ha vai vārṣṇyakaḥ puṇyakṛdapāpakṛdāsa sa ha cakame puṇyamevāsmim̐lloke kṛtvāpāpaṃkṛtya svargaṃ lokaṃ gaccheyamiti sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata tato vai sa puṇyamevāsmim̐lloke kṛtvāpāpaṃkṛtya svargaṃ lokamagacchat sa yaḥ puṇyakṛtkāmayeta puṇyamevāsmim̐lloke kṛtvāpāpaṃkṛtya svargaṃ lokaṃ gaccheyamiti sa etena yajeta puṇyamevāsmim̐lloke kṛtvāpāpaṃkṛtya svargaṃ lokaṃ gacchati sa trivṛdbhavati parāṅiva ha vā eṣaḥ svargameva lokamabhinirmṛṣṭo yattrivṛtstomaḥ parāṅevaitena svargaṃ lokameti tasya parāñcyeva stotrāṇi bhavanti parāñci śastrāṇi parāñci pṛṣṭhāni parācīrviṣṭutayaḥ parāṅeva sarvo bhavati pravatīṣu stuvanti parāñcamevainaṃ tadamuṃ lokaṃ gamayanti > Now this is the Śunaskarṇa stoma. > Śunaskarṇa Vārṣṇyaka was a doer of good deeds and not a doer of evil deeds. > He desired: 'May I, having done only good and having avoided doing evil in this world, go to the heavenly world.' > He saw this sacrifice. > He brought it forth. > He sacrificed with it. > Then, having done only good and having avoided evil in this world, he went to the heavenly world. > He who is a doer of good and desires: 'May I, having done only good and having avoided doing evil in this world, go to the heavenly world'—let him sacrifice with this. > Having done only good and having avoided doing evil in this world, he goes to the heavenly world. > It is threefold (trivṛt). > This \[rite\] indeed looks away \[from this world\]. > In that the stoma is threefold, it is directed straight toward the heavenly world. > Facing forward, he goes to the heavenly world by means of it. > Its stotras are facing forward, its śastras are facing forward, its pṛṣṭhas are facing forward, > its viṣṭutis are facing forward; > everything about it is facing forward. > They praise on \[verses\] containing \[the preposition\] pra ('forth'): thus they make him go forth, facing away, to that world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.166) - [Next: 2-5.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.168) - [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.2-5.167) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.167) · Pramāṇa