[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) › 2-5.170 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.170 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.170 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.170) jamadagnessaptahaṃ vidrathaṃ cakṣūṃṣīti yānyabhicaraṇīyasya rūpaṃ sāmāni tāni stomameva tadrūpeṇa samardhayanti atho āhurannādyakāma evainena yajeteti sarvo ha vā anyo virājamatiṣṭauti eṣa ha vāva virājaṃ nātiṣṭauti yo daśabhi stute daśākṣarā virāṭ annaṃ virāṭ virāja evānnādyasyāvaruddhyai tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavatyannaṃ vai rathantaramannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai tasminnetāni sāmānyavakalpayantyarkārkapuṣpe dairghaśravasamiti yānyannādyasya rūpaṃ sāmāni tāni stomameva tadrūpeṇa samardhayanti > the Saptaha of Jamadagni, the Vidratha, the Cakṣuṣes. > Whichever sāmans have the form of sorcery, those \[they arrange\]. > They thus make the stoma thrive through its proper form. > Moreover, they say: 'One who desires food should sacrifice with it.' > Every other \[stoma\] out-praises the Virāj. > Only he who praises with ten \[stomas\] does not out-praise the Virāj. > The Virāj has ten syllables. > The Virāj is food. > \[It is\] for the attainment of food from the Virāj. > Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara; the Rathantara is food, for the attainment of food. > For it they arrange these sāmans: the Arka, the Arkapuṣpa, the Dairghaśravasa—whichever sāmans have the form of food, those \[they arrange\]. > They thus make the stoma thrive through its proper form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.169) - [Next: 2-5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171) - [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.2-5.170) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.170) · Pramāṇa