[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) › 2-5.171 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.171 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.171 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171) athaiṣa gāyatraḥ tasya trivṛti prātassavane pañcadaśamacchāvākasyājyaṃ saptadaśaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanamekaviṃśaṃ tṛtīyasavanam ukthyo yajña ubhayasāmanī purodhākāmo haitena yajeta tadyattrivṛti prātassavane pañcadaśamacchāvākasyājyaṃ bhavati brahma vai trivṛtkṣatraṃ pañcadaśo brahmaiva tatkṣatrasya purastāddadhāti tasmādbrāḥmaṇaḥ kṣatriyasya purohitaḥ atho haitadbrahmaṇa eva kṣatramanuvartma karoti saptadaśaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam viḍvai saptadaśaḥ eṣa u ha vai dvitīyo rājā yatpurohitaḥ viśo vā eṣa ṣaśvaryamādhipatyaṃ gacchati ya śriyamaśnute viśa ṣaśvaryamādhipatyaṃ gacchānīti tasmātsaptadaśaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ bhavati atho haitadbrahmaṇe caiva kṣatrāya ca viśamanuyuvaṃ karoti > Now this is the Gāyatra \[rite\]. > Its morning pressing is threefold (trivṛt), the Acchāvāka's ājya \[stotra\] is fifteenfold (pañcadaśa), the midday pressing is seventeenfold (saptadaśa), the third pressing is twenty-one-fold (ekaviṃśa). > The sacrifice is an Ukthya with both sāmans. > One who desires the office of royal chaplain (purodhā) should sacrifice with this. > As to why the Acchāvāka's ājya \[stotra\] is fifteenfold in the threefold morning pressing: the threefold is the spiritual power (brahman), the fifteenfold is the nobility (kṣatra); he thus places the spiritual power in front of the nobility. > Therefore a Brahmin is the chaplain (purohita) of a kṣatriya. > And in this way he makes the nobility subordinate to the spiritual power. > The midday pressing is seventeenfold. > The seventeenfold is the people (viś). > The chaplain is indeed a second king. > He who attains prosperity attains lordship and mastery over the people. > 'May I attain lordship and mastery over the people'—therefore the midday pressing is seventeenfold. > And thus he unites the people with both the spiritual power and the nobility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p1) tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati bṛhadbrahmasāma > Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara; the Bṛhat is the brahmasāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p2) brahma vai rathantaram > The Rathantara is the spiritual power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p3) kṣatraṃ bṛhat > The Bṛhat is the nobility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p4) brahmaiva tatkṣatrasya purastāddadhāti > He thus places the spiritual power in front of the nobility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p5) tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyasya purohitaḥ > Therefore a Brahmin is the chaplain of a kṣatriya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p6) atho haitadbrahmaṇa eva kṣatramanuvartma karoti > And in this way he makes the nobility subordinate to the spiritual power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.171.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171.p7) sa ukthyo bhavati > It is an Ukthya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.171) · Pramāṇa