[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) › 2-5.173 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.173 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173) paśavo jagatī yatkṣudraṃ paśūnāṃ tajjāgatam tadevaitenāvarunddhe ṣoḍaśāni pṛṣṭhāni ṣoḍaśakalā vai paśavo yāṃśca vidma yāṃśca na tānevaitena kalāśo'varunddhe saviṃśa ārbhavaḥ pavamānaḥ dve vā ete daśadaśinyau virājau yadvieśatiḥ viṃśatipratiṣṭhānā vai paśavo vairājāḥ te ye viṃśatipratiṣṭhānāḥ paśavo vairājāstānevaitenāvarunddhe atha caturviṃśamagniṣṭomasāma catuṣpādā vai paśavo vairājāḥ te ye catuṣpādāḥ paśavo vairājāstānevaitenāvarunddhe atho caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsareṇaivaināṃstatparigṛhyātmannadhatta na ha khalu vā eṣo'gniṣṭomo nokthya ubhayamivaiva no vā ete grāmyāḥ paśavo nāraṇyā ubhayamivaiva tānevaitenāvarunddhe > Cattle are the Jagatī. / Whatever is small among cattle belongs to the Jagatī. / Precisely that he obtains by this. / The pṛṣṭhas have sixteen \[verses\]. / Cattle indeed consist of sixteen parts, both those which we know and those which we do not. / Precisely those he obtains part by part with this. / The Ārbhava Pavamāna has twenty \[verses\]. / These two Virājs of ten each are what the twenty is. / Cattle, having twenty foundations, belong to the Virāj. / Those cattle that have twenty foundations and belong to the Virāj, precisely those he obtains by this. / Then the Agniṣṭoma-sāman has twenty-four \[verses\]. / Cattle, having four feet, belong to the Virāj. / Those cattle that are four-footed and belong to the Virāj, precisely those he obtains by this. / Moreover, the year consists of twenty-four half-months. / By means of the year, having seized them, he placed them in himself. / Now this \[sacrifice\] is neither truly an Agniṣṭoma nor an Ukthya; it is, as it were, both. / Nor are these \[cattle\] exclusively domestic nor wild; they are, as it were, both. / Precisely those he obtains by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p1) athaiṣo'pūrvaḥ > Now this is the Apūrva \[sacrifice\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p2) prajananakāmo haitena yajeta > One desiring procreation should sacrifice with this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p3) prajāpatirvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya na madanyaḥ pūrva > Prajāpati desired: 'May I be multiplied in offspring and cattle; may no one else be prior to me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p4) syāditi > \[Thinking thus\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p5) sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat > He saw this sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p6) tamāharat > He took it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.173.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p7) tenāyajata > He sacrificed with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.173) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173) · Pramāṇa