[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) › 2-5.174 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.174 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.174 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.174) tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata nāsmādanyaḥ pūrva āsīt sa yaḥ kāmayeta bahuḥ prajāyeya na madanyaḥ pūrva syāditi sa etena yajeta bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate nāsmādanyaḥ pūrvo bhavati sa trivṛdrathantarasāmā bhavati na ha vai trivṛta stomādanyaḥ pūrva stomo'sti na rathantarātpṛṣṭhādanyatpūrvaṃ pṛṣṭhamasti na prajāpateranyā pūrvā devatāsti tadyadetānyapūrvāṇi tasmādapūrvaḥ atho mano vai prajāpatiḥ no vai manaso'nyatkiṃ cana pūrvamasti tasmādu evāpūrvaḥ sa trivṛdbhavati nyūnaṃ vai trivṛt nyūnaṃ prajananaṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati prajananaṃ vai rathantaraṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi > Thereupon he was multiplied in offspring and cattle. / No one else was prior to him. / He who desires: 'May I be multiplied, may no one else be prior to me,' should sacrifice with this. / He is indeed multiplied in offspring and cattle; no one else becomes prior to him. / It has the Trivṛt \[stoma\] and the Rathantara-sāman. / Indeed, there is no stoma prior to the Trivṛt stoma; there is no pṛṣṭha prior to the Rathantara pṛṣṭha; there is no deity prior to Prajāpati. / Because these are without predecessor (apūrva), it is therefore called Apūrva. / Moreover, Prajāpati is the mind. / Indeed, nothing whatever is prior to the mind. / Therefore also it is called Apūrva. / It has the Trivṛt \[stoma\]; the Trivṛt is deficient. / Deficient is procreation: \[he reflects,\] 'May that which is procreation procreate me.' / Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara; the Rathantara is procreation: \[he reflects,\] 'May that which is procreation procreate me.' / It has twelve stotras; the year has twelve months. / The year is procreation: \[he reflects,\] 'May he who is procreation procreate me.' / It has twenty-four chantings and recitations; the year has twenty-four half-months. / The year is procreation: \[he reflects,\] 'May he who is procreation procreate me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.173.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.173.p7) - [Next: 2-5.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.175) - [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.2-5.174) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.174) · Pramāṇa