[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) › 2-5.176 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.176 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.176 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176) tasya paṇca śaradaḥ pañcokṣāṇaḥ prokṣitāścaranti tadyatpañcaśaradaḥ pañcokṣānaḥ prokṣitāścaranti tasmātpañcaśāradīyaḥ ta u sarve pṛśnayo bhavanti marutaḥ pṛśnimātara iti vā āhuḥ atho ṛcābhyanūcyate marutaḥ pṛśnimātara iti tasmātpṛśnayo bhavanti vīryaṃ vai devānāṃ haviḥ tadātmabhya evāgṛhṇata tadyanmarut eva bhavati vīryameva tadātmasu dadhate marut ujjeṣibhya iti marut svāpibhya iti marut svatavat iti marut eva marut iti maruto'bhiṣṭibhya iti tadyanmarut ujjeṣibhya iti yathā taṃ kāmamujjayedyatkāmo yajeta atha yanmarut svāpibhya iti yathā taṃ kāmaṃ svābhyāptamabhyāpnuyādyatkāmo yajeta atha yanmarut svatavat iti maruto ha vā idaṃ sarvaṃ svam tānevaitatsvena prīṇāti tasmai prītā svaṃ pratyavarjanti tena pratyavasṛṣṭena yajate atha yanmarut eva marut iti - > For it, five oxen roam, sprinkled \[for sacrifice\] through five autumns. Because five oxen roam, sprinkled \[for sacrifice\] through five autumns, therefore it is called the Pañcaśāradīya. And they are all dappled. For they say: ‘The Maruts have Pṛśni for their mother.’ Moreover, it is recited in a verse: ‘The Maruts have Pṛśni for their mother.’ Therefore they are dappled. The offering of the gods is vital power. They took that unto themselves. That it belongs to the Maruts alone, by that they place vital power in themselves. \[With the words,\] ‘The Marut \[gods\] belonging to the victors,’ ‘The Marut \[gods\] belonging to the friends,’ ‘The Marut \[gods\] having their own \[domain\],’ ‘The Maruts, the Maruts,’ ‘The Maruts belonging to the helpers.’ Now, as for ‘The Marut \[gods\] belonging to the victors,’ \[it is so that\] he may win that desire with which desire he sacrifices. Then as for ‘The Marut \[gods\] belonging to the friends,’ \[it is so that\] he may fully obtain that desire as one’s own fully obtained, with which desire he sacrifices. Then as for ‘The Marut \[gods\] having their own \[domain\],’ all this is indeed the Maruts' own property. He pleases them with their own property. Being pleased, they hand over to him their own property. Having received what was handed over, he sacrifices. Then as for ‘The Maruts, the Maruts’— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p1) bahavo ha vai maruto yāṃśca vidma yāṃśca na > many indeed are the Maruts, both those whom we know and those whom we do not; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p2) te nassarve prītā āsanniti > \[it is\] so that all of them may be pleased with us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p3) atha yanmaruto'bhiṣṭibhya iti yathā taṃ kāmaṃ svābhyāptamabhyaśnuvīta tatkāmo > Then as for ‘The Maruts belonging to the helpers,’ \[it is so that\] he may attain that desire as one’s own fully obtained, desiring which > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p4) yajeta > he sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p5) tānetānpaśūnālabheta > He should sacrifice these sacrificial animals: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p6) dīkṣiṣyamāṇa ekamupavasatha ekaṃ prasuta > When about to be consecrated, \[he spends\] one \[day\]; on the day of preparation, one \[day\]; on the pressing day, \[one day\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.176.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176.p7) ekamanūbandhyāyāmekamudavasānīyāyāmekamevametānpaśūnālabheta > one for the Anūbandhyā \[cow\], and one at the concluding rite (Udavasānīyā)—in this way he should sacrifice these sacrificial animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.176) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.176) · Pramāṇa