[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) › 2-5.181 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.181 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.181 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181) sa etānyāprīrājyānyapaśyat tairātmānamāprīṇītāyātayāmatāyai ricyata iva vā eṣa yatsarvaṃ dadāti tadyadetānyāprīrājyāni bhavantyātmānamevaitairyajamāna āprīṇīte'yātayāmatāyai tadāhurvīva vā ete prāṇairṛdhyante ya etāni nānārūpāṇi nānādevatyāni nānāchandaḥsu samāne yajñakratau saṃprohantīti tadyadgāyatrīṣu bṛhadbhavati prāṇo vai bṛhat prāṇo gāyatrī prāṇaireva tatsamṛdhyante yadyathāpūrvaṃ pṛṣṭhānyupeyū revatīruttamāḥ kuryū revatīnāmetā rūpamṛcastenaiva revatīnāṃ rūpānna yanti tadāhuryanti vā ete'gniṣṭomasāmno ye trayastriṃśaṃ stomaṃ kurvantīti ekaviṃśatyakṣarā etā ṛco bhavanti tenaivāgniṣṭomasāmno na yanti tadāhuryanti vā ete yajñāyajñīyādye bṛhadagniṣṭomasāma kurvantīti tadyattvamagne yajñānāṃ hoteti bhavati tenaiva yajñāyajñīyasya rūpānna yanti tena tṛtīyasavanānna yanti tadāhurvīva vā eṣa paśubhirṛdhyate yatsarvaṃ dadātīti > He saw these Āprī-ājyas. / With them he gratified himself for freshness. / He is, as it were, emptied out when he gives everything away. / In that these Āprī-ājyas occur, by them the sacrificer gratifies himself for freshness. / On this point they say: 'They are deprived of the breaths, / who combine these \[chants\] having various forms, dedicated to various deities, and in various meters in the same sacrificial performance.' / In that the Bṛhat is on Gāyatrī \[verses\], the Bṛhat is breath; / the Gāyatrī is breath; thus they are endowed with breaths. / If they were to apply the pṛṣṭhas according to their order, they should make the Revatīs the last; these verses have the form of the Revatīs; thereby they do not deviate from the form of the Revatīs. / On this point they say: 'They deviate from the Agniṣṭoma-sāman who perform a thirty-threefold stoma.' / These verses have twenty-one syllables. / Thereby they do not deviate from the Agniṣṭoma-sāman. / On this point they say: 'They deviate from the Yajñāyajñīya who make the Bṛhat the Agniṣṭoma-sāman.' / In that there is \[the verse\], 'You, O Agni, are the hotṛ of the sacrifices,' thereby they do not deviate from the form of the Yajñāyajñīya; thereby they do not deviate from the third pressing. / On this point they say: 'He is deprived of cattle when he gives everything away.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p1) rohiṇīṃ chaviṃ paridhatte > He puts on a red skin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p2) etadvai paśūnāṃ priyaṃ rūpaṃ yadrohitam > What is red is indeed the dear form of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p3) paśūnāmeva tatpriyeṇa rūpeṇa samṛdhyate > He thrives with that very dear form of cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p4) khanati khanitramavṛttimapajayati > He digs with a spade; he overcomes lack of livelihood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p5) ubhayataḥkṣṇūṛ abhrirbhavatyubhayata evāsmā annādyaṃ radati > The spade is sharpened on both sides; it cuts out edible food for him from both sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-5.181.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181.p6) araṇye tisro vasati yadāraṇyamannādyaṃ tadeva tābhiravarunddhe > He spends three \[nights\] in the wilderness; whatever edible food is of the wilderness, that very \[food\] he obtains by them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-5.181) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.181) · Pramāṇa