[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) › 2-5.185 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.185 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-5.185 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.185) athaite sarasvataśca sarasvatyāśca etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yatsarasvāṃśca sarasvatī ca daivyena mithunena prajāyā iti tadāhuḥ puṃsaḥ pūrvā kāryā striyā uttarā tathā yajamānasyānapagalbhyā prajājāyata iti tadu vā āhurvāyurvai retodhāḥ prajananaṃ sarasvatī tau sarasvantaṃ mithunātprajanayataḥ atho vāśitā vai pūrvā dhāvatyanvamṛṣabhaḥ sarasvatyā eva pūrvā kāryeti etadu haitatsarasvatastveva pūrvā kāryā athaiṣā brāhmaṇaspatyā pratipadbhavati prajāpatiryā ṛte brahmaṇaḥ prajā asṛjata tā asya sṛṣṭā parābhavan sa etāṃ brāhmaṇaspatyāṃ pratipadamapaśyat tayā brahmaṇvatīḥ prajā asṛjata tā asya sṛṣṭā na parābhavan tadyadeṣā brāhmaṇaspatyā pratipadbhavati brahmaṇvatīrevaitayā prajāssṛjate tā asya sṛṣṭā na parābhavanti > Now there are these \[verses\] addressed to Sarasvat and to Sarasvatī. > Sarasvat and Sarasvatī are a divine couple for generation, > \[so that he may say,\] 'May I generate offspring by means of the divine couple.' > In this regard they say: 'The male \[verse\] should be made first, the female later; > thus the offspring of the sacrificer is born not shamelessly.' > And in this regard they also say: 'Vāyu is the placer of semen; > Sarasvatī is reproduction; > those two generate Sarasvat from the couple. > Moreover, the eager cow runs first, the bull runs behind; the \[verse\] addressed to Sarasvatī should be made first.' > Nevertheless, the \[verse\] addressed to Sarasvat should indeed be made first. > Now there is this opening verse addressed to Bṛhaspati. > Whatever creatures Prajāpati created without the brahman perished once created. > He saw this opening verse addressed to Bṛhaspati. > By means of it he created creatures endowed with the brahman. > Created, they did not perish. > In that this opening verse is addressed to Bṛhaspati, he thereby creates creatures endowed with the brahman; created, they do not perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-5.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.184) - [Next: 2-5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.186) - [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.2-5.185) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-5.185) · Pramāṇa