[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) › 2-7.196 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.196 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.196 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196) tenāyajata tato vai sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ rājyāyāsūyata sūyate svānāṃ śreṣṭhatāyai ya evaṃ veda tasya catustriṃśāḥ pavamānā bhavanti svarāḍvai devalokaḥ svārājyamu catustriṃśī tadenaṃ tatsuṣvāṇameva pavamānamukhe svārājyena lokena samardhayanti anuṣṭuppratipadbhavati vāgvā anuṣṭup kṣatramu vai vāk kṣatreṇābhiṣicyamāno'bhiṣicyātā iti athaitāḥ pañca saṃbhāryā nānādevatyā bhavanti pañcānāṃ ha vai puruṣāṇāṃ rājyāyābhiṣicyamāno'bhiṣicyate rājñe rājanyāya sūtāya grāmaṇye śūdrāya dāsāya udatastrivṛtaṃ stomaṃ harantyudāgneyīṃ saṃbhāryābhyaḥ tasmādbrāhmaṇyo rājanyasyājyeyo'māryo'daṇḍyo'ghātyaḥ yadatra trivṛtaṃ stomaṃ kuryurāgneyīṃ saṃbhāryāsvabrahmajya eva rājanyo brāhmaṇāñjinīyādabhrūṇāhatyai mārayāt > He sacrificed with it. > Thence, indeed, he was consecrated unto the kingship of all the gods. > He who knows thus is consecrated unto pre-eminence among his own people. > His pavamāna \[lauds\] are thirty-four-fold. > Self-ruling, indeed, is the world of the gods; > and the thirty-four-fold \[stoma\] is self-rule. > Thereby, right at the opening of the pavamāna \[laud\], they furnish him, who has pressed \[soma\], with the world of self-rule. > The opening verse is an Anuṣṭubh. > Speech, indeed, is the Anuṣṭubh; > and dominion, indeed, is speech; > \[it is used\] so that being consecrated, he may be consecrated with dominion. > Then these five collected \[verses\] belong to different deities. > For he who is being consecrated is consecrated unto the kingship over five people: over the king, the nobleman, > the charioteer, the village headman, and the Śūdra servant. > From here they remove the threefold stoma, \[and\] they remove \[the verse\] related to Agni from the collected \[verses\]. > Therefore the Brahmin is not to be oppressed by a nobleman, not to be killed, not to be punished, not to be struck down. > If they were to employ the threefold stoma here, \[or\] the verse related to Agni among the collected \[verses\], the nobleman would become an oppressor of Brahmins, > he would oppress Brahmins and kill them without \[incurring the guilt of\] killing an embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p1) tadāhurnaitadrājanyo vedayeta > Regarding this they say: a nobleman should not make this known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p2) yathā vai śreṣṭhī kāmayate tathā karoti > As a prominent man desires, so he acts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p3) yassa brūyāttrivṛtameva stomaṃ kurutāgneyīṃ saṃbhāryāsvityabrahmajya eva rājanyo > He who would say: "Employ the threefold stoma itself, \[and\] the verse related to Agni among the collected \[verses\]"—such a nobleman would become an oppressor of Brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p4) brāhmaṇāñjinīyādabhrūṇāhatyai mārayāt > he would oppress Brahmins and kill them without \[incurring the guilt of\] killing an embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p5) tadu vā āhurya evaitadrājanyo vedayeta tamevābrahmajyo jinīyāt > And regarding this they also say: only that nobleman who would make this known—him alone the oppressor of Brahmins would oppress, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p6) tamabhrūṇahatyai mārayāditi > and him he would kill without \[incurring the guilt of\] killing an embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p7) tadāhuryanti vā ete prāṇebhyo ye trivṛta stomādyantīti > Regarding this they say: they depart from the breaths, those who depart from the threefold stoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p8) trivṛtāgniṣṭomena purastādyajeta > One should sacrifice beforehand with a threefold Agniṣṭoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p9) prāṇo vai trivṛtaḥ > Breath, indeed, is the threefold \[stoma\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.196.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196.p10) tenaiva prāṇebhyo na yanti > Thereby they do not depart from the breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.196) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.196) · Pramāṇa