[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) › 2-7.197 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.197 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197) brahma purastādu kṣatraṃ sūyate atho āhurapicitiriti yajñakratuḥ tenaiva yajeteti tasya yaddve trivṛtī stotre bhavatastenaiva prāṇebhyo na yanti apacitimu suṣvāṇo'śnute tadu vā āhuryadevaiṣā vāyavyā pratipadbhavati prāṇo vai vāyuḥ prāṇaireva tatsamṛdhyante vāyo śukro ayāmi ta iti śukravatī bhavati jyotiriva ha vā eṣo'nyeṣu manuṣyeṣvatibhāti yassūyate'yaṃ suṣvāṇo jyotirivāsaditi madhvo agraṃ diviṣṭiṣviti tadetanmadhavyamevāgryaṃ kurvanti ā yāhi somapītaya iti saumī tena pāvamānī kriyate spārho deva niyutvateti kṣatraṃ vai spārhaḥ viśo niyutvatīḥ kṣatrāyaiva tadviśamanuvartmānaṃ kurvanti tasmātkṣatrasya viḍanuvartmā > The brahman \[is\] in front, and the kṣatra is consecrated. > Moreover, they say: it is the sacrificial rite called Apiciti (reverence); > with that very \[rite\] he should sacrifice. > As for its having two trivṛt stotras, thereby they do not depart from the breaths. > The one who presses attains reverence. > Now, they also say: as this introductory verse is addressed to Vāyu, and Vāyu is breath, they thus prosper through the breaths. > 'O Vāyu, the clear \[soma\] has been offered to you'—\[the verse\] contains \[the word\] 'clear' (śukra). > Truly, as light he shines beyond other men, he who is consecrated, so that this consecrated one should be like light. > 'The first \[taste\] of the sweet \[drink\] at the offerings'—thus they make this very sweet \[portion\] foremost. > 'Come to drink the soma'—this \[verse\] is addressed to Soma; > thereby it is made related to Pavamāna. > 'Desirable god with the teams'— > truly, the kṣatra is desirable; > the subjects are possessing teams. > They thereby make the subject follow the kṣatra; > therefore the subject follows the kṣatra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.197.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197.p1) athaite sarasvataśca sarasvatyāśca > Then there are these \[verses\] addressed to Sarasvat and to Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.197.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197.p2) etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yatsarasvāṃśca sarasvatī ca > This indeed is a divine couple, procreative: namely, Sarasvat and Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.197.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197.p3) daivyena mithunena prajāyā iti > 'May I be propagated through the divine couple,' \[he thinks\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.197.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197.p4) tadāhuḥ puṃsaḥ pūrvā kāryā striyā uttarā > Regarding this they say: the male's \[verse\] should be made first, the female's subsequent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.197.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197.p5) tathā suṣvāṇasyānapagalbhyo rājaputra ājāyata iti > Thus for the one who presses, a noble prince is born not lacking in confidence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.197) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.197) · Pramāṇa