[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) › 2-7.204 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.204 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.204 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.204) etadvai keśānāṃ rūpaṃ yadatirātraḥ ye śuklā ahnaste rūpaṃ ye kṛṣṇā rātryai te tasmādatirātro bhavati tasyaite pratilomā bhavanti tadā śreyāṃsaṃ vā eṣo'bhyārohati yassūyata iti tasyaikaviṃśaṃ prātassavanaṃ bhavati dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśaḥ eṣa vai varuṇaḥ varuṇasava eṣa etarhyabhyārohati yo vai śreyāṃsamabhyāruhyāthāsmai na nihnute yayā vai sa tamārtyā kāmayate tayainaṃ ninayati tadyadete pratilomā stomā bhavanti nihnavānā evaitadapavijānānāḥ punararvāñci stomā āyanti yo vai śreyāṃsamabhyāruhyāthāsmai nihnute vyehi māpakramīriti vai sa tamāha tadyadāśvināḥ kratavaḥ punarūrdhvā udyanti yathā nihnavānaṃ brūyādvyehi māpakramīriti tādṛktat tasya rathantaraṃ mādhyandine bhavati iyaṃ vai rathantaram asyāmevaitatpratitiṣṭhati > This indeed is the form of the hair, namely that it is an Atirātra. Those which are white are the form of the day; those which are black are of the night. Therefore it is an Atirātra. Its \[stomas\] are in reverse order. In this regard, \[they say\]: 'He who is consecrated mounts upon someone superior.' His morning pressing is twenty-onefold: twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds, \[and\] that Āditya is the twenty-first. This indeed is Varuṇa; he mounts at this point upon the consecration of Varuṇa. Whosoever mounts upon someone superior and then does not make submission to him—by whichever affliction he desires for him, to that he leads him. Now, in that these stomas are in reverse order, submitting themselves, acknowledging \[this\], the stomas come back downward. Whosoever mounts upon someone superior and then makes submission to him, \[the superior\] indeed says to him: 'Come here! Do not depart.' In that the Āśvina rites rise upward again, it is just as if one were to say to him who submits: 'Come here! Do not depart.' His \[sāman\] at the midday \[pressing\] is the Rathantara. This \[earth\] indeed is the Rathantara: he is firmly established on this very \[earth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.203.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.203.p8) - [Next: 2-7.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.205) - [Up: 2-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.204) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.204) · Pramāṇa