[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) › 2-7.222 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.222 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.222 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222) vācā hyapūtamamedhyaṃ vadanti teṣāmindriyaṃ vīryaṃ vāco'pakrāmati tadyadanuṣṭuppratipadbhavati abhipūrvameva tadvācā samṛdhyante so vā arbudasyarkṣu bhavati arbudo vai sarpa etābhirmṛtāṃ tvacamapāhata mriyante iva vā ete ye vrātyāṃ dhāvayanti uta hi sthaviratarasyānta āhanasyaṃ vadanti mṛtāmevaitābhistvacamapaghnate > For through speech they speak what is impure and unholy. > Faculty and vital power depart from their speech. > In that the opening verse is in the anuṣṭubh, they become fully equipped with speech from the beginning. > Now, it is \[composed\] of the verses of Arbuda. > Arbuda the serpent cast off his dead skin by means of these. > They, as it were, die—those who run the vrātyā course. > Moreover, in the presence of an elder, they speak lewd speech. > By means of these \[verses\], they cast off the dead skin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p1) so vā āgneyī bhavati > Now, it belongs to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p2) agnirvai lokānāṃ prajñapayitā > Agni indeed is the one who reveals the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p3) sa yo lokānāṃ prajñapayitā sa no lokānprajñapayāditi > \[thinking:\] "May he who reveals the worlds reveal the worlds to us!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p4) na hi te agne tanvai krūraṃ viveda martya iti yadiha krūramaśāntamacāriṣma > "For no mortal has found anything cruel in your body, O Agni"—\[this means:\] whatever cruel and unpacified \[deed\] we have done here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p5) tadetayāpahanāmahā iti > let us strike that away with this \[verse\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.222.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222.p6) kapirbibhasti tejanaṃ punarjarāyu gauriveti punarevaitayāpiyanti > "The monkey chews the reed, as the cow her afterbirth again"—in this way they enter \[life\] again through this \[verse\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.222) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.222) · Pramāṇa