[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) › 2-7.223 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.223 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.223 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223) agne viśvebhiragnibhiriti vaiśvāgnamājyaṃ bhavati agnayo vai viśve devāḥ viśvāneva tena devānapiyanti tadānuṣṭubhaṃ bhavati savanamukhe savanamukhe vācā samṛdhyāmahā iti tattrivṛdbhavati brahma vai trivṛt brahmaṇo vā ete vyṛdhyante ye vrātyāṃ dhāvayanti rājaputrā iti hyenānācakṣate tadyattrivṛdbhavati brahmaṇaiva tatsamṛdhyante pañcadaśaṃ maitrāvaruṇasya kṣatraṃ vai pañcadaśaḥ apabhraṃśo ha vai brahmaṇaḥ kṣatram kṣatreṇaiva tatsamṛdhyante saptadaśaṃ brāhmaṇācchesinaḥ prajāpatirvai saptadaśaḥ prajāpatinaiva tatsamṛdhyante ṣoḍaśamacchāvākasya indriyaṃ vai vīryaṃ ṣoḍaśī indriyeṇaiva tadvīryeṇa samṛdhyante > "O Agni, with all fires..."—this is the ājyastotra to all the fires. > The All-Gods are indeed the fires. > Through this, they reach all the gods. > It is in the anuṣṭubh meter, \[thinking:\] "May we flourish through speech at the opening of each pressing." > It is nine-fold (trivṛt); brahman indeed is the trivṛt. > Those who run the vrātyā course are deprived of brahman, > for they are called "sons of kings." > In that it is nine-fold, they flourish precisely through brahman. > The maitrāvaruṇa's \[stotra\] is fifteen-fold; > the fifteen-fold is royal power (kṣatra); > royal power is indeed an offshoot of brahman; > they flourish through royal power itself. > The brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's \[stotra\] is seventeen-fold; > Prajāpati is seventeen-fold; > they flourish through Prajāpati himself. > The acchāvāka's \[stotra\] is sixteen-fold; > the sixteen-fold is faculty and vital power; > they flourish precisely through faculty and vital power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p1) athaite uṣṇikkakubhau mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanamabhi pratyāharanti > Now, they fetch these two, the uṣṇih and the kakubh, towards the midday pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p2) prajā vai chandasāmuṣṇikkakubhau > The uṣṇih and kakubh are indeed the offspring among meters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p3) tayorbṛhato mārutasya sāmanī bhavataḥ > On them are the two sāmans of Bṛhat and of Marut, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p4) dyautāne vā devasāme > or the Dyautāna and the Devasāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p5) chandāṃsi vai svargo lokaḥ > The meters are indeed the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p6) sa yathā priyaṃ putramārabhya yācetsakhā vā sakhāyamanusaṃvidamevamevaitatsarvāṇi > Just as one might take hold of a dear son and make a request, or a friend with a friend in mutual understanding, so indeed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p7) chandāṃsyārabhya madhyato viyanti > they take hold of all meters and go across in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p8) tayoranyatarasyāṃ brahmasāma > On one of the two is the brahmasāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.223.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223.p9) brahma vai brahmasāma > The brahmasāman is indeed brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.223) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.14.52.7) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.223) · Pramāṇa