[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) › 2-7.227 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.227 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.227 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227) sa trivṛdbhavati trivṛdvai stomānāmagraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam sa yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa no'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi sa gāyatrīṣu bhavati gāyatrī vai chandasāmagraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam sā yāgraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sā no'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati rathantaraṃ vai pṛṣṭhānāmagraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam tadyadagraṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ tanno'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro vā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam sa yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa no'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro vā agraṃ jyaiṣṭhyam sa yo'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ sa no'graṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ gamayāditi gacchanti ha kaniṣṭhāssanto jyeṣṭhatām > It is ninefold. The Trivṛt is indeed the foremost and senior among the stomas. 'May that which is foremost and senior lead us to the forefront and seniority,' \[he thinks\]. It is in the Gāyatrī verses. The Gāyatrī is indeed the foremost and senior among the meters. 'May that which is foremost and senior lead us to the forefront and seniority,' \[he thinks\]. Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara. The Rathantara is indeed the foremost and senior among the pṛṣṭhas. 'May that which is foremost and senior lead us to the forefront and seniority,' \[he thinks\]. It has twelve stotras. Twelve months make a year. The year is indeed the foremost and senior. 'May that which is foremost and senior lead us to the forefront and seniority,' \[he thinks\]. It has twenty-four chanted and recited hymns. Twenty-four half-months make a year. The year is indeed the foremost and senior. 'May that which is foremost and senior lead us to the forefront and seniority,' \[he thinks\]. Even being the youngest, they attain seniority. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p1) athaite cāturmāsyāḥ > Now these four-month seasonal sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p2) prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata > Prajāpati created creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p3) tā asya sṛṣṭāḥ parābhavan > When created by him, they perished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p4) tadidaṃ sarīsṛpamabhavadyadanyatsarpebhyaḥ > They became these crawling creatures, whatever is other than snakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p5) sa dvitīyā asṛjata > He created a second \[generation of\] creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.227.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227.p6) tā asya paraivābhavan > They also perished from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.227) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.227) · Pramāṇa