[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) › 2-7.230 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.230 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.230 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230) brahmaṇaiva prajāssṛjate ya evaṃ veda tasyāgneyaśca bārhaspatyaśca paśū bhavataḥ brahma vā agniḥ brahma bṛhaspatiḥ brahmaṇā vā enāstadabhipūrvamasṛjata brahmaṇaivābhipūrvaṃ prajāssṛjate ya evaṃ veda tasya maitrāvaruṇyanūbandhyā bhavati mitro vai yajñasya sviṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāti varuṇo duriṣṭam tadyanmaitrāvaruṇyanūbandhyā bhavati punarevāsmai mitro dadāti sviṣṭamasmai varuṇaḥ karoti dyāvāpṛthivyopālaṃbhyā bhavati dyāvāpṛthivī vā āikṣetāṃ yadvā ayamidaṃ sṛjata āvaṃ vā ayamidaṃ pratiṣṭhe paśyansṛjate hantāsminbhāgadheyamicchāvahā iti te'sminbhāgadheyamaicchetām tābhyāmetāṃ dyāvāpṛthivyāmupālaṃbhyāmakalpayat tadyadetā dyāvāpṛthivyopālaṃbhyā bhavati dyāvāpṛthivī evaitena bhāgadheyena niravadayante āgneyaḥ paśuryajño vā agnirnedyajñādagnerayāmeti > By means of brahman he creates creatures, whoever knows thus. > Its \[sacrificial\] animals are one for Agni and one for Bṛhaspati. > Agni is brahman; > Bṛhaspati is brahman. > By means of brahman he then created them in succession. > By means of brahman he creates creatures in succession, whoever knows thus. > Its anūbandhyā cow is for Mitra and Varuṇa. > Mitra takes what is well sacrificed of the sacrifice, Varuṇa what is badly sacrificed. > In that the anūbandhyā cow is for Mitra and Varuṇa, Mitra gives back to him, > and Varuṇa makes it well sacrificed for him. > The upālambhyā animal is for Heaven and Earth. > Heaven and Earth considered: 'Since this one creates this, seeing us two as a support he creates this. Come, let us seek a share in him.' > They sought a share in him. > For them he arranged this upālambhyā animal belonging to Heaven and Earth. > In that this upālambhyā animal is for Heaven and Earth, they appease Heaven and Earth with this share. > The animal is for Agni; the sacrifice is Agni, lest we go away from Agni, the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.230.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230.p1) tā asya prajāssṛṣṭā varuṇasya yavamādan > These creatures of his, when created, ate Varuṇa's barley. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.230.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230.p2) tā varuṇo varuṇapāśenāgṛhṇāt > Varuṇa seized them with Varuṇa's noose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.230.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230.p3) sa ṣakṣata yā amūḥ pūrvāḥ prajā asṛkṣi parā tā abhūvan > He considered: 'Those former creatures that I created have perished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.230) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.230) · Pramāṇa