[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) › 2-7.235 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.235 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.235 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235) pitāmahāśca sukṛta svargaṃ lokamitāstadanugaccheveti tau tapo'tapyetām tāvetaddvirātraṃ yajñamapaśyatām tamāharetām tenāyajetām tato vai tau yatrainayorṛṣayo'ṅgirasaḥ pitaraśca pitāmahāśca sukṛta svargaṃ lokamitā āsaṃstadanvagacchatām sa yaḥkāmayeta yatra me pitaraśca pitāmahāśca sukṛta svargaṃ lokaṃ itāstadanugaccheyamiti sa etena yajeta yatra haivāsya pitaraśca pitāmahāśca sukṛta svargaṃ lokamitā bhavanti tadevānugacchati atho āhuryasmādeva śreyānbhrātṛvya syātsa enena yajeteti pūrvapreta iva ha vā eṣa ya śreyān pūrvapretāniva vā etena tau tānāpnutām āptvā śreyāṃsaṃ vasīyānātmanā bhavati atho āhuḥ prajākāma evainena yajeteti ātmā vai pūrvamahaḥ prajottaram ātmānameva pūrveṇāhnā saṃskurute prajāmuttareṇa > and grandfathers, the doers of good deeds, have gone to the heavenly world?' > The two of them performed austerities. > They saw this two-day sacrificial rite. > They brought it forward. > They sacrificed with it. > Then indeed, the two followed to where their Āṅgiras seers, fathers, and grandfathers, the doers of good deeds, had gone to the heavenly world. > He who desires, 'Where my fathers and grandfathers, the doers of good deeds, have gone to the heavenly world, thither may I follow,' should sacrifice with this. > Right to where his fathers and grandfathers, the doers of good deeds, have gone to the heavenly world, he follows. > Moreover, they say: 'He against whom there is a superior rival should sacrifice with this.' > He who is superior is, as it were, like one who has died before. > As if \[reaching\] those who died before, so the two reached them by this. > Having reached the superior, one becomes better off in himself. > Moreover, they say: 'One desiring offspring should sacrifice with this.' > The self is the first day; offspring is the latter. > He refines the self by the first day, and offspring by the latter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p1) suduṣṣaja iva ha khalu vā eṣa yajñakraturyaddvirātraḥ > Difficult to connect, as it were, is this sacrificial rite, namely the two-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p2) yadi jyotiragniṣṭomaḥ pūrvamaharbhavati sarvastomo'tirātra uttaraṃ stotrāṇi > If the first day is a Jyotir-Agniṣṭoma, and the latter is an all-stoma Atirātra, they sever the chants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p3) vicchindanti > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p4) atha yadi jyotiragniṣṭomaḥ pūrvamaharbhavati sarvastoma u evātirātra uttaraṃ > Now, if the first day is a Jyotir-Agniṣṭoma, and the latter is an all-stoma Atirātra, they sever the chants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p5) stotrāṇi vicchindanti > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p6) atha yadi jyotirukthyaḥ pūrvamaharbhavati sarvastoma u evātirātra uttaraṃ > Now, if the first day is a Jyotir-Ukthya, and the latter is an all-stoma Atirātra, they make a blunder at the opening of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.235.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235.p7) yajñamukhaṃ chambaṭkurvanti > \[...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.235) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.235) · Pramāṇa