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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.239

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.239

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-7.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239)

ūnātiriktādvai mithunātprajāḥ paśavaḥ prajāyante  
tattatprajananaṃ kriyate  
tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati  
prajananaṃ vai rathantaram  
tattatprajananaṃ kriyate  
tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti  
dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsaraḥ  
saṃvatsaraḥ prajananam  
tattatprajananaṃ kriyate  
tasya caturviṃśati stutaśastrāṇi bhavanti  
caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ  
saṃvatsaraḥ prajananam  
tattadabhipūrvaṃ prajananaṃ kriyate  
pra prajayā paśubhirjāyate ya evaṃ veda  
sarvastomo'tirātro bhavati sarveṣāṃ lokānāmabhijityā abhikrāntyai  
sarvaṃ hīdaṃ stomā eva  
atho yānimānekaikānstomānupāgāma tānsārdhamṛddhvā teṣu  
pratiṣṭhāyodṛcamaśnavāmahā iti

> From a pair that is deficient and redundant, offspring and cattle are born. Thus that procreation is effected. Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara. Procreation, verily, is the Rathantara. Thus that procreation is effected. It has twelve stotras. Twelve months are the year. The year is procreation. Thus that procreation is effected. It has twenty-four chants and recitations. Twenty-four half-months are the year. The year is procreation. Thus procreation is effected in regular order. He who knows this multiplies with offspring and cattle. The second day is an all-stoma Atirātra, for the conquest and attainment of all the worlds. For all this is just the stomas. And \[they think\], 'Having attained together those stomas that we have approached one by one, and having established ourselves in them, may we reach the completion.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p1)

atha yasyaitasya trivṛtpañcadaśaḥ saptadaśa iti

> Now, for whomsoever of this rite \[the stomas\] are trivṛt, pañcadaśa, and saptadaśa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p2)

pūrvamaharbhavatyekaviṃśastriṇavastrayastriṃśa ityuttaraṃ svargakāmo haitena yajeta

> that is the first day; the second is ekaviṃśa, triṇava, and trayastriṃśa. One desiring the heavenly world should sacrifice with this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p3)

ūrdhvā ete stomā bhavanti

> These stomas are ascending.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p4)

ūrdhvo vai svargo lokaḥ

> Upward, verily, is the heavenly world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p5)

svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai

> for the attainment of the heavenly world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p6)

abhikrāntastomā bhavanti

> The stomas are advancing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-7.239.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.239.p7)

abhikrāntena ha vai yajñasya bhuñjate

> By that which is advancing, they enjoy the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.239) — English, machine translation

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