[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) › 2-7.241 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.241 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.241 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241) athaite trirātrāḥ trirātreṇa vai devā eṣu lokeṣvārdhnuvaṃstrirātreṇa svargaṃ lokamāyan vāgvai trirātraḥ vāco rūpeṇājyāni cāhāni ca vibhajyante ekākṣarā vai vāktryakṣaramakṣaram akṣarasya rūpeṇa vibhajyante trayo gandharvāḥ teṣāmeṣā bhaktiragneḥ pṛthivī vāyorantarikṣamasāvyathā vā asau dyaurevaṃ saḥ ādityasya dyauḥ tadeṣābhyanūcyate trayaḥ kṛṇvanti bhuvaneṣu retastisraḥ prajā āryā jyotiragrāḥ trayo gharmāsa uṣasaṃ sacante sarvaṃ ittaṃ anu vidurvasiṣṭhāḥ iti tadyadāha trayaḥ kṛṇvanti bhuvaneṣu reta ityagniḥ pṛthivyāṃ retaḥ kṛṇoti vāyurantarikṣa ādityo divi tisraḥ prajā āryā jyotiragrā iti - > Now these three-day rites: By the three-day rite, the gods prospered in these worlds; by the three-day rite, they went to the heavenly world. Speech, verily, is the three-day rite. According to the form of speech, the ājya \[stotras\] and the days are divided. Speech has one syllable; a syllable has three sounds. They are divided according to the form of the syllable. There are three Gandharvas. Their share is this: Agni's is the earth, Vāyu's is the intermediate region, and that yonder—just as that yonder is the sky, so it is—Āditya's is the sky. Regarding this, it is recited: 'Three make the seed in the creatures; three are the noble offspring with light at their head; three caldrons attend the dawn; the Vasiṣṭhas know all that in order.' When it says, 'Three make the seed in the creatures,' Agni makes seed on the earth, Vāyu in the intermediate region, Āditya in heaven. 'Three are the noble offspring with light at their head': > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p1) - vasavo rudrā ādityāḥ > the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Ādityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p2) teṣāmeti jyotiragraṃ yadasāvādityaḥ > That light at their head with which they go is that Āditya yonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p3) trayo gharmāsa uṣasaṃ sacanta ityagniruṣasaṃ sacate vāyuruṣasaṃ sacata āditya > 'Three caldrons attend the dawn': Agni attends the dawn, Vāyu attends the dawn, Āditya > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p4) uṣasaṃ sacate > attends the dawn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p5) sarvaṃ ittaṃ anu vidurvasiṣṭhā iti ye vai brāhmaṇāśśuśruvāṃsaste vasiṣṭhāste > 'The Vasiṣṭhas know all that in order': those Brahmins who are learned, they are the Vasiṣṭhas, for they > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p6) hyetatsarvaṃ anu viduḥ > know all this in order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p7) etāvānvāva trirātraḥ > Just so great is the three-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p8) gāyatraḥ prāṇastraiṣṭubhaṃ cakṣurjāgataṃ śrotram > The breath is of the Gāyatrī meter, the eye is of the Triṣṭubh meter, the ear is of the Jagatī meter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p9) trīṇi mithunāni tānyeṣu mithunaṃ dve sambhavato yanmithunātprajāyate tattṛtīyam > There are three pairs among these: a pair comes together as two; that which is born of the pair is the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p10) indro vṛtrāya vajramudayacchat > Indra raised the thunderbolt against Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p11) taṃ viṣṇuranvatiṣṭhat > Viṣṇu stood behind him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p12) so'bravīdasti vā idaṃ tyasmiṃsteja indriyaṃ vīryam > He \[Vṛtra\] said, 'Indeed, there is this fiery energy, faculty, and vital power in that one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p13) tatta āharāṇi > I will bring that to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p14) mā me prahārṣīriti > Do not strike me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p15) tatheti > 'So be it,' \[said Indra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.241.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241.p16) tadasmai prāyacchat > He gave that to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.241) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.241) · Pramāṇa