[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) › 2-7.243 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.243 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.243 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243) atha yo'bandhuranūcāna syāttasmai dvitīye'handadyāt yathā vā idamantarikṣamevaṃ saḥ antarikṣamiti vā idaṃ vidurvedaṃ tasya viduḥ atha yo bandhumānananūcāna syāttasmai tṛtīye'hani dadyāt yathā vā asau dyaurevaṃ saḥ dyauriti vā amuṃ vidurbandhu tasya viduḥ anvahaṃ daśato dīyante daśākṣarā virāṭ vairājo yajñaḥ saiva sā vyavacchinnā dīyate anvahaṃ śatāni dīyante eṣā vai yajñasya mātrā yacchatam saiva sā vyavacchinnā dīyate trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni prathame'hani dadyāt trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni dvitīye'hani dadyāt trayastriṃśataṃ ca trīṇi ca śatāni tṛtīye'hani dadyāt athaiṣā sahasratamī trirūpā dvidevatyā tasyai dvau bhāgau brahmaṇa eko'gnīdhaḥ > Then, one who is without kin and is learned, to him one should give on the second day. Just as this intermediate space is, so is he. They know this as the intermediate space; they know the knowledge of him. Then, one who has kin and is unlearned, to him one should give on the third day. Just as that sky is, so is he. They know that as the sky; they know the kin of him. Day by day tens are given; the Virāṭ has ten syllables; the sacrifice belongs to the Virāṭ; it is unbroken that it is given. Day by day hundreds are given; this is indeed the measure of the sacrifice, that is a hundred; it is unbroken that it is given. One should give three hundred and thirty-three on the first day; one should give three hundred and thirty-three on the second day; one should give three hundred and thirty-three on the third day. Then there is this thousandth \[cow\], having three forms, belonging to two deities. Of her, two shares belong to the Brahman, one to the Āgnīdhra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p1) prajāpatirvā idamagra āsīt > Prajāpati, indeed, was this \[universe\] in the beginning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p2) nānyaṃ dvitīyaṃ paśyamānastasya vāgeva svamāsīdvāgdvitīyā sa ṣakṣata hantemāṃ > Seeing no other, no second, speech alone was his own; speech was his second. He considered: "Come, let me send forth this > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p3) vācaṃ visṛjai > speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p4) iyaṃ vāvedaṃ visṛṣṭā sarvaṃ vibhavantyeṣyantīti > Once sent forth, she will become pervasive, pervading all this." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p5) tāṃ vāgityeva vyasṛjata > He emitted her as just "Vāc!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p6) sordhvodātanodyathāpāṃ dhārā santataivam > She extended upward, continuous like a stream of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p7) tasyā etyekamakṣaramacchinat > From her he cut off one syllable: "e". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p8) tadidamabhavat > That became this \[earth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p9) abhūdvā idamiti > "This has become (abhūt)," \[he said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p10) tadbhūmerbhūmitvam > Hence the earth's (bhūmi) nature as earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.243.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p11) keti dvitīyam > The second \[he cut off\] as "ka". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.243) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa.235) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243) · Pramāṇa