[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) › 2-7.244 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.244 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.244 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.244) tadidamantarikṣamabhavat antareva vā idamubhayamabhūditi tadantarikṣasyāntarikṣatvam ho iti tṛtīyamūrdhvamudāsyat taddyaurabhavat adyutadiva vā ada iti taddivo divatvam prajāpatirvā idamagra ekākṣarāṃ vācaṃ tredhā vyabhajat ta ime lokā abhavanṛkṣā anupajīvanīyāḥ so'śocatso'tapyata sa ṣakṣata kathamime lokā loma gṛhṇīyuḥ kathamupajīvanavanta syuriti sa etaṃ trirātraṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata tameṣu lokeṣvanvāyātayat tato vā ime lokā lomāgṛhṇestata upajīvanavanto'bhavan trirātrasya ha khalu vā idaṃ puṣṭhaṃ trirātrasyodaraṇaṃ yadeṣu lokeṣvadhi gacchati paśūnāṃ dvipadāṃ catuṣpadāṃ bhūmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda > That became this intermediate space. "In between (antar), indeed, has this both become," \[he thought\]; hence the intermediate space's (antarikṣa) nature as intermediate space. He cast the third \[syllable\], "ho", upward. That became the sky. "That has shone (adyutat), as it were," \[he thought\]; hence the sky's (div) nature as sky. Prajāpati, indeed, in the beginning divided speech of single syllable threefold. These became these worlds, bare, not fit to support life. He grieved; he practiced heat. He considered: "How may these worlds acquire hair? How may they become life-supporting?" He saw this three-day rite, the sacrifice. He took it; he sacrificed with it. He placed it in order along these worlds. Thereupon these worlds acquired hair; thereupon they became life-supporting. That indeed is the fullness of the three-day rite, that is the rising of the three-day rite, by which he who knows thus attains preeminence over these worlds, an abundance of cattle, two-footed and four-footed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.243.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.243.p11) - [Next: 2-7.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.245) - [Up: 2-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.244) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.16.1.1) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.244) · Pramāṇa