[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) › 2-7.245 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.245 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.245 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.245) yatho ha vai maṇau maṇisūtramotaṃ syādevameṣu lokeṣu trirātra otaḥ śobhate'sya mukhaṃ ya evaṃ veda eṣā ha khalu vai pratyakṣaṃ vāgyajjihvāgreṇaitadvāco vadati yadeti madhyenaitadvāco vadati yadketi sarvayaitadvāco raso'dhyūrdhva udvadati yaddho iti ho iti hi sarvā vāk tadyadetāni rūpāṇyājyeṣu cāhassu ca niyujyante mukhata evaitadvācaṃ visṛjante mukhato yājñiyaṃ karma prajāpatiryadvācaṃ vyasṛjata sākṣaradeva tasyā etyeva prathamamakṣaraṃ kṣeti dvitīyaṃ raditi tṛtīyam tadyena yena vai rūpeṇa prajāpatirvācaṃ vyasṛjata tena tena rūpeṇājyānyārabhyante tena tenāhānyāpyante akṣareṣṭhā ha khalu vā eṣa yajño yastrirātraḥ akṣaraṃ tryakṣaraṃ tryakṣarastrirātraḥ akṣaraṃ trirātraḥ sa ha vā enaṃ veda ya enaṃ puruṣasammitaṃ veda puruṣastrirātraḥ > Just as a string of gems would be woven into a gem, even so the three-day rite is woven into these worlds. The face of him who knows thus shines. This, indeed, is speech perceived directly: that which one speaks with the tip of the tongue is "e"; that which one speaks with the middle of speech is "ka"; that the sap of all speech speaks up above is "ho"; for "ho" is all speech. Therefore, when these forms are employed in the Ājya \[stotras\] and in the days, they emit speech from the very mouth; they emit the sacrificial rite from the mouth. When Prajāpati emitted speech, it was \[composed of\] syllables (akṣara). Its first syllable was "e"; the second was "kṣa"; the third was "rad". Therefore, with whatever form Prajāpati emitted speech, with that form the Ājya \[stotras\] are commenced; with that \[form\] the days are obtained. Truly this sacrifice, which is the three-day rite, rests upon the syllable. The syllable is three syllables; the three-day rite is three syllables; the three-day rite is the syllable. He indeed knows it who knows it as commensurate with man: the three-day rite is man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.244) - [Next: 2-7.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.246) - [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.2-7.245) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavedabrahmananyastau.199.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.245) · Pramāṇa