[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) › 2-7.246 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.246 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.246 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.246) idameva prathamenāhnā vyakarodyadasyāmāyattamūlamidaṃ dvitīyena yatprāṇadejatyadastṛtīyena yadvarṣati yannakṣatrāṇi yadamuṃ lokaṃ bheje mahāvrataṃ vā etadyadeṣa trirātrasya yānyeteṣāmahnāṃ bahiṣpavamānāni tacchiraḥ ye'bhito'hanī tau pakṣau yanmadhyamamahassa ātmā agniṣṭomasāmānyeva puccham atho āhuryadevāsāvudeti tacchiraḥ ye'bhito'hanī tau pakṣau yanmadhyamamahassa ātmā agnireva puccham atho āhurya evāsāvudeti tacchiraḥ ye'bhito'hanī tau pakṣau yanmadhyamamahassa ātmā yadevāstameti tatpucchamiti > By the first day he developed this very \[world\], what has taken root in it; by the second, what breathes and moves; by the third, that \[world\] above, what rains, what is the stars, what fell to the share of that world. This, indeed, is the Mahāvrata of the three-day rite: what the Bahiṣpavamāna \[stotras\] of these days are, that is the head; the two days on either side are the two wings; the middle day is the trunk; the Agniṣṭoma-sāmans are the tail. Moreover, they say: the fact that that \[sun\] rises, that is the head; the two days on either side are the two wings; the middle day is the trunk; Agni is the tail. Moreover, they say: he who rises there, that is the head; the two days on either side are the two wings; the middle day is the trunk; the fact that he sets, that is the tail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.245](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.245) - [Next: 2-7.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.247) - [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.2-7.246) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavedabrahmananyastau.201.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.246) · Pramāṇa