[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) › 2-7.251 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.251 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.251 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251) tadāhurnāmuṣmim̐lloke sahasrasyāvakāśo'sti ātmane vaiva na vātmane caneti tadāhuḥ kiyadita svargo loka iti yāvatsahasraṃ gaurgavyadhi pratiṣṭhitā tāvaditi brūyāt atho yāvatsahasraṃ prāṇaissaṃ prānantītyatho yāvatsahasramāśvīnānītyatho yāvatsahasraṃ yojanānītyatho yāvatsahasramahnyānīti tadgavā gavaivāpnoti sā yaiṣā śabalī paṣṭhauhyupainameṣāmuṣmim̐lloke kāmadughā bhūtvā tiṣṭhate ya evaṃ veda tārpyaṃ pratyasya dakṣiṇā nayati sahasrasya sayonitāyai sahasraṃ vai yadasṛjata tasya tārpyameva yonirāsīt tadyattārpyaṃ pratyasya sa dakṣiṇā nayati sayonyeva tatsahasraṃ karoti upa hainaṃ sahasraṃ dadivāṃsaṃ sayonisahasraṃ tiṣṭhate ya evaṃ veda sā yā sahasratamī syāttasyai karṇamājapediḷe rante mahi viśruti śukre candre havye kāmye'dite sarasvatyetāni te'ghnye nāmāni deveṣu nassukṛto brūtāditi sukṛtaṃ ha vā enaṃ deveṣvāha tāṃ kalaśamapaghrāpayatyapajighra kalaśaṃ mahyā tvā viśantvindavassā no dhukṣassahasramurudhārā payasvatīti upa hainaṃ sahasraṃ dadivāṃsaṃ sahasraṃ tiṣṭhate ya evaṃ veda > Regarding this they say: 'In that world there is no room for a thousand, either for oneself or not even for oneself.' Regarding this they say: 'How far is the heavenly world from here?' One should say: 'As far as a thousand cattle standing in a cattle-pen; furthermore, as far as a thousand breaths breathe together; furthermore, as far as a thousand horse-journeys; furthermore, as far as a thousand yojanas; furthermore, as far as a thousand days' journeys.' That he obtains indeed by cow with cow. That speckled two-year-old heifer, becoming a wish-milking cow, stands by him in that world who knows thus. Having thrown down a tarpya garment, he leads the dakṣiṇā to the south, for the safe origin of the thousand. When he created the thousand, the tarpya garment was indeed its source. In that he leads it to the south having thrown down a tarpya garment, he thereby provides that thousand with its source. A thousand, together with its source, attends him who has given a thousand, who knows thus. As for the cow that is the thousandth, he should whisper into her ear: 'O Iḍā, O Rantā, O Great One, O Renowned One, O Bright One, O Shining One, O Offering-cow, O Desirable One, O Aditi, O Sarasvatī, these are your names, O Unslayable One; declare us well-doing among the gods.' Truly she declares him well-doing among the gods. He makes her smell the soma vat: 'Smell the soma vat; let the drops enter you with greatness; do you milk a thousand for us, wide-streaming, rich in milk.' Truly a thousand attends him who has given a thousand, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p1) prajāpatirvāvedamagra āsīt > In the beginning, Prajāpati was indeed this \[universe\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p2) so'kāmayata bahuḥ syāṃ prajāyeya bhūmānaṃ gaccheyamiti > He desired: 'May I be many, may I propagate, may I attain abundance.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p3) sa tapo'tapyata > He practiced ascetic fervor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p4) sa vācamasṛjata > He created speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p5) vāco gāṃ niramimīta > From speech he fashioned a cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p6) sa ṣakṣatālaṃ vai tasmā asmi yatsṛjeyet > He saw: 'Truly, I am sufficient for that which I might create.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p7) tadannaṃ labheta yatsṛjeya hanta sṛjā iti sa vasūnasṛjata sa rudrānsa ādityān > 'That which I might create would obtain food; come, let me create!' He created the Vasus, he \[created\] the Rudras, \[and\] he \[created\] the Ādityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p8) taṃ vasava upāsīdannastu na svamiti > The Vasus approached him \[saying\]: 'Let there be property for us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p9) tebhya etāṃ gāṃ prāyacchat > To them he gave this cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.251.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251.p10) tāṃ saṃvatsaramarakṣanta > They guarded her for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.251) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.251) · Pramāṇa