[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) › 2-7.256 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.256 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.256 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256) anvahaṃ sauparṇāni bhavanti svargyāṇi svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai tadāhuḥ kṣiprāṇi sāmānīśvaro yajamānaṃ purāyuṣaḥ pramathitoḥ dve eva kārye patanāyaiveti saṃ vā enaṃ tatsādhayantītyāhuḥ ekameva kāryaṃ samaṣṭyā eveti kimu ya enaṃ pramathnīyurapi sarvāṇyeva kāryāṇi trirātreṇa vai devā ūrdhvā svargaṃ lokamāyan sa eṣāmasaṃgṛhīto vīvāvṛhyata taṃ gāyatrapārśveṇaivodastabhnuvansaṃtaninā samatanvansaṃkṛtinā samakurvaṃstriṣandhinā samadadhuḥ śrāyantīyena samaśrīṇannariṣṭenāriṣṭatāmagamayan tadyadetāni sāmāni bhavanti trirātrasyaivottabdhyai trirātrasya santatyai trirātrasya saṃkṛtyai trirātrasya saṃhityai trirātrasya saṃśrityai trirātrasyāriṣṭatāyai ṣaḷe kakubhi svāramuṣṇihi trirātramevaitanmadhyato vyatiṣajantyanavasraṃsāya > Day after day there are the Sauparṇa sāmans, belonging to heaven, for the attainment of the heavenly world. / Regarding this they say: 'These sāmans are rapid; they might cut down the sacrificer before his full span of life. / Only two are to be performed, just for flight.' / They also say: 'They effect this for him; / only one is to be performed, just for attainment.' / Why then should they cut him down? All of them should be performed. / The gods went upwards to the heavenly world by means of the three-day rite. / Not being firmly held, it was being torn apart for them. / With the Gāyatrapārśva they propped it up; with the Saṃtanin they held it together; with the Saṃkṛti they put it in order; with the Triṣandhi they joined it; with the Śrāyantīya they made it adhere; with the Ariṣṭa they brought it to harmlessness. / That these sāmans are performed is for propping up the three-day rite, for holding together the three-day rite, for putting in order the three-day rite, for joining the three-day rite, for making the three-day rite adhere, for the harmlessness of the three-day rite. / The six-day rite has the Kakubh, the Svāra has the Uṣṇih; / they interweave the three-day rite right in the middle, so that it does not collapse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p1) ṣaṭca vai gāyatrī prathamamahassaṃpadyate daśa ca stotryāḥ > The first day amounts to six Gāyatrī verses and ten stotra verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p2) ṣaṭca vai triṣṭubho dvitīyamahassaṃpadyata ekāṃ ca stotryām > The second day amounts to six Triṣṭubh verses and one stotra verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p3) atha yattṛtīyamahastasya dve savane jagatīssaṃpadyate'nuṣṭubhaḥ > Now as for the third day: its two soma pressings amount to Jagatī verses, \[and\] to Anuṣṭubh verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p4) tṛtīyasavanamekaviṃśaṣṣoḍaśī > The third pressing is the twenty-one-fold Ṣoḍaśin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p5) ṣoḍaśī vai pūrvayorahnorapitvamaicchata > The Ṣoḍaśin desired a share in the two preceding days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p6) ṣoḍaśini pūrve'hanī apitvamaicchetām > The two preceding days desired a share in the Ṣoḍaśin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p7) tametābhirekādaśabhi stotryābhirupasaṃparāitām > They approached him with these eleven stotra verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p8) sa ānuṣṭubhaṣṣoḍaśī samapadyata > That Ṣoḍaśin amounted to the Anuṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p9) sa yo vai ṣoḍaśinaṃ pūrvayorahnorapitvinaṃ veda ṣoḍaśini pūrve'hanī apitvinī > He who knows the Ṣoḍaśin as having a share in the two preceding days, and the two preceding days as having a share in the Ṣoḍaśin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.256.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256.p10) apitvī ha tatra bhavati yatra kāmayate'pitvī ha syāmiti > becomes a shareholder wherever he desires: 'May I be a shareholder!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.256) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.256) · Pramāṇa