[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) › 2-7.262 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.262 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.262 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262) teṣāṃ prāṇa evāśrāvayadapānaḥ pratyāśrāvayat mana eva hotāsīt prajāpatireva caturtho brahmā dakṣiṇata āsta taṃ prajāpatereva hṛdaye'gnau sarvahutaṃ ajuhavuḥ tasmāddhutādagnirdevatājāyata tadṛco vedaḥ anu vāyurdevatājāyata tadyajūṃṣi vedaḥ anvādityo devatājāyata tatsāmāni vedaḥ anvete ca trayo devānāṃ śreṣṭhā ajāyantaitāśca tisro viyāḥ śaśvaddhaitāvadeva prajāpatinā sṛṣṭam athaitābhireva devatābhiridamitaratsarvam te'bruvanyena naḥ pitā prajāpatiryajñeneṣṭvārātsīttena yajāmahā iti te tamāharanta teṣāṃ vāyurevāśrāvayadādityaḥ pratyāśrāvayat agnireva hotāsīt prajāpatireva candramāścaturtho brahmā dakṣiṇata āsta > Of them, breath called for recitation, and downward breath responded. Mind was the Hotṛ. Prajāpati himself, as the fourth, sat as the Brahman on the south. They offered it as a complete oblation into the fire in Prajāpati's own heart. From that being offered, the deity Agni was born: that is the knowledge of the verses. Next, the deity Vāyu was born: that is the knowledge of the sacrificial formulas. Next, the deity Āditya was born: that is the knowledge of the chants. Next, these three best of the gods were born, and these three sciences. Surely just so much was created by Prajāpati. Then, through these very deities, all this other \[universe was created\]. They said: "With the sacrifice with which our father Prajāpati succeeded after sacrificing, with that let us sacrifice!" They brought it. Of them, Vāyu called for recitation, and Āditya responded. Agni was the Hotṛ. Prajāpati himself, the Moon, as the fourth, sat as the Brahman on the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.262.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262.p1) ta eva caturhotāramāsata > They performed the sacrifice with four Hotṛs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.262.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262.p2) ete ha vāva caturhotāro yānimānāhuścaturhotṝn > These indeed are the four Hotṛs, which they call the Caturhotṛs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-7.262.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262.p3) teṣāṃ sahasratamyāmāhutyāṃ gaurājāyata > At their thousandth oblation, a cow was born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-7.262) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.262) · Pramāṇa