[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) › 2-7.268 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.268 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.268 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-7.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.268) vīryameṣa yajña iti atho āhurya eva yugyayorvahīyānsa ālabhya iti vīryeṇa ha vai sa tayorvahīyān vīryameṣa yajña iti tasminha śaunakaśca kāpeyo'bhipratāraṇaśca samūdāte yaḥkathaṃrūpassa ālabhya iti tau ha kṛṣṇapiśaṅge saṃpādayāṃ cakratuḥ yasya śvetasya sataḥ kṛṣṇamasti kṛṣṇasya vā sata śvetaṃ sa eva saḥ prajāpatinyaṅgaḥ prajāpaterakṣyaśvayat tatparāpatat tadapaḥ prāviśat tato'śvassamabhavat yadaśvayattasmādaśvaḥ yacchvayathossamabhavattasmātpūtiryadapaḥ prāviśattasmācchvetanaḥ | śvetavarṇaḥṣ śvetasya vā vai sato'kṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇamasti kṛṣṇasya vā sata śvetam sa eva sa prajāpatinyaṅgaḥ tametadālabhante > Vital power is this sacrifice.' Then they say: 'He who of the two yoke-fellows is the stronger drawer is to be seized. For through vital power is he the stronger drawer of the two. Vital power is this sacrifice.' Regarding this, Śaunaka Kāpeya and Abhipratārin debated: 'Of what color and form is he that is to be seized?' The two agreed on a black and reddish-brown one: 'He who, being white, has black \[marks\], or being black, has white \[marks\]—that very one is the bodily mark of Prajāpati. Prajāpati's eye swelled; it fell away; it entered the waters. Thence the horse (aśva) arose. Because it swelled (aśvayat), therefore it is called horse (aśva). Because it arose from swelling, therefore it has a bad smell; because it entered the waters, therefore it is of a bright, white color. For an eye, being white, has black, or being black, has white. That very one is the bodily mark of Prajāpati. That one they seize on this occasion.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-7.267.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.267.p3) - [Next: 2-7.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.269) - [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.2-7.268) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-7.268) · Pramāṇa