[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) › 2-8.281 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.281 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.281 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.281) ta etaṃ catūrātraṃ yajñamapaśyan tamāharan tenāyajanta tato vai teṣāṃ catvāraścatvāro vīrā ājāyanta asya catvāraścatvāro vīrā ājāyante ya evaṃ veda ā caturaṃ ha khalu vai mithunaṃ prajananaṃ mithunaṃ parācīnam ekaśca vā ekā ca dvau ca dve ca trayaśca tisraśca catvāraśca catasraśca etadvā ā caturaṃ mithunaṃ prajananam na ha vai pañca ca pañca ceti nāma santi tadyanmithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasya caturviṃśāḥ pavamānā bhavanti caturviṃśatyardhamāsassaṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi tasyobhe bṛhadrathantare sāmanī bhavataḥ etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yadubhe bṛhadrathantare tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi tasyobhaye stomā bhavantyayujaśca yugmantaśca etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yadubhaye stomāḥ tadyaddaivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi > They saw this four-day sacrifice. They brought it forth. They sacrificed with it. Then, indeed, four heroes each were born to them. Four heroes each are born to him who knows thus. Up to four, indeed, is productive pairing, a progressive pairing: one male and one female, two males and two females, three males and three females, four males and four females—this, indeed, up to four, is productive pairing. There are no names like 'five and five'. Thinking, 'May that productive pairing cause me to propagate.' Its pavamāna-stotras are twenty-four-fold; the year has twenty-four half-months; the year is propagation: thinking, 'May it cause me to propagate.' It has both sāmans, the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. This, indeed, is the divine productive pairing, namely both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. Thinking, 'May that divine productive pairing cause me to propagate.' It has both kinds of stomas, the odd and the even. This, indeed, is the divine productive pairing, namely both kinds of stomas. Thinking, 'May that divine productive pairing cause me to propagate.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.280.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.280.p8) - [Next: 2-8.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.282) - [Up: 2-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.281) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.281) · Pramāṇa