[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) › 2-8.284 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.284 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.284 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284) agniṣṭomo vai prathamamaharukthyo dvitīyaṃ ṣoḍaśimāṃstṛtīyamatirātraścaturtham nānāvīryāṇyahāni bhavanti vīrāṇāmeva nānāvīryatāyai atha ha smāha takṣako bhāgerathirmātsyo rājānu catūrātraḥ pṛṣṭhāni vyāpnoti dvirātro vai bṛhadrathantarābhyāṃ tāyata iti vairūpaṃ ca mahānāmnayaśca tṛtīye'hani kuryuḥ rāthantare vaite rāthantaraṃ tṛtīyamahariti vairājaṃ ca revatyaśca caturthe'hani kuryuḥ bārhate vaite bārhataṃ caturthamahariti evaṃ vai catūrātraḥ pṛṣṭhāni vyāpnotīti ha sma sa āha tadāhuḥ ko yajñānāṃ varṣiṣṭhaḥ ko variṣṭha iti sa brūyāttrirātra eva yajñānāṃ varṣiṣṭha iti ime vai lokāstrirātro diśa eva catūrātraḥ > The first day is an Agniṣṭoma, the second an Ukthya, the third has the Ṣoḍaśin, the fourth is an Atirātra. The days have different vital powers, for the distinct vital powers of heroes. Now Takṣaka Bhāgerathi, the king of the Matsyas, used to say: 'The four-day rite encompasses the pṛṣṭhas. A two-day rite is extended with the Bṛhat and Rathantara.' They should use the Vairūpa and the Mahānāmnī verses on the third day; or these are connected to the Rathantara, saying 'The third day belongs to the Rathantara.' They should use the Vairāja and the Revatī verses on the fourth day; or these are connected to the Bṛhat, saying 'The fourth day belongs to the Bṛhat.' 'Thus, indeed, the four-day rite encompasses the pṛṣṭhas,' so he used to say. Regarding this they say: 'Which of the sacrifices is the most expansive? Which is the broadest?' He should say: 'The three-day rite is the most expansive of sacrifices; these worlds are the three-day rite, the directions are the four-day rite.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p1) athaiṣa jāmadagnyaḥ > Now this four-day rite of Jamadagni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p2) prajananakāmo haitena yajeta > One desirous of propagation should sacrifice with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p3) jamadagnirvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeyeti > Jamadagni, indeed, desired: 'May I propagate abundantly with offspring and cattle.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p4) sa etaṃ catūrātraṃ yajñamapaśyat > He saw this four-day sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p5) tamāharat > He brought it forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p6) tenāyajata > He sacrificed with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p7) tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata > Then, indeed, he propagated abundantly with offspring and cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p8) api hāsya dvāvaurvau prajāyāṃ na saṃjajñāte kayastvamasi kayastvamasīti > Even two Aurvas among his offspring did not recognize each other, asking: 'Whose son are you? Whose son are you?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p9) tathā bahuriha prajajñe > So abundantly did he propagate here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p10) tasmādidamapyetarhi dvāvaurvau palitau samāgatya na saṃjānāte > Therefore, even today, when two grey-haired Aurvas meet, they do not recognize each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p11) bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate ya evaṃ veda > Abundantly with offspring and cattle he propagates who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p12) tasyāhussaṃvatsaraṃ eva dīkṣā syuriti > Regarding it they say: The consecrations should be for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p13) prajananaṃ vai saṃvatsaraḥ > The year, indeed, is propagation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p14) prajananameṣa yajñaḥ > This sacrifice is propagation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p15) tattatprajananaṃ kriyate > Thereby propagation is effected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p16) tasmādu hainena prajananakāmo yajeta > Therefore one desirous of propagation should sacrifice with it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p17) atho āhuraṣṭācatvāriṃśadeva syuriti > Moreover they say: There should be forty-eight \[days of consecration\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.284.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284.p18) aṣṭācatvāriṃśadakṣarā vai jagatī > The Jagatī, indeed, has forty-eight syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.284) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.284) · Pramāṇa