[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) › 2-8.286 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.286 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.286 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286) tadāhuryadgāyatryā prathamamahastāyate triṣṭubhā dvitīyaṃ jagatyā tṛtīyamanuṣṭubhā caturthamatha kasmājjāgata evaiṣa yajña ākhyāyata iti sa brūyādyadā vai bahvaśvo vā bahvaśvatarīko vānyānanyānāyuñjānā etyevamevaitajjagatyanyadanyacchando'bhyārohantyetīti atho yadevaitāni stotrāṇi saṃstutāni jagatīmabhi saṃpadyante teno eva jāgata iti atho jyaiṣṭhyaṃ vai jagatī chandasām tasmājjyaiṣṭhyena gṛhyānācakṣatainena gṛhyāṃścakṣate ya evaṃ veda dvirātro ha khalu vā eṣa tāyate yo bṛhadrathantarābhyāmabhi tvā vṛṣabhā suta ityetāsu tṛtīye'hani rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ kuryuḥ tadyadabhi tveti tena rathantarasya rūpānna yanti gāyatryāyātayāmnyā tṛtīyamahastāyate kastamindra tvāvasaviti maitrāvaruṇasāma tāsāmihākṣarāṇi saṃpadyante taṃ tvā yajñebhirīmaha ityetāsu caturthe'hani bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ kuryuḥ tadyattaṃ tveti tena bṛhato rūpānna yanti anuṣṭubhāyātayāmnyā caturthamahastāyate vayamu tvāmapūrvyeti maitrāvaruṇasāma tāsāmihākṣarāṇi saṃpadyante > As to this they say: 'Since the first day is performed with the Gāyatrī, the second with the Triṣṭubh, the third with the Jagatī, and the fourth with the Anuṣṭubh, then why is this sacrifice proclaimed as belonging only to the Jagatī?' He should say: 'Just as a man having many horses or many mules goes along yoking one after another, even so they mount upon one meter after another in the Jagatī.' And also, because these chants, when praised together, turn into the Jagatī, for that reason too it belongs to the Jagatī. Moreover, the Jagatī is the eldest among the meters. Therefore, people designate householders according to seniority; they designate householders \[in this way\] through him who knows thus. This \[sacrifice\] which is performed with the Bṛhat and Rathantara is indeed a two-day rite. On the verses 'Toward you, the bull, pressed...', they should make the Rathantara the pṛṣṭha on the third day. Because it begins with 'Toward you', they do not depart from the form of the Rathantara. The third day is performed with the unexhausted Gāyatrī. 'Who was that Indra to you with aid...' is the Maitrāvaruṇa's sāman. Its syllables here correspond. On the verses 'Thee we seek with sacrifices...', they should make the Bṛhat the pṛṣṭha on the fourth day. Because it begins with 'Thee', they do not depart from the form of the Bṛhat. The fourth day is performed with the unexhausted Anuṣṭubh. 'We to thee, unapproached...' is the Maitrāvaruṇa's sāman. Its syllables here correspond. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p1) vyūḍhacchandā ha khalu vā eṣa catūrātraḥ > This four-day rite indeed has its meters rearranged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p2) pūrvo vai bṛhatyai pṛṣṭheṣu yoga uttaro gāyatryai pūrvo vā uṣṇikkakubhorārbhave yoga > The first conjunction in the pṛṣṭhas belongs to the Bṛhatī, the subsequent to the Gāyatrī; the first conjunction in the Ārbhava \[pavamāna\] belongs to the Uṣṇih and Kakubh, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p3) uttaro'nuṣṭubhaḥ > the subsequent to the Anuṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p4) tadyadetāni vyatiṣaktāni chandāṃsi kriyante vyatiṣaktādvai mithunātprajāḥ paśavaḥ > When these meters are made intertwined, \[it is because\] offspring and cattle are born from an intertwined pair; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p5) prajāyante prajātyā eva > \[it is\] for the sake of procreation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p6) atho vyatiṣakto vai puruṣaḥ pāpmabhiḥ > Furthermore, man is intertwined with evils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p7) vyatiṣaktaireva tacchandobhirvyatiṣaktānpāpmano'pahate > By means of the intertwined meters, he strikes off the evils that are intertwined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p8) tadāhuḥ kimanu catūrātra iti > Regarding this, they say: 'In accordance with what is the four-day rite?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.286.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286.p9) ahorātre iti brūyāt > He should say: 'The day and night.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.286) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.286) · Pramāṇa