[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) › 2-8.298 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.298 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.298 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.298](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298) ete ha vai svargasya lokasya vikramā yacchamyāparāsāḥ svargasyaiva tallokasya vikramānkramamāṇā yanti ghnanta ākrośanto yanti etadvai balasya rūpaṃ yaddhatamākruṣṭam sarasvatyā yanti vāgvai sarasvatī vāgu devayānaḥ panthāḥ devayānenaiva tatpathā yanti pratīpaṃ yanti pratīpamiva vai svargo lokaḥ svargameva tallokaṃ pratipadyante prāñca udañco yanti prāṅiva ha vā udaṅsvargo lokaḥ svargameva tallokaṃ rohanto yanti ā prakṣātprāsravaṇādyanti eṣa u ha vai vāco'nto yatprakṣaḥ prāsravaṇaḥ yatro ha vai vāco'ntastatsvargo lokaḥ svargamevaitallokaṃ gacchanti > These casts of a peg are indeed the strides of the heavenly world. They proceed striding along the strides of that very heavenly world. They proceed slaying and shouting. That which is slain and shouted at is indeed the form of strength. They proceed along the Sarasvatī. The Sarasvatī is speech; speech is the path leading to the gods. Along the path leading to the gods they proceed. They proceed upstream. The heavenly world is indeed, as it were, upstream. They reach that very heavenly world. They proceed northeastward. The heavenly world is indeed, as it were, northeastward. To that very heavenly world they proceed ascending. They proceed as far as Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa. That indeed is the end of speech, namely Plakṣa Prāsravaṇa. Where the end of speech is, there is the heavenly world. To that very heavenly world they go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p1) tena haitena maruto yata indrāgnī īkṣāṃ cakrāte ime cedvā idaṃ samāpayanti maruta > As the Maruts were sacrificing with this, Indra and Agni noticed: 'If these Maruts complete this, the Maruts > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p2) evedaṃ sarvaṃ bhavantīti > alone will become all this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p3) tānha satrapariveṣaṇaṃ sahasraṃ jigyatuḥ > They won from them a thousand \[cattle\], the serving-provision of the sacrificial session. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p4) taddhaiṣāṃ vimāthīcakrire > They took it away from them as booty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p5) pāpmānaṃ ha vā eṣāṃ tadvimethire > It was their evil that they tore away thereby. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.298.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298.p6) tasmādu ha vimāthyasya na lipseta netpāpmano'pabhajā iti > Therefore, one should not desire \[a share\] of captured booty, lest one think, 'May I not partake of evil.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.298) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.298) · Pramāṇa