[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) › 2-8.303 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.303 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.303 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.303](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303) tena haitena janako vaideha iyakṣāṃ cakre taṃ ha sma yadbrāhmaṇāḥ kurupāñcālā āhuranena tvā yajñena yājayāmānena tvā yajñena yājayāmeti neti ha smāha na sa yuṣmadbrāhmaṇo brahmīyānāsīdyo mahyametaṃ yajñakratuṃ vyadadhāt etenaiva mā yājayateti tatheti tena hainaṃ yājayāṃ cakruḥ sa vā eṣa pṛṣṭhya eva ṣaḍahaḥ pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvratam tata eva rātrimupayanti śrīrvai varṣma pṛṣṭhāni śriyameva tadvarṣma pṛṣṭhānyabhyārohati annaṃ vai mahāvratamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai tadāhurna purā saṃvatsarānmahāvratamupetyamiti tadyatpṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaho bhavatyṛtavo vai pṛṣṭhāni saṃvatsara ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ kṛtsnamannādyaṃ pacati saṃvatsarābhijitameva tadannādyamupayanti pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvratamannaṃ vai pañcaviṃśamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai > With this very \[rite\], indeed, Janaka Vaideha desired to sacrifice. > When the Brahmins of the Kuru-Pañcālas said to him, 'Let us sacrifice for you with this sacrifice; let us sacrifice for you with this sacrifice,' > he said: 'No. > There was no Brahmin among you more devoted to brahman than he who arranged this sacrificial rite for me. > Sacrifice for me with this very one.' > 'So be it,' \[they said\]. > With that very \[rite\] they sacrificed for him. > It is that very Pṛṣṭhya Ṣaḍaha, \[along with\] the twenty-five-fold Mahāvrata. > From that they enter directly upon the night. > Prosperity, indeed, the highest summit, is the pṛṣṭhas. > It is prosperity, the highest summit, the pṛṣṭhas, that he ascends to. > Food, indeed, is the Mahāvrata, for the securing of proper food. > Regarding this they say: 'The Mahāvrata is not to be undertaken before a year.' > Now, in that it is the Pṛṣṭhya Ṣaḍaha: the seasons, indeed, are the pṛṣṭhas. > The year is the seasons. > The year ripens all proper food; it is food conquered by the year that they attain. > The twenty-five-fold is the Mahāvrata; food, indeed, is the twenty-five-fold, for the securing of proper food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p1) tadāhustatsthānaṃ vā etadahorātryā agniṣṭomo vā etadahariti > Regarding this they say: 'This day occupies the place of a day-and-night; this day is an Agniṣṭoma.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p2) tadu vā āhussaṃvatsaro vā eṣa yadagniṣṭomaḥ > And regarding this they also say: 'This Agniṣṭoma, indeed, is the year.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p3) saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ > The year is Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p4) prājāpatyaṃ mahāvratamevāgniṣṭomasāmnaḥ pañcaviṃśāni stotrāṇi syuḥ > Belonging to Prajāpati is the Mahāvrata; the chants of the Agniṣṭoma-sāman should be twenty-five-fold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p5) athaikaviṃśairukthyai rātrimupāvaroheyuriti > 'Then they should descend to the night with twenty-one-fold Ukthyas,' \[they say\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p6) tathā haitau yajñakratū vyākriyete > In this way these two sacrificial rites are distinguished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p7) atha yasyaitasya pṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya stomāḥ pañcame'hani mahāvrataṃ > Now, regarding that rite of which the stomas of the Pṛṣṭhya Ṣaḍaha \[are used\], with the Mahāvrata on the fifth day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.303.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303.p8) viśvajitsarvapṛṣṭho'tirātra eteno ha kratuḥ kārīrādirīje śrīkāmo'nnādyakāmaḥ > and the Viśvajit Sarvapṛṣṭha Atirātra—with this Kratu Kārīrādi sacrificed, desirous of prosperity, desirous of proper food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.303) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.303) · Pramāṇa