[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) › 2-8.306 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.306 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.306 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.306](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.306) - govarṇaḥ khālateyaḥ pāpīyānbhaviṣyati prathamata eva mukhato'nnādyamadhita yadā vai mukhamannaṃ prāpnoti tato vāva tatpūyati yadi pragirati pūyati yadi ṣṭhīvati pūyatyapūpuyadannādyaṃ pāpīyānbhaviṣyatīti taddha tathaivāsa sa ha pāpīyānāsa tasmai hocuryo vai te'yaṃ sva evāntevāsī govarṇaḥ khālateyassa vai tvānuvyāhārṣīditi taṃ hovāca sa vai mā tvamanena yajñena yājayeti tatheti hovāca taṃ vai tvā yathā rathaṃ vā riṣṭaṃ saṃskuryādano vā evaṃ tvā saṃskariṣyāmīti tasya ha trivṛdeva prathamamahaścakāra atha pañcadaśamathaikaviṃśamatha triṇavamatha trayastriṃśamatha saptadaśamatha saptadaśam dve saptadaśe anūcī eteno ha govarṇaḥ khālateya ācāryaṃ yājayāṃ cakāra ātmā vai pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaho'nnaṃ saptadaśaḥ sa ātmana evādhyūrdhvo'nnādyamabhyutkramiṣyate tattvopariṣṭādannādyamavaruddhamupasthāsyate saptadaśātsaptadaśamannādannam abhi te prajānnādī bhaviteti hovāca > —Govarna Khālateya \[prophesied\]: "He will become worse off. > Right at the beginning he placed food in the mouth. > When food reaches the mouth, it rots right there: whether he swallows, it rots; whether he spits, it rots. He made the food rot; he will become worse off." > And it happened just like that. > He indeed became worse off. > They said to him: "This own pupil of yours, Govarna Khālateya—he indeed prophesied against you." > He said to him: "You, then, sacrifice for me with this sacrifice!" > "So be it," he said. > "Just as one would repair a damaged chariot or a cart, so shall I repair you." > For him he made the first day ninefold, then fifteenfold, then twenty-onefold, then twenty-sevenfold, then thirty-threefold, then seventeenfold, then seventeenfold. > Two seventeenfold \[days\] following each other. > With this Govarna Khālateya made his teacher sacrifice. > "The pṛṣṭhya six-day period is indeed the body; the seventeenfold is food. > He will step up to food from above the body itself. > And obtained above, food will be at your disposal; from the seventeenfold, from food to food, your offspring will become eaters of food," he said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.305](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.305) - [Next: 2-8.307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.307) - [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.2-8.306) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.306](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.306) · Pramāṇa