[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) › 2-8.308 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.308 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.308 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308) teno hyanyā gāyatryā āptaṃ yajñakratumudyantumarhati trayastriṃśānyuttarāṇi stotrāṇi trayastriṃśadvai devatā devatānāmevāptyai pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvratamannaṃ vai pañcaviṃśamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai catustriṃśamagniṣṭomasāma trayastriṃśadvai devatāḥ prajāpatiścatustriṃśaḥ saprajāpatikāsvevaitaddevatāsu yajñasyāntataḥ pratitiṣṭhati pṛṣṭhya eva ṣaḍaho'tha yatsaptamamahastasya caturviṃśāḥ pavamānāstrayastriṃśaṃ punarabhyāvarti pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvrataṃ catustriṃśamagniṣṭomasāma āpyata iva vā etadyajño yadeṣa pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaha āpyata iti tadyatsaptamasyāhnaścaturviṃśāḥ pavamānā bhavanti savanamukhe savanamukhe no yajña ārabdho'saditi trayastriṃśaṃ punarabhyāvarti trayastriṃśadvai devatā devatānāmevāptyai pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvratamannaṃ vai pañcaviṃśamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai catustriṃśamagniṣṭomasāma trayastriṃśadvai devatāḥ prajāpatiścatustriṃśaḥ saprajāpatikāsvevaitaddevatāsu yajñasyāntataḥ pratitiṣṭhati > Therefore, one is able to raise up an exhausted sacrificial rite by means of another Gāyatrī. > The subsequent stotras are thirty-threefold; thirty-three, indeed, are the deities, for the attainment of the deities. > The Mahāvrata is twenty-fivefold; the twenty-fivefold is indeed food, for the obtaining of food. > The Agniṣṭoma-sāman is thirty-fourfold. > Thirty-three, indeed, are the deities; > Prajāpati is the thirty-fourth. > He establishes himself at the end of the sacrifice in those deities accompanied by Prajāpati. > There is the pṛṣṭhya six-day period itself; then as to what the seventh day is: its pavamāna chants are twenty-fourfold; the recurring \[stotra\] is thirty-threefold; the Mahāvrata is twenty-fivefold; the Agniṣṭoma-sāman is thirty-fourfold. > The sacrifice, as it were, is exhausted when this pṛṣṭhya six-day period is exhausted. > As to why the pavamāna chants of the seventh day are twenty-fourfold: \[it is so that\] at each pressing-mouth the sacrifice may be taken hold of by us. > The recurring \[stotra\] is thirty-threefold; thirty-three, indeed, are the deities, for the attainment of the deities. > The Mahāvrata is twenty-fivefold; the twenty-fivefold is indeed food, for the obtaining of food. > The Agniṣṭoma-sāman is thirty-fourfold. > Thirty-three, indeed, are the deities; > Prajāpati is the thirty-fourth. > He establishes himself at the end of the sacrifice in those deities accompanied by Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.308.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308.p1) pṛṣṭhya eva ṣaḍaho'tha yatsaptamamahastatsarvameva caturviṃśaṃ pañcaviṃśaṃ mahāvrataṃ > There is the pṛṣṭhya six-day period itself; then as to what the seventh day is: that whole \[day\] is twenty-fourfold; the Mahāvrata is twenty-fivefold; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.308.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308.p2) catustriṃśamagniṣṭomasāma > the Agniṣṭoma-sāman is thirty-fourfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.308.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308.p3) āpyata iva vā etadyajño yadeṣa pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaha āpyata iti > The sacrifice is, as it were, reached when this pṛṣṭhya six-day rite is reached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.308) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.308) · Pramāṇa