[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) › 2-8.311 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.311 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.311 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.311) aṣṭāśaphāḥ paśavaḥ paśavo gāyatrī gāyatrīmeṣa yajño'bhi saṃpannaḥ tasmādu hainena paśukāmo yajeta prajāpatirvā akāmayatāsmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ gaccheyamiti sa etamaṣṭarātraṃ yajñamapaśyat tamāharat tenāyajata tato vai so'smāllokādamuṃ lokamāṣṭa yadasmāllokādamuṃ lokamāṣṭa tadaṣṭarātrāṇāmaṣṭarātratvam aṣṭe hāsmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda tadāhuḥ kimanvaṣṭarātra iti diśa iti brūyāt diśo ha vā anvaṣṭarātraḥ catasro diśaścatvāro'vāntaradeṣāḥ ūrdhvā diṅnavamī aṣṭāvetānyahāni bhavanti rātrirnavamī diśa evaitenardhnoti dikṣu pratiṣṭhāya svargaṃ lokameti > Cattle have eight hooves; cattle are the Gāyatrī; this sacrifice has conformed to the Gāyatrī. Therefore indeed one who desires cattle should sacrifice with this. Prajāpati desired: 'May I go from this world to yonder world.' He saw this eight-night sacrifice. He brought it; he sacrificed with it. Then indeed he attained (āṣṭa) yonder world from this world. In that he attained yonder world from this world, that is the nature of the eight-night rite (aṣṭarātratva) of the eight-night rites. He reaches yonder world from this world, who knows thus. As to that, they say: 'In accordance with what is the eight-night rite?' He should say: 'The quarters.' In accordance with the quarters indeed is the eight-night rite. There are four quarters and four intermediate regions; the upward direction is the ninth. There are these eight days; the night is the ninth. By this he prospers in the quarters; having established himself in the quarters, he goes to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.310.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.310.p14) - [Next: 2-8.312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.312) - [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.2-8.311) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.311](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.311) · Pramāṇa