[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) › 2-8.322 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.322 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.322 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.322) athaite daśarātrāḥ abhicaryamāṇo haitena yajeta yaddaśarātraḥ daśaitānyahāni bhavanti daśa puruṣe prāṇāḥ ahnaiva prāṇaṃ parigṛhṇīte'hnā prāṇamahnā prāṇaṃ na tatastasya sa prāṇo'tiśaye yamasyābhicaraṃsstṛṇvīta atho āhurabhicarannevainena yajeteti daśaitānyahāni bhavanti daśa puruṣe prāṇāḥ ahnaiva parasya prāṇaṃ stṛṇute'hnā prāṇamahnā prāṇam na tataḥ parasya sa prāṇaḥ pariśiṣyate yenābhicaryamāṇo jīvet etaddha vai jyaiṣṭhyaṃ karmaṇāṃ yadeṣa saumyo'dhvaro daśarātro vidhayā vidhīyate tadyajjyaiṣṭhyaṃ karmaṇāṃ tena no yajño vihito'saditi > Now these are the ten-day rites (daśarātra). One who is being practiced against with sorcery should sacrifice with this which is a ten-day rite. These days are ten; there are ten breaths in a man. Day by day he encloses a breath: with a day a breath, with a day a breath. Not from there does that breath of his surpass \[him\], which one practicing sorcery against him might strike down. But they say: 'One practicing sorcery should sacrifice with it.' These days are ten; there are ten breaths in a man. Day by day he strikes down the breath of the other: with a day a breath, with a day a breath. Not from there is that breath of the other left over, by which he, being practiced against with sorcery, might live. For this is indeed the preeminence among ritual acts: that this Soma sacrifice, the ten-day rite, is arranged according to a disposition, \[thinking\], 'By that which is preeminent among ritual acts, let our sacrifice be arranged.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.321) - [Next: 2-8.323](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.323) - [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.2-8.322) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.322) · Pramāṇa