[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) › 2-8.326 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.326 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.326 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.326) tasyo etasya na rātrimupayanti nedvirājamatiṣṭavāmeti tadāhurati vai daśarātro yajñasya mātrāmeti tadyadeṣa pañcayajñakraturbhavati pañcāhe śrutastaṃ kāmamṛdhnavāni yo daśarātra iti sarvastomo'tirātro bhavati sarveṣāṃ lokānāmabhijityā abhikrāntyai sarvaṃ hīdaṃ stomā eva atho yānimānekaikānstomānupāgāma tānsārdhamṛddhvā teṣu pratiṣṭhāyodṛcamaśnavāmahā iti athaiṣa saptayajñakratuḥ yāssapta daivīrācchadastāsāmeṣarddhiḥ yāssaptapadāśśakvaryo ye sapta grāmyāḥ paśavo yāni sapta caturuttarāṇi chandāṃsi ye sapta mukhyāḥ prāṇā yāni saptaviṃśatirdivyāni nakṣatrāṇi yassaptaviṃśa stomo yatkiṃ ca sapta sapta tasyaiṣā sarvasyarddhistasyopāptiḥ tadāhurati vai daśarātro yajñasya mātrāmeti tadyadeṣa saptayajñakraturbhavati saptāhe śrutastaṃ kāmamṛdhnavāni yo daśarātra iti sarvastomo'tirātro bhavati sarveṣāṃ lokānāmabhijityā abhikrāntyai sarvaṃ hīdaṃ stomā eva atho yānimānekaikānstomānupāgāma tānsārdhamṛddhvā teṣu pratiṣṭhāyodṛcamaśnavāmahā iti > In this rite, indeed, they do not undertake the night, \[thinking,\] 'Lest we praise beyond the Virāj.' > As to that they say: 'The ten-day rite goes beyond the measure of the sacrifice.' > In that this is a five-sacrifice rite, renowned as a five-day rite, \[he thinks:\] 'May I attain that desire which is the ten-day rite.' > The Atirātra contains all stomas, for conquering, for stepping across all the worlds. > For all this is the stomas alone. > And \[they say\]: 'Those stomas which we have undertaken one by one—having accomplished them together and being established in them, may we reach the conclusion.' > Now this is the seven-sacrifice rite. > Whatever seven divine canopies there are, of them this is the prospering. > The Śakvarī verses that have seven feet, the seven domestic animals, the seven meters increasing by four, the seven breaths in the head, the twenty-seven heavenly lunar mansions, the twenty-seventh stoma, and whatever is in sevens—of all that this is the prospering, of that the attainment. > As to that they say: 'The ten-day rite goes beyond the measure of the sacrifice.' > In that this is a seven-sacrifice rite, renowned as a seven-day rite, \[he thinks:\] 'May I attain that desire which is the ten-day rite.' > The Atirātra contains all stomas, for conquering, for stepping across all the worlds. > For all this is the stomas alone. > And \[they say\]: 'Those stomas which we have undertaken one by one—having accomplished them together and being established in them, may we reach the conclusion.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.325.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.325.p4) - [Next: 2-8.327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.327) - [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.2-8.326) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.326) · Pramāṇa