[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) › 2-8.338 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.338 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.338 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.338](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338) athaitā dvādaśāhavatīrbhavanti devasatraṃ ha khalu vā etatprajāpatisatraṃ yaddvādaśāhaḥ etena vai satreṇa prajāpatirārdhnottadyena satreṇa prajāpatirārdhnottenardhnavāmeti tadāhuḥ kiṃ varṣma satrāṇāmiti dvādaśāha iti brūyāt dvādaśāho ha vai varṣma satrāṇāṃ na hyanyasminsatre catuścatvāriṃśa stomo'sti nāṣṭācatvāriṃśaḥ tadyadvarṣma satrāṇāṃ tanna upetamasaditi iheva ca ha khalu vā eta iheva ca vācaṃ viprayuñjate ye yajante ye satramāsate tāṃ daśamenaivāhnā saṃpādayanti saṃpannāyai no vāco'vikṛṣṭāyai pratiṣṭhitāyā udṛcamaśnavāmahā iti ekeno ca satreṇa dve satre upayanti dvādaśāhaṃ ca caturdaśarātraṃ ca vaiśvānara udayanīyo'tirātro bhavati vaiśvānarodayanā hyahīnāssomāḥ > Now, these \[nights\] contain the twelve-day rite. For indeed, the sacrifice of the gods, the sacrifice of Prajāpati, is this twelve-day rite. / By this sacrificial session, indeed, Prajāpati prospered. Thinking, 'By that sacrificial session by which Prajāpati prospered, let us prosper,' \[they perform it\]. / Regarding this, they say: 'What is the summit of sacrificial sessions?' / 'The twelve-day rite,' he should say. / The twelve-day rite, indeed, is the summit of sacrificial sessions; for in no other sacrificial session is there a forty-four-verse stoma, nor a forty-eight-verse \[stoma\]. / Thinking, 'Let that which is the summit of sacrificial sessions be undertaken by us,' \[they perform it\]. / And indeed, here and there they employ speech in diverse ways, those who sacrifice, those who sit for a sacrificial session. / That \[speech\] they bring to completion precisely with the tenth day. / Thinking, 'May we attain the conclusion of complete speech, not pulled apart, firmly established,' \[they perform it\]. / And by one sacrificial session they undertake two sacrificial sessions: the twelve-day rite and the fourteen-night rite. / The concluding Atirātra is sacred to Vaiśvānara; for non-soma-sacrificial periods have their conclusion in Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p1) māsyaṃ vā etatsatram > This sacrificial session indeed belongs to a single month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p2) tena yarddhissaivarddhiḥ > The prosperity through that is precisely this prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p3) māso ha khalu vai punaḥpunaḥ palyayamānassaṃvatsaramāpnoti > A month, indeed, revolving again and again, attains the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p4) saṃvatsaraṃ vā etadīrtsanti saṃvatsaramīpsanti yadyajante yatsatramāsate > It is the year that they wish to obtain, the year they desire to attain, when they sacrifice, when they sit for a sacrificial session. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p5) na hi kiṃ cana bahissaṃvatsarādasti > For there is nothing whatsoever outside the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p6) svārājyaṃ vā etā rātrayo yatpañcadaśa > Autonomous rule, indeed, are these nights which are fifteen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p7) sapta parastādahāni saptāvastāt > Seven days are on that side, seven on this side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p8) atha yanmadhye'hassa svarāṭsa svargo lokaḥ > Now, the day which is in the middle, that is autonomous rule, that is the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.338.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338.p9) tadbradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ gacchanti tatsvārājyaṃ gacchanti > Thus they go to the zenith of the sun, thus they go to autonomous rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.338) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.338) · Pramāṇa