[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) › 2-8.346 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.346 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.346 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346) yau ha khalu vai dvau māsāvṛtossarddhiḥ ṛturu pratyakṣaṃ saṃvatsarasyarddhiḥ saṃvatsaraṃ vā etadīrtsanti saṃvatsaramīpsanti yadyajante yatsatramāsate na hi kiṃ cana bahissaṃvatsarādasti svārājyaṃ vā etā rātrayo yadcaturviṃśatirdvādaśa parastādahāni dvādaśāvastāt atha yo madhye lokassa svarāṭsa svargo lokaḥ tadbradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ gacchanti tatsvārājyaṃ gacchanti tadanyasyānanuyānā bhavanti tā vā etā rātrayassaṃpadyante jagatīmeva paśavo vai jagatī tenaitatsatraṃ paśavyam upo virājaṃ gacchanti tadu virājo'nnādyasyaiśvaryamādhipatyaṃ gacchanti dvyūnā virāṭdve te striyā ūne yatassā prajāyate teno prajananam gāyatrīmu dīkṣopasadbhiśca sutyābhiśca saṃpadyante prāṇo vai gāyatrī tenaitatsatramāyuṣyam tejo vai gāyatrī tattejasvino brahmavarcasino bhavanti jyaiṣṭyaṃ vai gāyatrī tadvabhrātṛvye jyaiṣṭhye pratitiṣṭhanti > Then there are these seven days; seven indeed are the meters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.346.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346.p1) athaite saptāhā bhavanti sapta vai chandāṃsi > The meters are the world of self-rule; \[they do this with the intention\]: 'As great as the world of self-rule is, as great a world of self-rule > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.346.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346.p2) chandāṃsi vai svārājyo lokastadyāvānsvārājyo lokastāvantaṃ svārājyaṃ > may we prosper in.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.346.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346.p3) lokamṛdhnavāmeti > Seven indeed are the breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.346.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346.p4) sapta vai prāṇāḥ > By the breaths offspring and cattle, being held together, remain. \[They do this with the intention\]: 'By the breaths through which offspring and cattle, being held together, remain, by those breaths may offspring and cattle, being held together, remain for us.' By the breaths the gods went to the heavenly world; \[they do this with the intention\]: 'By the breaths through which the gods went to the heavenly world, by those breaths may we go to the heavenly world.' Seven are the chief breaths; these breaths are free from evil, namely the chief ones; \[they do this with the intention\]: 'In the measure of those breaths that are free from evil, may we extend the sacrifice.' The Agniṣṭomas are more numerous than the Ukthyas. The Agniṣṭoma is brahman; thus they prosper in spiritual luster; thus they become endowed with spiritual luster. The Agniṣṭomas are on that side, the Agniṣṭomas on this side, with the Ukthyas in the middle. The Agniṣṭoma is brahman, the Ukthyas are cattle; by means of brahman they thus encompass cattle on both sides, so that they do not slip away. Property does not scatter away from him who knows thus. The introductory Atirātra is addressed to Vaiśvānara, for sacrifices lasting more than one day have their beginning in Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.346) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.346) · Pramāṇa