[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) › 2-8.353 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.353 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.353 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.353](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.353) yau ha khalu vai dvau māsāvṛtossarddhiḥ ṛturu pratyakṣaṃ saṃvatsarasyarddhiḥ saṃvatsaraṃ vā etadīrtsanti saṃvatsaramīpsanti yadyajante yatsatramāsate na hi kiṃ cana bahissaṃvatsarādasti svārājyaṃ vā etā rātrayo yatpañcaviṃśatirdvādaśa parastādahāni dvādaśāvastāt atha yanmadhye ahassa 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 ekonā virāḍūnaṃ tatstriyai yatassā prajāyate teno prajananam gāyatrīmu dīkṣopasadbhiśca sutyābhiśca saṃpadyante prāṇo vai gāyatrī tenainatsatramāyuṣyam tejo vai gāyatrī tattejasvino brahmavarcasino bhavanti jyaiṣṭyaṃ vai gāyatrī tadvabhrātṛvye jyaiṣṭhye pratitiṣṭhanti > Now, the two months are indeed the prosperity of a season; and a season is visibly the prosperity of the year. They seek to prosper in the year, they seek to obtain the year, when they sacrifice, when they sit at a sacrificial session, for nothing whatsoever is outside the year. These nights are independent rule: that which is twenty-five \[nights has\] twelve days before and twelve behind; then the day that is in the middle, that is the independent ruler, that is the heavenly world. Thereby they go to the zenith of the sun, they go to independent rule, thereby they become not dependent on another. These nights correspond indeed to the jagatī. Cattle are indeed the jagatī; therefore this sacrificial session belongs to cattle. And they reach the virāj; and they reach the lordship and sovereignty of food, which belongs to the virāj. The virāj is deficient by one; that which is deficient belongs to the woman, for from her \[progeny\] is produced; thereby it is propagation. And they correspond to the gāyatrī by means of the consecrations, the upasads, and the pressing days. Breath is indeed the gāyatrī; therefore this sacrificial session is conducive to life. Splendor is indeed the gāyatrī; thereby they become splendid and endowed with spiritual luster. Seniority is indeed the gāyatrī; thereby they become established in seniority without a rival. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.352.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.352.p2) - [Next: 2-8.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354) - [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.2-8.353) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.353](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.353) · Pramāṇa