[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) › 2-8.354 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.354 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.354 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354) saṃvatsarasya ha khalu vā eṣa rasaḥ pravṛḍho yadeṣa pañcaviṃśatirātraḥ etaddhi sarvaṃ saṃvatsararūpaṃ kriyate etāvatirātrāvete ārambhaṇīyamahāvratīye ahanī etau pṛṣṭhyāvetau viśvajidabhijitāvete svarasāmāna eṣa viṣuvān te ye kāmaṃkāmaṃ samārebhāṇā iva manyeraṃsta etameva pañcaviṃśatirātramupeyuḥ āptvā haivaitatsatramuttiṣṭhanti puruṣasaṃmitaṃ ha khalu vā etatsatraṃ yadeṣa pañcaviṃśatirātraḥ daśa vai puruṣasya hastyā aṅgulayo daśa padyāścatvāri prāṅgāṇyātmā pañcaviṃśaḥ ṣaḍimāni parvāṇi ṣaḍimāni ṣaḍimāni ṣaḍimānyātmā pañcaviṃśaḥ dvādaśemāḥ pariśavo dvādaśemā ātmaiva pañcaviṃśaḥ puruṣaṃ vāvaitena saṃskurvanti puruṣaṃ prajanayanti tadāhu śreyāṃsaṃ vā ete'bhyārohanti ya etaṃ pañcaviṃśatirātramupayantīti tadyatparastādpratyaṅpṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaho bhavati nihnavāyaivānārtyai śivatvāya śāntyai mahāvratīyādadhyahna uttiṣṭhantyannaṃ vai mahāvratamannādya evaitatpratiṣṭhāyodṛcamaśnuvate vaiśvānara udayanīyo'tirātro bhavati vaiśvānarodayanā hyahīnāssomāḥ > Now, this twenty-five-night rite is indeed the concentrated sap of the year, for every form of the year is performed in this: these two Atirātras, these two days—the opening day and the Mahāvrata day—these two pṛṣṭhyas, these Viśvajit and Abhijit, these Svarasāman days, this Viṣuvant. Those who consider themselves as if having begun all desires should undertake this very twenty-five-night rite; having attained \[their desire\], they rise from this sacrificial session. Now, this sacrificial session which is this twenty-five-night rite is commensurate with man. Ten are the fingers of a man's hands, ten are those of his feet, four are the main limbs, and the self is the twenty-fifth; six are these joints, six these, six these, six these, and the self is the twenty-fifth; twelve are these ribs, twelve these, and the self is the twenty-fifth. Truly with this they complete a man, they generate a man. Regarding this they say: 'Truly they ascend toward a better condition who undertake this twenty-five-night rite.' That there is a backward pṛṣṭhya six-day rite beyond \[the Viṣuvant\] is for conciliation, for avoidance of distress, for auspiciousness, and for peace. They rise \[from the session\] following the Mahāvrata day; the Mahāvrata is food; having thus become established in food, they attain the completion. The concluding Atirātra is addressed to Vaiśvānara, for non-sacrificial Soma rituals terminate in Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p1) dvimāsyaṃ vā etatsatram > This sacrificial session lasts two months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p2) tena yarddhissaivarddhiḥ > By that, whatever prosperity there is, that prosperity is \[obtained\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p3) yau ha khalu vai dvau māsāvṛtossarddhiḥ > Now, the two months are indeed the prosperity of a season; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p4) ṛturu pratyakṣaṃ saṃvatsarasyarddhiḥ > and a season is visibly the prosperity of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p5) saṃvatsaraṃ vā etadīrtsanti saṃvatsaramīpsanti yadyajante yatsatramāsate > They seek to prosper in the year, they seek to obtain the year, when they sacrifice, when they sit at a sacrificial session, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p6) na hi kiṃ cana bahissaṃvatsarādasti > for nothing whatsoever is outside the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.354.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354.p7) svārājyaṃ vā etā rātrayo yattrayastriṃśatṣoḍaśa parastādahāni ṣoḍaśāvastāt > These nights are independent rule: that which is thirty-three \[nights has\] sixteen days before and sixteen behind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.354) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.354) · Pramāṇa