[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) › 2-8.363 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.363 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.363 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.363](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363) sā hyṛddhissa panthāḥ śyaitanaudhase brahmasāmanī bhavataḥ praspaṣṭamājimanu śūkaravāmeti athaite ṣaḍatirātrā bhavanti ṣaḍvai puruṣe pāpmānaṣṣaḍviṣuvanta svapnaśca tandrī ca manyuścāśanayā cākṣakāmyā ca strīkāmyā ca tānevaitairapaghnate tānatitaranti athaite trayastryahā bhavanti navāhāni nava vai puruṣe prāṇāḥ prāṇānāmevaiṣā saṃmā prāṇānāmṛddhiḥ athaitadvairājapṛṣṭhaṃ daśamamaharbhavati nābhirha sā tadvā etadākṣitsadahareteṣvahassu niyuktam yasmādetadākṣitsadahareteṣvahassu niyuktaṃ tasmādākṣitsatī nābhiḥ prāṇesu niyuktā prāṇato hyenāmanūdanityapānato'nvapāniti tadeteṣāmahnāṃ daśamaṃ bhavati daśākṣarā virāṭ annaṃ virāḍvirāja evānnādyasyāvaruddhyai > For that is prosperity, that is the path. The Śyaita and Naudhasa are the two sāmans for the Brahman priest, so that \[the competitor\] might cry out 'Śū' after a clearly won race. Then there are these six Atirātras. Six indeed are the evils in man, the six midpoints: sleep, sluggishness, anger, hunger, love of gaming, and love of women. These they ward off by means of these \[rites\]; these they cross beyond. Then there are these three three-day periods, nine days. Nine indeed are the breaths in man. This is the measure of the breaths, the prosperity of the breaths. Then this tenth day has the Vairāja as its pṛṣṭha. That is the navel. Indeed, being motionless, it is fastened to these days. Because, being motionless, it is fastened to these days, therefore the navel, being motionless, is fastened to the breaths. For when one breathes out, it breathes after him; when one breathes in, it breathes after him. That is the tenth of these days. The Virāj has ten syllables. The Virāj is food—\[it is\] for the attainment of food, which is the Virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.363.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363.p1) tadvairājapṛṣṭhaṃ bhavatyannaṃ vai vairājamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai > It has the Vairāja as its pṛṣṭha; the Vairāja is indeed food—for the attainment of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.363.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363.p2) tadukthyaṃ bhavati paśavo vā ukthānyannaṃ paśavo'bhipūrvasyaivānnādyasyāvaruddhyai > It is an Ukthya; the ukthas are indeed cattle, cattle are food—for the progressive attainment of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.363.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363.p3) tatṣoḍaśimadbhavati vajro vai ṣoḍaśyannaṃ virāḍvajreṇaivānnādyaṃ parigṛhṇanti > It possesses the Ṣoḍaśin; the Ṣoḍaśin is a thunderbolt, the Virāj is food—with the thunderbolt they seize food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.363.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363.p4) tadekaviṃśaṃ bhavati dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya > It is twenty-one-fold. Twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds; yonder sun is > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.363) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.363) · Pramāṇa