[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) › 2-8.368 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.368 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.368 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.368](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368) - sandhiṣāma tena na stutamasaditi atho vāgvai rathantaraṃ vāgāśvinaṃ vāgvai vācaṃ prati vibhavitumarhatīyaṃ vāgvācaṃ prati vibhavāditi etadu ha vai dvitīyaṃ prajñātaṃ sandhiṣāma yajjarābodhīyam tadyaddvitīyaṃ prajñātaṃ sandhiṣāma tena na stutamasaditi atha śrudhīyaṃ kīrtimat sāmavṛktiru sandhiṣāmanī tadyadābhyāṃ sandhiṣāmabhyāmavṛkṣmahi tanno'sya lokavatassāmnaḥ paśavo lokamanūpatiṣṭhāntā iti atha nānadagaurivīte lokavatī sāmanī bhūyāṃsaṃ no lokamanūpatiṣṭhāntā iti tadāhustrirevāśvinaṃ śastavyamiti triṣatyā vai vāk traya ime lokāḥ yadatirātre'tirātra āśvinaṃ śaṃsedvikarṣassa vācaḥ hotāraṃ brūyādāśvinakratūnevānyeṣvatirātreṣvaśaṃsa trirevāśvinaṃ śastavyamiti prāyaṇato madhyata udayanataḥ etaddha vai samṛddhamāśvinaṃ yadrathantareṇa saṃpadyate yadyekena saṃpadyeta rathantarameva prāyaṇato madhyata udayanato yadi dvābhyāṃ rathantarameva prāyaṇato madhyata udayanato yadi tribhī rathantarameva prāyaṇato madhyata udayanato na caturbhissaṃpadyate no eva pañcabhiḥ > \[Thinking:\] '—so that \[the Twilight\] Sāman may not be left unchanted by us.' > Moreover, the Rathantara is speech; the Āśvina \[śastra\] is speech; speech is worthy to match speech, \[thinking:\] 'May this speech match speech!' > And this is the well-known second Twilight Sāman, namely the Jarābodhīya, > so that by that well-known second Twilight Sāman \[the rite\] may not be left unchanted by us. > Then the Śrudhīya, possessed of renown; > and the two Sāmavṛktis are the two Twilight Sāmans. > In that we have chosen \[these\] two Twilight Sāmans, \[it is with the thought:\] 'May the cattle follow into the world of this world-possessing sāman for us!' > Then the Nānada and the Gaurīvita are two world-possessing sāmans, \[with the thought:\] 'May \[cattle\] follow into a greater world for us!' > Regarding this they say: 'The Āśvina \[śastra\] should be recited only three times.' Threefold indeed is speech; > three are these worlds. > If one should recite the Āśvina on every Atirātra, that would be a dispersion of speech. > One should say to the Hotṛ: 'Recite only the Āśvina-rites on the other Atirātras; the Āśvina \[proper\] is to be recited only three times: > at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end.' > For that indeed is a complete Āśvina which is completed with the Rathantara. > If it should be completed with one, it is the Rathantara at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end; if with two, it is the Rathantara at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end; if with three, it is the Rathantara at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. It is not completed with four, nor indeed with five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p1) athaitā eṇya ekakṛṣṇāḥ > Now these are the speckled \[nights\] with a single black one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p2) eṇyo ha vai nāmaitā rātrayaḥ > These nights are indeed called the 'speckled' \[nights\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p3) tāsu kṛṣṇo'pi mithunatvāya prajananāya > Among them, a black one also is \[included\] for pairing, for procreation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p4) pra mithunena jāyate ya evaṃ veda > He who knows this is procreated through a pair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p5) taṃ vā tvai purastādupeyustaṃ vopariṣṭāt > They should perform it either beforehand or afterward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p6) yadi purastādupeyuḥ puṃspraṇetrā asanniti > If they should perform it beforehand, \[it is with the thought:\] 'Let them have a male leader.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p7) yadyupariṣṭātpaścādvai pumānyoṣāyāṃ reto dadhāti retodheyāya > If afterward, \[it is because\] the male places the semen in the female from behind, for the deposition of seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p8) prajāpatirvāvedamagra eko'sṛjyata nānyaṃ dvitīyaṃ paśyamānaḥ > Prajāpati alone was created here in the beginning, seeing no other, no second \[being\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p9) sa ṣakṣatāhaṃ vāva prathamo'janiṣyahaṃ śreṣṭho'smyasti svinmadihānyā3 iti > He reflected: 'I indeed was born first; I am the best. Is there indeed another here besides me?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p10) sa vyaikṣata > He looked around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p11) so'nyadātmano'dhyuttarato jyāyastiṣṭhadapśyat > He saw standing above, beyond himself, another who was greater. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p12) tadapṛcchatkimidamasi yadidamasīti > He asked it: 'What are you who are this?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p13) brahma vā asmītyabravīt > 'I am the brahman,' it said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p14) tadabravītāvaṃ vāva prathamāvajaniṣvahyāvaṃ śreṣṭhau svassaṃsṛjāvahai sahāsāveti > He said: 'We two indeed were born first; we are the best. Let us unite; let us be together.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p15) netyabravīt > 'No,' it said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p16) pāpmagṛhīto vā asīti > 'You are seized by evil.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.368.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368.p17) sa me kva sa pāpmeti > 'Where is that evil of mine?' \[he asked\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.368) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.368) · Pramāṇa