[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) › 2-8.369 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.369 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.369 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.369](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369) eṣa te śīrṣanniti taṃ vai me'vajahīti tatheti tamavāhan taṃ grīvāsvasināt taṃ samapīḍayat tadetatparigṛhītakamivāvajahīti tamavāhan taṃ nīvyāmasināt taṃ samapīḍayat tadetatparigṛhītakamivāvajahīti tamavāhan taṃ kulphayorasināt taṃ samapīḍayat tadetatparigṛhītakamivāvaiva jahīti tamavāhan padābhitiṣṭheti taṃ padābhyatiṣṭhat > 'It is in your head.' > 'Strike it off from me!' > 'So be it.' > It struck it off. > It bound him in the neck; > it squeezed him. > \[Prajāpati said:\] 'Strike off this which is like a constraint!' > It struck it off. > It bound him in the waist; > it squeezed him. > 'Strike off this which is like a constraint!' > It struck it off. > It bound him in the ankles; > it squeezed him. > 'Strike off completely this which is like a constraint!' > It struck it off. > 'Step upon it with your feet!' > He stepped upon it with his feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p1) sa evaiṣa padorucchlaṅkhaḥ > That is indeed this ankle-bone of the feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p2) tredhā vicchinddhīti > 'Cut it into three!' \[it said\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p3) taṃ tredhā vyacchinat > He cut it into three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p4) saivāsya śrīrabhavadgaustṛtīyaṃ svapnastṛtīyaṃ chāyā tṛtīyam > That became his prosperity: the cow was one-third, sleep one-third, shadow one-third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p5) tasmādetāni śreṣṭhasya bhūyiṣṭhāni > Therefore these belong most abundantly to the best person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p6) bhūyiṣṭhāḥ paśavo jyeṣṭhā chāyā svapiti > most abundant are his cattle, \[his\] shadow is the greatest, he sleeps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p7) sa ṣakṣata yaṃ ma imaṃ pāpmānamavocaddhantemamapaiva chinadā iti > He reflected: 'This evil which he mentioned to me—come, let me cut it completely away!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p8) sa etadeva brahmāṣṭadhā vyauhat > He separated this very brahman eightfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p9) aṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī > The Gāyatrī has eight syllables; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p10) brahma gāyatrī > the Gāyatrī is brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p11) brahmaiva tadaṣṭadhā vyauhat > He then separated the brahman eightfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p12) tamaṣṭābhistrivṛdbhiḥ parāñcamapauhat > He thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Trivṛt \[stomas\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p13) tamaṣṭābhiḥ pañcadaśaiḥ parāñcamapauhat > he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Pañcadaśa \[stomas\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p14) tamaṣṭābhiḥ saptadaśaiḥ parāñcamapauhat > he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Saptadaśa \[stomas\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p15) tamaṣṭābhirekaviṃśaiḥ parāñcamapauhat > he thrust it away, turned outward, with eight Ekaviṃśa \[stomas\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p16) tamaṣṭābhistriṇavaiḥ parārdhamagamayat > he made it reach the furthest distance with eight Triṇava \[stomas\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p17) tamaṣṭābhistrayastriṃśairapaivāchinat > he cut it completely away with eight Trayastriṃśa \[stomas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p18) sa evaiṣa upariṣṭādatirātraḥ > That is this Atirātra at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p19) pāpmā hāsyaiṣo'poḍhaḥ > For his evil was thrust away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p20) atho eṣa eva prajāpatiryo'sau tapati > Moreover, he who burns yonder is Prajāpati himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p21) sa eṣo'pahatapāpmā tapati > Having struck off evil, he burns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p22) tasya chāyā nāsti > He has no shadow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p23) tasmādu chāyāmabhi ca ṣṭhīvedabhi ca mehet > Therefore, one may spit upon a shadow and urinate upon it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.369.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369.p24) pāpmānameva taddhate > one thereby strikes evil alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.369) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.369) · Pramāṇa