[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) › 2-8.375 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.375 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.375 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.375](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375) so'kāmayata praiva jāyeyeti sa etasmādeva vaiśvānarātprāyaṇīyādatirātrāttryahaṃ niramimīta agniṣṭomādeva jyotirniramimīta ukthyebhyo gāṃ rātryā āyuḥ tasmāttryahāttrīnṛtūnprājanayattriṣvṛtuṣu pratyatiṣṭhat tadyadeṣa tryaho bhavati trīnevaitasmādṛtūnprajanayanti triṣvṛtuṣu pratitiṣṭhanti so'kāmayata praiva jāyeyeti sa etameva ṣaḍahaṃ parastātparyauhat tau dvau ṣaḍahāvabhavatām tābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ ṣaḍahābhyāṃ dvādaśa māsaḥ prājanayaddvādaśasu māseṣu pratyatiṣṭhat tadyadetau dvau ṣaḍahau bhavato dvādaśaivaitābhyāṃ māsaḥ prajanayanti dvādaśasu māseṣu pratitiṣṭhanti so'kāmayata praiva jāyeyeti sa etāveva ṣaḍahau parastātparyauhat te catvāraṣṣaḍahā abhavan tebhyaścaturbhyaṣṣaḍahebhyaścaturviṃśatimardhamāsānprājanayaccaturviṃśatyāmardhamāseṣu pratyatiṣṭhat tadyadete catvāraṣṣaḍahā bhavanti caturviṃśatimevaitebhyo'rdhamāsānprajanayanti caturviṃśatyāmardhamāseṣu pratitiṣṭhanti > He desired: 'May I reproduce!' > From this very Vaiśvānara introductory Atirātra he fashioned a three-day rite: from the Agniṣṭoma he fashioned the light, from the Ukthyas the cow, from the night the life span. > From that three-day rite he brought forth the three seasons; he was established upon the three seasons. > Therefore, that this three-day rite takes place, from this they bring forth three seasons, they are established upon the three seasons. > He desired: 'May I reproduce!' > He pushed this very six-day period forward from behind. > They became two six-day periods. > From those two six-day periods he brought forth the twelve months; he was established upon the twelve months. > Therefore, that these two six-day periods take place, from them they bring forth the twelve months, they are established upon the twelve months. > He desired: 'May I reproduce!' > He pushed these very two six-day periods forward from behind. > They became four six-day periods. > From those four six-day periods he brought forth the twenty-four half-months; he was established upon the twenty-four half-months. > Therefore, that these four six-day periods take place, from them they bring forth the twenty-four half-months, they are established upon the twenty-four half-months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.375.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375.p1) sa idaṃ sarvaṃ bhuvanaṃ prajanya pṛṣṭhyena ṣaḍahenātmannadhatta > Having brought forth this whole world, he placed it within himself by means of the Pṛṣṭhya six-day period. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.375.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375.p2) tadyadeṣa pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍaho bhavati sarvamevaitena bhuvanaṃ prajanyātmasu dadhate > Therefore, that this Pṛṣṭhya six-day period takes place, having brought forth the whole world by it, they place it within themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.375.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375.p3) varṣma vai pṛṣṭhāni > The pṛṣṭhas are the heights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.375.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375.p4) varṣmaṇyevaitatpratitiṣṭhanti > They are established upon the heights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.375.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375.p5) śrīrvai pṛṣṭhāni > The pṛṣṭhas are prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.375) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.375) · Pramāṇa