[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) › 2-8.377 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.377 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.377 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.377](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.377) ardhamāsaśa eva tatsaṃvatsaramāpnuvanti etadu ha vā eke satriṇo'harupetyottasthurāpāma saṃvatsaramiti vadantaḥ te ye kāmaṃkāmaṃ samārebhāṇā iva syusta etadevāharupetyotiṣṭheyuḥ āpto haiṣāṃ saṃvatsaro bhavati tasya trīṇi ca śatāni stotriyā bhavanti ṣaṣṭiśca tāvatīssaṃvatsarasya rātrayaḥ rātriśa eva tatsaṃvatsaramāpnuvanti tadāhuryatsaṃvatsarasadassaṃvatsarasyāhāni sunvanta āsate'tha kena rātrīrāpnuvantīti sa brūyādyāvatīḥ prāyaṇīyasyāhna stotryāstāvatīssaṃvatsarasya rātrayaḥ prāyaṇīyasyāhna eva stotryābhī rātrīrāptvā ahāni sunvanta āsata iti tadukthyaṃ bhavati paśavo vā ukthāni paśūnāmevāvaruddhyai tasya pañcadaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti pañcadaśa vā ardhamāsasya rātrayaḥ ardhamāsaśa eva tatsaṃvatsaramāpnuvanti triṃśatstutaśastrāṇi bhavanti triṃśanmāsasya rātrayaḥ māsaśa eva tatsaṃvatsaramāpnuvanti > Half-month by half-month they thus attain the year. / And regarding this, some session-performers, having undertaken \[this single\] day, rose up, saying: 'We have attained the year.' / Those who might be as if beginning every wish, they should rise up having undertaken just this day; / the year becomes attained for them. / Of it there are three hundred and sixty stoma-verses; / so many are the nights of the year; / night by night they thus attain the year. / As to that, they say: 'Since the year-sitters sit pressing \[soma\] during the days of the year, then by what do they attain the nights?' / He should say: 'As many as are the stoma-verses of the introductory day, so many are the nights of the year; / having attained the nights through the stoma-verses of the introductory day itself, they sit pressing \[soma\] during the days.' / It is an Ukthya; cattle, indeed, are the ukthas, \[and this is\] for the securing of cattle. / Of it there are fifteen stotras; / fifteen, indeed, are the nights of a half-month; / half-month by half-month they thus attain the year. / There are thirty chanted and recited hymns; / thirty are the nights of a month; / month by month they thus attain the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.376.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.376.p7) - [Next: 2-8.378](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.378) - [Up: 2-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.377) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.377](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.377) · Pramāṇa