[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) › 2-8.380 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.380 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.380 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.380](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380) prajāpatirvā abhīvartaḥ prajāśchandāṃsi sa eṣa prajāpatiḥ prajāsu garbhaṃ dadhadeti anyāsvanyāsvastuvanti samānena sāmnā reta eva tatsiñcanti tasmādsamāno bahvīṣvreto dadhāti samānīḥ parastādṛco bhavantyanyadanyatsāma reta eva tatsiktaṃ prajanayanti tasmātsamānā bahūnsūte anyāsvanyāsvastuvanti samānena sāmnā anyadanyaddhi yantaḥ paśyanti samānīḥ parastādṛco bhavantyanyadanyatsāma yāneveto lokānpragāthairabhyārohanto yanti tānamutassāmabhiḥ pratyavarohanta āyanti ṛgvā ayaṃ lokassāmāsau yadito yantassāmārabhya yantyamuṃ tallokamārabhya yanti te yatpurastādviṣuvata utsṛjerannavāmuṣmāllokācchidyeran yadamuta āyanta ṛcamārabhyāyantīmaṃ tallokamārabhyanti te yatpurastāddvādaśāhīyebhyo'hobhya utsṛjerannavāsmāllokācchidyeran > Prajāpati, indeed, is the Abhīvarta; creatures are the meters. / This Prajāpati goes depositing the embryo in creatures. / They chant on different \[verses\] with the same sāman; / they thus emit semen; / therefore, a single \[male\] deposits semen in many \[females\]. / There are the same verses thereafter, \[but\] a different sāman; / they thus bring forth the emitted semen; / therefore, a single \[female\] gives birth to many. / They chant on different \[verses\] with the same sāman; / for going on, they see different things. / There are the same verses thereafter, \[but\] a different sāman. / Which worlds they go ascending toward from here with the pragāthas, those they come descending back from yonder with the sāmans. / The verse is this world; the sāman is yonder \[world\]. / When going from here, they go holding on to the sāman, they go holding on to yonder world. / If they were to stop before the Viṣuvant, they would be cut off from yonder world. / When coming from yonder, they come holding on to the verse, they go holding on to this world. / If they were to stop before the days belonging to the twelve-day rite, they would be cut off from this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.380.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380.p1) sakṛtparastādabhīvartaṃ paryasyanti > Once, on the farther side, they overturn the Abhīvarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.380.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380.p2) tasmādgarbhā jāyamānāḥ paryāvartante > Therefore embryos, when being born, turn around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.380.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380.p3) purā ha khalu vai pañcamānmāso bārhatāḥ pragāthā āpyanta > Formerly, indeed, before the fifth month, the Bārhata pragāthas were reached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.380.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380.p4) uṣṇihaṃ ca triṣṭubhaṃ ca dve chandasī saṃyujya pañca māsassamāpayeyuḥ > Having combined two meters, the Uṣṇih and the Triṣṭubh, they should complete five months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.380) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.380) · Pramāṇa