[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) › 2-8.388 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.388 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.388 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.388](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388) prajāpatirvai saptadaśaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajānāṃ prajanayitā sa yaḥ prajānāṃ prajanayitā tena prajātāḥ prajāyāmahā iti ta u vā ānuṣṭubhā bhavanti vāgvā anuṣṭubvākprajananaṃ vācaḥ prajananātprajāyāmahā iti ta u vā ukthyā bhavanti paśavo vā ukthānyannaṃ paśavaḥ paśubhyo'nnādyātprajāṃ nedantarayāmeti tadu hovāca śāṭyāyaniranādṛtya bhāllabeyasya vadanamabhijita evādhyupetyam yo vā eṣa pṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍahassa evābhijit āyatanena ye vā ete pṛṣṭhyasya ṣaḍahasya stomāsta evaite eko vai pṛṣṭhye ṣaḍahe saptadaśaḥ athaitasmiṃstrayassaptadaśāḥ taṃ vāvaitadetaṃ stomaṃ kṛtvā prajanayanti tadyatsaptadaśādeva saptadaśaṃ prajanayanti saptadaśātsaptadaśaṃ saptadaśātsaptadaśam parastādu vai viśvajiti trayassaptadaśāḥ te vāvaitadubhaye saṃpadya prajanayanti teṣāṃ vā atra pratiṣṭhā abhijita evādhyupetyamiti > Prajāpati indeed is seventeenfold. Prajāpati is the generator of creatures: \[thinking\] 'May we, generated by him who is the generator of creatures, generate offspring.' And they are in the Anuṣṭubh \[meter\]; speech is the Anuṣṭubh, speech is generation: \[thinking\] 'May we generate offspring from the generation of speech.' And they are Ukthya \[days\]; cattle are the ukthas, cattle are food: \[thinking\] 'Lest we cut off our offspring from cattle and food.' Concerning this, Śāṭyāyani said, disregarding the statement of Bhāllabeya: 'One should approach \[them\] only from the Abhijit. That which is this six-day rite of the pṛṣṭhas, that is indeed the Abhijit by resting-place. Those which are the stomas of the six-day rite of the pṛṣṭhas, these are they. In the six-day rite of the pṛṣṭhas there is only one seventeenfold \[stoma\], but in this one there are three seventeenfold \[stomas\]. Having made that stoma, they generate that. Since they generate the seventeenfold from the seventeenfold, the seventeenfold from the seventeenfold, the seventeenfold from the seventeenfold, and further beyond in the Viśvajit there are three seventeenfold \[stomas\], both of these, having joined together, generate that. Their firm standing is indeed here: one should approach \[them\] only from the Abhijit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p1) ekaviṃśo viṣuvānbhavati > The Viṣuvant is twenty-onefold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p2) ekaviṃśo vā asya bhuvanasya viṣuvān > The Viṣuvant is indeed the twenty-first of this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p3) dvādaśa māsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśaḥ > Twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds, and that Āditya is the twenty-first. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p4) sarvasminvā eṣo'sminnadhi pratiṣṭhitaḥ > He is indeed firmly established above all this \[universe\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p5) tadyasminneṣa sarvasminnadhi pratiṣṭhitastasminsarvasminnadhi pratitiṣṭhāmeti > \[Thinking:\] 'In that upon which he is firmly established, in all that may we be firmly established.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p6) tasmādvāyavyānuṣṭuppratipadbhavati > Therefore, the introductory verse is dedicated to Vāyu in the Anuṣṭubh \[meter\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p7) vākca vai vāyuścaitaṃ devatānāmānaśānau > Speech and Vāyu are the two among the deities who have reached this \[sun\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p8) tau yāvetaṃ devatānāmānaśānau tābhyāmenamaśnavāmahā iti > \[Thinking:\] 'Through those two among the deities who have reached this, through them may we reach him.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.388.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388.p9) yaddha vai vāyurna paveta prāsāvidaṃ tejasā dahedagnirvaiśvānaraḥ prajā ādadīta > If indeed Vāyu were not to blow, he would burn this \[world\] with his blazing heat, and Agni Vaiśvānara would seize the creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.388) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.388) · Pramāṇa