[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) › 2-8.391 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.391 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.391 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.391](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391) tasmādātmanpakṣau pratihitau tadāhuḥ preva vā ete'smāllokāccyavante ya etānparācaṣṣaḍahānparāca stomānparāñci pṛṣṭhāni parāñci chandāṃsyupayantīti tadyatparastādviṣuvato'rvācaṣṣaḍahānupayantyasminnevaitalloke pratitiṣṭhanti adyādyā śvaśvo vayamenamidā hyastvāmidā hyo naraḥ kveyatha kvedasi | indra tridhātu śaraṇamiti saṃtanayaḥ pragāthā bhavantyadyaśvasyaiva saṃtatyai adya caiva te śvaśca saṃtanvanti ayātayāmānamu saṃvatsaramāsate tadāhurindra kratuṃ na ā bharetyetāsvāvatīṣu stotavyamahno rūpeṇeti pitā putrebhyo yathā śikṣā ṇo asminpuruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotiraśīmahi iti ete ha vai jīvā jyotiraśnuvate ye saṃvatsarasyodṛcamaśnuvate mā no ajñātā vṛjanā durādhyo māśivāso ava kramuḥ tvayā vayaṃ pravataḥ śaśvatīrapo ati śūra tarāmasi ityetā ha vai pravataḥ śaśvatīrāpo yatsaṃvatsara ṛtavo māsā ardhamāsā ahorātrāṇyuṣasaḥ tā evaitenātitaranti > Therefore, two wings are set upon the self. > Regarding this they say: 'Surely they fall away from this world who undertake these forward six-day periods, forward stomas, forward pṛṣṭhas, and forward meters.' > When they undertake the returning six-day periods beyond the viṣuvant day, they firmly establish themselves in this very world. > 'Today, today, tomorrow, tomorrow, we \[approach\] him,' 'Now, yesterday, you, now, yesterday, O men,' 'Whither have you gone? Whither are you?', 'Indra, three-layered refuge'—\[these\] are connecting pragāthas for the continuity of today and tomorrow. > They connect today and tomorrow. > And they sit through an unexhausted year. > Regarding this they say: 'Indra, bring us discernment,' with this much, one should praise according to the form of the day, > 'as a father to his sons; / grant us help, O much-invoked one, on this journey; may we, living, attain the light.' > Indeed, they attain the light alive who reach the completion of the year. > 'Let not unknown, malevolent strongholds tread us down, nor unpropitious ones; / through you, O hero, may we cross over the everlasting rushing waters.' > These everlasting rushing waters are the year, the seasons, the months, the fortnights, the days and nights, the dawns. > By this, they cross over them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p1) śaktiṃ ha vāsiṣṭhaṃ saudāsā agnau prāsuḥ > The descendants of Sudās threw Śakti, the son of Vasiṣṭha, into the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p2) sa ha prāsyamāna uvācendra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yatheti > While being thrown, he said: 'Indra, bring us discernment, as a father to his sons.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p3) etāvaddhaivāsya vyāhṛtamāsa > Only so much was uttered by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p4) atha hainamagnau prāsuḥ > Then they threw him into the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p5) atha ha vasiṣṭha ājagāma > Then Vasiṣṭha arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p6) sa hovāca kiṃ me putraḥ prāsyamāno'bravīditi > He said: 'What did my son say when he was being thrown?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p7) tasmai hocurindra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yathetyetāvadevāsya > They said to him: '"Indra, bring us discernment, as a father to his sons"—only this much > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p8) vyāhṛtamāsīdathainamagnau prāsyanniti > was uttered by him, and then they threw him into the fire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p9) sa hovāca śikṣā ṇo'sminpuruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotiraśīmahīti yanma > He said: '"Grant us help, O much-invoked one, on this journey; may we, living, attain the light"—if only my son had reached this latter half-verse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p10) etamuttaramardharcaṃ putraḥ prāpsyanna caivainamagnau prāsiṣyansarvamu cāyurayiṣyat > they would not have thrown him into the fire, and he would have reached a full life-span. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p11) yaiva kurutamā devatānāmabhūttāmupāsarat > He approached whichever deity was the most active among the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p12) ṛdhnavaṃste satriṇo ye ma etena putrasya pragāthena stavāntā iti > 'May those sacrificial performers prosper who praise me with this pragātha of my son!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p13) sa eṣa ṛddhiprāgubhitaḥ pragāthaḥ > That is this pragātha, adorned with prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p14) ṛddhiṣṇavo ha bhavantyenena tuṣṭuvānāḥ > Prospering indeed are they who praise with this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p15) gauścāyuśca stomau bhavataḥ pratiṣṭityai > The Gau and Āyus stomas are for firm establishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.391.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391.p16) ūnātiriktau bhavataḥ prajananāya > They are deficient and redundant for the sake of procreation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.391) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śaunakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*saunaka.18.3.67) — Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391) · Pramāṇa