[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) › 2-8.395 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.395 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.395 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.395](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.395) tadu hovācāruṇiraṣāḍhaṃ sāvayasamutsasṛjānaṃ hotā chidre saṃvatsara āsta iti sa hovāca mā na evaṃ bravīrupa vai vayaṃ tamupariṣṭāddvādaśarātramaimeti taṃ ha tadupajagau jyāyo vā hi kanīyo vā na hi vā tena tatsamam kapālamanyathā satyachidra upadhīyate iti vā ahametaddhoturmanye chidraṃ vā ahaṃ teṣāṃ saṃvatsaraṃ manye ya utsṛjante atho haiṣāṃ tadanyatheva satramupetaṃ bhavati yathā vai śaśa evaṃ yajñaḥ yo vai śaśamutsargaṃ lipsate nainaṃ sa gṛhṇāti atha ya enamanutsargaṃ lipsate sa evainaṃ gṛhṇāti utsargamevaitallipsante ya utsṛjante tasmānnaivotsṛjyamiti > Now Āruṇi said to Aṣāḍha Sāvayasa who had omitted \[days\]: 'The Hotṛ sits in a defective year.' > He said: 'Do not speak to us thus! We indeed perform that as a twelve-night rite at the end.' > He then sang in reply to him: > 'Whether greater or smaller, that is not equal to it; / when it is otherwise, a pot-sherd is placed on what is defective.' > 'Thus, indeed, do I regard this of the Hotṛ.' > 'Defective, indeed, do I regard the year of those who omit \[days\]. > Moreover, their sacrificial session is undertaken as if flawed. > As a hare is, just so is the sacrifice. > He who tries to catch a hare with an intermission does not catch it; > but he who tries to catch it without intermission, he alone catches it. > Those who omit \[days\] are seeking it with an intermission; > therefore \[a day\] should not be omitted at all.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.395.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.395.p1) atha ha smāha kusurbinda auddālakirutsṛjyaṃ caiva na neti > Then Kusurbinda Auddālaki used to say: 'It is both to be omitted and not \[to be omitted\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.395.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.395.p2) yadevādyāharutsṛjeraṃstacchvo bhūte pratisaṃkhyāyopaprastuyuḥ > 'Whatever day they might omit today, having reckoned it on the morrow, they should commence with praise \[for it\];' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.395) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.395](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.395) · Pramāṇa