[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) › 2-8.406 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.406 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.406 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.406](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406) te stoṣyanto viparāyanti adhvaryustrivṛtā śīrṣṇā gāyatreṇa stoṣyannagreṇa havirdhāne upaviśati maitrāvaruṇaḥ pañcadaśena pakṣeṇa bṛhatā stoṣyandakṣiṇata upaviśati brāhmaṇācchesī saptadaśena pakṣeṇa rathantareṇa stoṣyannuttarata upaviśati neṣṭaikaviṃśena pucchena bhadreṇa stoṣyanpatnīnāṃ madhya upaviśatyudgātā pañcaviṃśenātmanā rājanena stoṣyannaudumbarīmadhirohatyūrgvā annamudumbara ūrja evānnādyasyāvaruddhyai tāmabhimantrayate bṛhadrathantare te pūrvau pādau vairūpavairāje'parau śākvararaivate'nūcyāni chandāṃsyāstaraṇaṃ yajūṃṣi vivayanaṃ syonāmāsadaṃ suṣadāmāsadamiti tasyai pratyavaroho mahī dyauḥ pṛthivī ca na imaṃ yajñaṃ mimikṣatām pipṛtāṃ no bharīmabhiḥ iti > Intending to chant, they disperse. / The adhvaryu, intending to chant with the threefold head, with the Gāyatra, sits down in front of the two havirdhāna sheds. / The maitrāvaruṇa, intending to chant with the fifteenfold wing, with the Bṛhat, sits down on the south. / The brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, intending to chant with the seventeenfold wing, with the Rathantara, sits down on the north. / The neṣṭṛ, intending to chant with the twenty-onefold tail, with the Bhadra, sits down among the wives. / The udgātṛ, intending to chant with the twenty-fivefold trunk, with the Rājana, climbs the audumbarī post: the udumbara is vigor, food; \[it is\] for the attainment of vigor, of food. / Over it he recites: 'The Bṛhat and Rathantara are your front feet, the Vairūpa and Vairāja your rear feet, the Śākvara and Raivata your longitudinal bars, the meters the coverlet, the sacrificial formulas the webbing; sit down on the pleasant, sit down on the good seat!' / His stepping-down \[formula is\]: / 'May Great Heaven and Earth moisten this sacrifice of ours; / may they fill us with nourishments.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p1) te sakṛdeva sarve hiṃkurvanti > All at once they make the hiṃ sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p2) tasmātpuruṣassaṃviddho jāyate > Therefore man is born conscious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p3) udgāturhiṃkāramanu hiṃkurvanti > They make the hiṃ sound following the udgātṛ's hiṃ sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p4) tasmādātmano vaśamaṅgāni yanti > Therefore the limbs submit to the will of the self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p5) adhvaryustrivṛtā śīrṣṇā gāyatreṇodgāyati > The adhvaryu chants aloud with the threefold head, with the Gāyatra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p6) idaṃ tacchiraḥ pratidadhāti > He fits on this head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p7) tasmādidaṃ śiraḥ pratihitam > Therefore this head is fitted on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p8) parācībhirapunarabhyāvartam > \[He chants\] with \[verses\] directed forward, not turning back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p9) tasmādidaṃ śiraḥ parāṅeva neti neti > Therefore this head \[looks\] straight forward, not here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p10) navabhirudgāyati > He chants aloud with nine \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p11) tasmādidaṃ śiro na medyato'numedyati na kṛśyato'nukṛśyati > Therefore this head does not fatten when \[the body\] fattens, nor does it grow thin when \[the body\] grows thin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.406.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406.p12) maitrāvaruṇaḥ pañcadaśapakṣeṇa bṛhatodgāyati > The maitrāvaruṇa chants aloud with the fifteenfold wing, with the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.406) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.406) · Pramāṇa