[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) › 2-8.413 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.413 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.413 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.413](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.413) e vratamityāha - annaṃ vai vratamannādyasyaivāvaruddhyai e suvarityāha svargasyaiva lokasya samaṣṭyai e śakunā ityāha vaya evaitacchakunā bhūtvā svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnuvate tadāhurvāravantīyamevaitasyāhno'gniṣṭomasāma kāryamiti prajāpatiḥ paśūnasṛjata te'smātsṛṣṭā apākrāman tānvāravantīyenaiva varaṇaśākhāmācchidyāvārayata yadavārayata tadvāravantīyasya vāravantīyatvam tasmādvaraṇaṃ bhiṣajyamāhuḥ tadyadetasyāhno vāravantīyamagniṣṭomasāma bhavati yadanena karmaṇāvārutsmahi tanno vāravantīyena vāritamantata upatiṣṭhātā iti tadehivadihavadbhavatyantasya rūpam anto hyetadahaḥ tadu vā āhuryadvāvānyā vāṅnātivadati tadetasyāhno'gniṣṭomasāma kāryam yajñāyajñīyaṃ vāvānyā vāṅnātivadati vāgvai yajñāyajñīyam kuto hi vāgvācamativadiṣyati tasmādetasyāhno yajñāyajñīyamevāgniṣṭomasāma kāryamiti > He says: "e vratam"—food indeed is the vrata—for the obtaining of food. / He says: "e suvar"—for the attainment of the heavenly world. / He says: "e śakunāḥ"—having become birds, they attain the heavenly world. / On this they say: "The Vāravantīya should be made the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day." / Prajāpati created cattle. / Created, they departed from him. / With the Vāravantīya, having broken off a varaṇa branch, he warded them off. / In that he warded them off (avārayata), that is the Vāravantīya-nature of the Vāravantīya. / Therefore they call the varaṇa tree healing. / In that the Vāravantīya becomes the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day, it is with the thought: "Whatever we have warded off (avārutsmahi) by this ritual act, let that, warded off by the Vāravantīya, stand by us at the end." / It contains the words "ehi" and "iha", which is the characteristic mark of the end. / For this day is the end. / But on this they also say: "Whatever other speech does not surpass, that should be made the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day. / The Yajñāyajñīya no other speech surpasses. / Speech indeed is the Yajñāyajñīya. / For whence could speech surpass speech? / Therefore the Yajñāyajñīya alone should be made the Agniṣṭoma-sāman of this day." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.413.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.413.p1) asnnaṃ vai vrataṃ śrīrvai vratam > Food indeed is the vrata; prosperity indeed is the vrata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.413.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.413.p2) vratena vā annamadyate vratena śrīrāpyate > By the vrata food is eaten; by the vrata prosperity is obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.413) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.413](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.413) · Pramāṇa