[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) › 2-8.415 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.415 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.415 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.415](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415) tadyathāvidhamevaitadevamupetyamiti brahma vai vratasya śiro dyāvāpṛthivī pakṣāvantarikṣamātmā sāma puccham gāyatraṃ vai vratasya śirastaddhi brahma bṛhadrathantare pakṣau te hi dyāvāpṛthivī vāmadevyamātmā taddhyantarikṣam yajñāyajñīyampucche taddhi sāma navabhiśśira stuvanti nava vai puruṣe prāṇāḥ prāṇānāmevaiṣā saṃmā prāṇānāmṛddhiḥ tasmingāyatrasāmādhyūhanti prāṇo vai gāyatrasāma prāṇameva tacchīrṣandadhati tasmācchīrṣanprāṇo hitaḥ te pratyañco niḥsṛpyārkaśīrṣamiti tena stuvate grīvā ha tāstadyadimām̐llokānanudākhyāyamiva gāyati śirtaścaiva tadātmānaṃ ca saṃdadhāti tasmācchiraścātmā ca saṃhitau tadāhurapañcaviṃśaṃ bhavatyatiricyate tasmādetadatra na kāryamiti > 'So according to the ritual rule this is to be undertaken: The brahman indeed is the head of the observance; heaven and earth are the two wings; the atmosphere is the trunk; the sāman is the tail. The Gāyatra \[sāman\] indeed is the head of the observance, for that is brahman. The Bṛhat and Rathantara are the two wings, for they are heaven and earth. The Vāmadevya is the trunk, for that is the atmosphere. The Yajñāyajñīya is the tail, for that is sāman. They praise the head with nine \[verses\]. Nine indeed are the vital breaths in a person. This is the measure of the breaths, the flourishing of the breaths. Upon it they superimpose the Gāyatra sāman. The Gāyatra sāman is indeed breath. Thereby they place breath in the head. Therefore breath is situated in the head. Having crept out westward, they praise with the 'head of Arka'. Those are the neck-vertebrae, since he sings as if narrating these worlds in order. Thereby he connects the head and the trunk. Therefore the head and the trunk are joined together. Regarding this they say: 'It becomes devoid of the twenty-five-fold \[scheme\] and redundant; therefore this should not be done here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p1) ta etena trivṛtā stomena rathantaramabhyāyanti > With this threefold stoma they approach the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p2) brahma vai trivṛdannaṃ rathantaram > Brahman is indeed the threefold \[stoma\]; food is the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p3) brahmaṇaiva tadannādyaṃ spṛṇvanti > By means of brahman alone do they secure food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p4) tasminpañcadaśaṃ stomamadhyūhanti > Upon it they superimpose the fifteenfold stoma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p5) vajro vai pañcadaśo'nnaṃ rathantaram > A thunderbolt indeed is the fifteenfold \[stoma\]; food is the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p6) vajreṇaiva tadannādyaṃ parigṛhṇanti > With the thunderbolt alone do they grasp food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p7) ta etena pañcadaśena saptadaśamabhyāyanti > With this fifteenfold \[stoma\] they approach the seventeenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p8) vajro vai pañcadaśo viṭsaptadaśaḥ > The thunderbolt is the fifteenfold; the populace (viś) is the seventeenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.415.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415.p9) vajreṇaiva tadviśaṃ spṛṇvanti > With the thunderbolt alone do they secure the populace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.415) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.415) · Pramāṇa