[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) › 2-8.418 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.418 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.418 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.418](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418) yadvāvādo daśamamahastadevokthāni iyamadhiruhyaivetyāhuḥ antarikṣasācyeva vai śrīḥ evaṃ śriyā upāptiriti vāṇaśśatatantrīrbhavati śatāyurvai puruṣaśśatendriyaśśatavīryastasyaivendriyasya vīryasyāvaruddhyai tadāhurna vāṇaśśatatantrīḥ kāryo yarhi vā etasya brāhmaṇāssantānamavidussakṛtsantato vā eṣa tarhi rājñāṃ sabhāsu praviśāmi bruvannaśayattaṃ kiṃ tatkuryuryastathaitarhi na yathā pureti tadu vā āhuḥ kiṃ khalu tathaitarhi yathā purā ekasāmnā ha sma vai purā stutvā svargaṃ lokaṃ gacchantyatho avabhṛthādevodetya kāryaḥ evaṃ vāṇaśśatatantrīrvācaḥ kṛtsnatvāyeti tasyaiṣa santāno bhūrbhuva svarvadā vadā vadā vadī vadā vadoruḥ pṛthussugassugantuḥ karmaḥ karaṇaḥ karaḥ kariṣyannaindrīṃ vācaṃ bṛhatīṃ viśvarūpāṃ śatāyuṣaṃ pravada deva vāṇeti athendreṇatayā ceṣīkayā vetasaśākhayā collikhati mano jyotiriti vāksatyamiti mano bhadra iti > Whatever is that tenth day yonder, that consists of ukthas. They say: 'It must be mounted indeed. Fortune indeed belongs to the mid-space. Thus is the attainment of fortune.' There is a hundred-stringed harp. A man has a life of a hundred \[years\], a hundred faculties, a hundred vital powers; \[it is\] for the securing of that very faculty and vital power. Regarding this they say: 'The hundred-stringed harp should not be made. When the Brahmins knew the continuous sequence of this, then this one, having once joined it, lay saying in the assemblies of kings: "I enter!" What should they do then to him who is not now as formerly?' But on that they also say: 'Why indeed should it not be now as formerly? Formerly, having praised with a single sāman, they used to go to the heavenly world. Moreover, having come up from the purificatory bath, it should be made. Thus the hundred-stringed harp is for the wholeness of speech.' Its continuous sequence is this: 'Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ! Speak, speak, speak, speak, speak, speak! Wide, broad, easy of path, easy of access, active, making, making, about to make! Indra's speech, great, multiform, bestowing a hundred-year lifespan, utter forth, divine harp!' Then he scratches it with an arrow-reed and with a willow-branch, saying: 'Mind is light', 'Speech is truth', 'Mind is auspicious.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p1) ahīnasaṃ hāśvatthiṃ putrā upasametyocussatrāyāmo vai bhagavo'nu naśśādhīti > His sons approached Ahīnas Āśvatthi and said: 'Reverend sir, we are undertaking a sacrificial session; instruct us!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p2) sa hovāca maivaṃ vocata > He said: 'Do not speak thus! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p3) durupadharṣo vai saṃvatsaraḥ > Difficult to overcome indeed is the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p4) yathā vai rathanābhāvarāḥ pratiṣṭhitā evaṃ vai saṃvatsare sarve mṛtyavaḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ > Just as spokes are fixed in the navel of a chariot wheel, so all deaths are fixed in the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p5) athaitadevaṃ brūtheti > And yet you say this!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p6) te hocusteṣāṃ vai tvameva bhiṣagasi tvaṃ prāyaścittiranveva naśśādhīti > They said: 'You alone are our physician, you are our expiation; do instruct us!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p7) taddhāsya priyamāsa > This was pleasing to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.418.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418.p8) sa hovācaivaṃ cedbrūtha ṣaṭsu sma pratiṣṭhāsu pratitiṣṭhata > He said: 'If you speak thus, establish yourselves on the six supports.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.418) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.418) · Pramāṇa