[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) › 2-8.424 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.424 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.424 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.424](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424) tau haitatsaṃvatsarasyaiva pādāvārabhya yanti te svastyariṣṭā udṛcamaśnuvate atha yadvo'vocamacyutaṃ sma yajñasya mā cyāvayateti vāmadevyameva vastadavocamiti etaddha vai yajñasyācyutaṃ yadvāmadevyam prāṇo hi vāmadevyam prāṇānnedavacchidyāmahā iti atha yadvo'vocaṃ yajñasya sma śvastanamupeti gaurivītameva vastadavocamiti etaddha vai yajñasya śvastanaṃ yadgaurivītaṃ prajā śvastanaṃ paśava śvastanaṃ svargo loka śvastanam sa yathā kṣetrajño grāmaṃ yāpayedadassugaṃ tena yāsyāmo'dassutīrthaṃ tena tariṣyāmo'dassuvasaṃ tadvatsyāma ityevametau gaurivītasyodāsāvavasānadarśau carataḥ atho yathā somapravākassomaṃ prāhaivametau gaurivītasyodāsau devebhyassomaṃ prāhatuḥ proktasomo ha sa tāṃ rātriṃ vasati yasminahani gaurivītaṃ bhavati atho hainaṃ devā īkṣante dhāvata śvo yaṣṭeti tadyadekāhe gaurivītaṃ na kurvanti neddevām̐llāpayāmahā iti > They go, holding onto the very feet of the year. Unharmed, in well-being, they reach the conclusion. 'Now, when I said to you: "Do not cause the unfallen of the sacrifice to fall", it was the Vāmadevya that I spoke of to you. For this is the unfallen of the sacrifice, namely the Vāmadevya; for the Vāmadevya is breath, \[and we say\]: "Lest we be cut off from breath." And when I said to you: "Take up that which belongs to tomorrow in the sacrifice", it was the Gaurīvita that I spoke of to you. For this is that which belongs to tomorrow in the sacrifice, namely the Gaurīvita; offspring is that which belongs to tomorrow, cattle is that which belongs to tomorrow, the heavenly world is that which belongs to tomorrow. Just as a guide would lead a company, saying: "Yonder is easy of path, by that we will go; yonder is a good crossing, by that we will cross; yonder is good dwelling, there we will dwell", so these two terminal strophes of the Gaurīvita go as seers of the destination. Moreover, just as the Soma-herald proclaims the Soma, so these two terminal strophes of the Gaurīvita proclaim the Soma to the gods. He on whose day the Gaurīvita takes place dwells on that night as one whose Soma is proclaimed. And the gods look at him, saying: "Run, tomorrow he will sacrifice!" So when they do not perform the Gaurīvita on a one-day rite, \[it is\] lest we cause the gods to be disappointed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.424.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424.p1) atha yadvo'vocaṃ vācaṃ sma satyavatīmupeteti purojitī vo andhasa ityetāmeva > Now, when I said to you: 'Take up speech endowed with truth', \[it was the verse\] 'Before the soma-drinkers \[we sing\] for you'—it was this very > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.424.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424.p2) vastadanuṣṭubhamavocamiti > Anuṣṭubh that I spoke of to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2-8.424.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424.p3) eṣā vai vāksatyavatī yadeṣānuṣṭup > This Anuṣṭubh is indeed speech endowed with truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.424) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.424) · Pramāṇa