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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.430

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.430

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2-8.430](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430)

atha yāṃ viṣuvatamupetya vasantyāditya eva tāṃ vasanti  
tadyadāditye'nnādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyurāditya idametarhi smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti  
atha yāṃ viśvajitamupetya vasantīndra eva tāṃ vasanti  
tadyadindre'nnādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyurindra idametarhi smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti  
atha yāṃ goāyuṣī upetya vasantyahorātrayoreva tāṃ vasanti  
tadyadahorātrayorannādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyurahorātrayoridametarhi smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti  
atha yāṃ dvādaśāhasyāhānyupetya vasanti lokeṣveva tāṃ vasanti  
tadyallokeṣvannādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyurlokeṣvidametarhi smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti  
atha yāṃ mahāvratīyamaharupetya vasanti prajāpatāveva tāṃ vasanti  
tadyatprajāpatāvannādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyuḥ prajāpatāvidametarhi smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti  
atha yāṃ udayanīyamatirātramupetya vasantyamuṣminneva tāṃ loke vasanti  
tadyadamuṣmim̐lloke'nnādyaṃ tadeva tenāvarundhate  
atho ha vidyuramuṣminnidametarhi loke smasteṣāṃ no na kā canārtirastīti

> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the Viṣuvant, they dwell in Āditya itself. Thereby they secure whatever food is in Āditya. And they know: 'We are now in Āditya; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the Viśvajit, they dwell in Indra itself. Thereby they secure whatever food is in Indra. And they know: 'We are now in Indra; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the Go and Āyus \[days\], they dwell in day and night themselves. Thereby they secure whatever food is in day and night. And they know: 'We are now in day and night; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the days of the twelve-day rite, they dwell in the worlds themselves. Thereby they secure whatever food is in the worlds. And they know: 'We are now in the worlds; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the Mahāvrata day, they dwell in Prajāpati itself. Thereby they secure whatever food is in Prajāpati. And they know: 'We are now in Prajāpati; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> Then, that \[night\] when they dwell having undertaken the concluding Atirātra, they dwell in that world. Thereby they secure whatever food is in that world. And they know: 'We are now in that world; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p1)

te satisado ha vā anye satrasado'nye

> Some are indeed sitters in the real; others are sitters in the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p2)

satyevānye sīdanti satramanya āsate

> Some sit in the real itself; others sit in the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p3)

te haiva satisado ya evaṃ vidvāṃso dīkṣante

> Those who undergo consecration knowing thus are truly the sitters in the real.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p4)

etāsu hi devatāsu sati sīdanto yanti

> For they proceed sitting in these deities as the real.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p5)

te ha te sarvaṃ pāpmānamapaghnate

> They indeed strike away all evil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p6)

atha ya ete śikhācchinnāḥ prasarpamicchamānā āveṣṭante te haiva satrasadaḥ

> Now, those who wander about with their tufts cut off, seeking handouts—they are the sitters in the sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p7)

ya evaṃ vidvāṃsamupavadati yathaitā devatā ṛtvānīyādevaṃ netyetāsu hyevainaṃ

> If one reviles him who knows thus, as if he might incur these deities, \[saying,\] 'It is not so'—for he reviles him who has taken refuge in these  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p8)

devatāsu prapannametāsu vasantamupavadati tasya haitasya naiva kā canārtirasti ya

> deities, who is dwelling in them—he who knows thus has no misfortune whatsoever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p9)

evaṃ veda

> \[He has no misfortune\] who knows thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p10)

ya evainamupavadati sa ārtimārcchati

> He who reviles him, he incurs misfortune.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p11)

tāni vā etāni saṃvatsarasya daśaivāhānyatirātrāvārambhaṇīyamahāvratīye

> These are indeed just the ten days of the year: the two Atirātras, the Ārambhaṇīya and Mahāvrata  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p12)

ahanī pṛṣṭhyābhiplavau viśvajidabhijitau svarasāmānaśca viṣuvāṃśca

> days, the Pṛṣṭhya and Abhiplava, the Viśvajit and Abhijit, the Svarasāmans, and the Viṣuvant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p13)

pravatirha kauśānteyaḥ kusurbindasyauddālakerbrahmacāryāsa

> Pravati Kauśānteya was a Vedic student of Kusurbinda Auddālaki.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p14)

taṃ hovāca somya sūtaputra kati te pitā saṃvatsarasyāhānyamanyateti

> He said to him: 'Dear boy, son of a charioteer, how many days of the year did your father reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p15)

daśeti hovāca

> 'Ten,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p16)

daśa vāveti hovāca daśākṣarā virāḍannaṃ virāḍvairājo yajñaḥ

> 'Ten indeed,' he said. 'The Virāj has ten syllables; the Virāj is food; the sacrifice is of the nature of the Virāj.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p17)

katyevāmanyateti

> 'How many \[else\] did he reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p18)

naveti hovāca

> 'Nine,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p19)

nava vāveti hovāca

> 'Nine indeed,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p20)

nava vai puruṣe prāṇāḥ

> 'There are nine vital breaths in a person.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p21)

prāṇairu yajñastāyate

> And the sacrifice is extended by the vital breaths.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p22)

katyevāmanyateti

> 'How many \[else\] did he reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p23)

āṣṭāviti hovāca

> 'Eight,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p24)

aṣṭau vāveti hovāca

> 'Eight indeed,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p25)

aṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī

> 'The Gāyatrī has eight syllables.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p26)

gāyatro yajñaḥ

> The sacrifice is of the nature of the Gāyatrī.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p27)

katyevāmanyateti

> 'How many \[else\] did he reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p28)

sapteti hovāca

> 'Seven,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p29)

sapta vāveti hovāca

> 'Seven indeed,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p30)

sapta vai chandāṃsi chandobhiryajñastāyate

> 'There are seven meters; the sacrifice is extended by the meters.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p31)

katyevāmanyateti

> 'How many \[else\] did he reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p32)

ṣaḍiti hovāca

> 'Six,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p33)

ṣaḍvāveti hovāca

> 'Six indeed,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p34)

ṣaḍvā ṛtavassaṃvatsaraḥ

> 'The year consists of six seasons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p35)

saṃvatsaro yajñaḥ

> The year is the sacrifice.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p36)

katyevāmanyateti

> 'How many \[else\] did he reckon?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p37)

pañceti hovāca

> 'Five,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p38)

pañca vāveti hovāca

> 'Five indeed,' he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p39)

pāṅkto yajñaḥ

> 'The sacrifice is fivefold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p40)

pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ

> Cattle are fivefold.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p41)

paśavo yajñaḥ

> The cattle are the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p42)

katyevāmanyateti

> "How many did he consider?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p43)

catvārīti hovāca

> "Four," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p44)

catvāri vāveti hovāca

> "Indeed four," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p45)

catasro diśaścatuṣpadāḥ paśavaścatvāri chandāṃsi yajñavāho gāyatrī

> "Four are the quarters, four-footed are the cattle, four are the meters that bear the sacrifice: the Gāyatrī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p46)

triṣṭubjagatyanuṣṭup

> the Triṣṭubh, the Jagatī, the Anuṣṭubh."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p47)

katyevāmanyateti

> "How many did he consider?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p48)

trīṇīti hovāca

> "Three," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p49)

trīṇi vāveti hovāca

> "Indeed three," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p50)

triṣavaṇo yajñastrayaḥ prāṇāpānavyānāstraya ime lokāḥ

> "The sacrifice has three pressings; there are three \[breaths\]: in-breath, out-breath, and diffused breath; these worlds are three."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p51)

katyevāmanyateti

> "How many did he consider?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2-8.430.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.430.p52)

dve iti hovāca

> "Two," he said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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