[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) › 2-8.438 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.438 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.438 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2-8.438](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.438) tasyaitau ślokāvayujo yuktāḥ pravahantyagre tato yugmanto anusaṃvahanti ta ekaṃ chandobhissaṃvatsaramā dvādaśa parisarpanti māsaḥ dvādaśasya māsa uttame'hanṣaṭtriṃśaṃ ha dadhrire vyāvṛtā ekaṃ tato yugmabhirvyayuñjatādhyanya āyansuvaranye parāyan iti tasya dvādaśa stotrāṇi bhavanti tenāgniṣṭomaḥ tānyu eva dvādaśa santi pañcadaśa caturviṃśāni stotrāṇi bhavanti tenokthyaḥ sa vā eṣo'gniṣṭomassannukthya ukthyassannagniṣṭomaḥ ubhau ha tau kāmāvupāpnoti yaścāgniṣṭome yaścokthye ya evaṃ veda > Regarding this, there are these two verses: > 'Yoked as odd, they carry forward at the beginning; then, with even \[numbers\], they carry along. > With the meters, they creep through one year, up to twelve months. > On the last day of the twelfth month, they held a thirty-six-\[fold stoma\], distinguished as one. > Then they unyoked with even \[stomas\]; some went up to heaven, others departed.' > It has twelve stotras; > thereby it is an Agniṣṭoma. > And being those twelve, they become fifteen \[and\] twenty-four stotras; > thereby it is an Ukthya. > It, being an Agniṣṭoma, is an Ukthya; being an Ukthya, it is an Agniṣṭoma. > Whoever knows this obtains both of those desires: that which is in the Agniṣṭoma and that which is in the Ukthya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2-8.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.437) - [Next: 2-8.439](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.439) - [Up: 2-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2-8.438) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.438](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.438) · Pramāṇa