[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) › 2.233 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.233 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.233 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233) virāṭsaṃpadaiva yajñena yajetetyāhuḥ annaṃ vai virāṭ annaṃ ha vai devānāṃ somo rājā annameva tatkṛtvā devebhyaḥ somaṃ rājānaṃ prayacchati na ha vā eṣo'nabhiṣuto devānāmannam tametadabhiṣutyānnaṃ kṛtvā devebhyaḥ prayacchati yaddha vā iha devebhyaḥ karoti tadasmai devāḥ kurvanti ta enaṃ samṛddhāḥ prajayā paśubhirannādyena samardhayanti virāṇnātiyaṣṭavyetyāhuḥ yo ha vai virājamatiyajate punarha so'muṣmim̐lloke yajamāna āste sa rūkṣaḥ paruṣo virājaṃ saṃpipādayiṣannīpsannanāpnuvannāste kva hi tadāpsyati yadito'nāptvā praiti paruṣāniva hāsīnānasito daivala uvāca ka eta āsata iti ye virājamatyayajāmahīti hocuḥ tānhābhyuvāda | sa rathādavapadyate - > They say: 'One should sacrifice only with a sacrifice that attains the virāj. / Food is the virāj. / King Soma is indeed the food of the gods. / Having made it food, he presents King Soma to the gods. / For when not pressed, he is not the food of the gods. / Having pressed him, making him food, he presents him to the gods. / Whatever he does for the gods here, that the gods do for him. / Being prosperous, they cause him to prosper with offspring, cattle, and nourishment.' / They say: 'The virāj should not be over-sacrificed.' / Whosoever over-sacrifices the virāj, he sits as a sacrificer again in yonder world. / Dry and rough, wishing to attain the virāj, striving and not obtaining it, he sits. / For where will he obtain that which he departs hence without having obtained? / Asito Daivala said to those sitting as if rough: 'Who are these who sit here?' / They said: 'We who have over-sacrificed the virāj.' / He addressed them: / 'He falls down from the chariot—' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.233.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233.p1) puraścakraṃ patho bile > 'the front wheel into the hole of the road;' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.233.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233.p2) taṃ cakramabhivartate yo'saṃpannena yajate > 'over him the wheel rolls who sacrifices with what is uncompleted.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.233.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233.p3) pāko yajñena devayuryaddadāti tadevāsyalokamabhigacchati > 'Simple, seeking the gods with sacrifice, whatever he gives, just to that world of his it goes.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.233) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.233) · Pramāṇa