[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) › 2.234 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.234 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.234 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.234](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234) iti pākāḥ santo'vijānanto'devāyateti haināṃstaduvāca ye virājamatyayajadhvamiti tadāhuḥ kuto yajñamatathāḥ kvainaṃ pratyatiṣṭhipa iti yata evainamatasīti brūyāttadevainaṃ pratyatiṣṭhipamiti puruṣāddha vai yajñastāyate puruṣe pratitiṣṭhati atha ha hṛtsvāśayā āllakeyo mahāvṛṣo rājā putraṃ dīkṣayāṃ cakāra tasya ha somaśuṣmaḥ sātyayajñirudgīthāyoḍha āsa tamu ha mahāvṛṣāṇāṃ dūtā āsasrurāgaccha samitirvā iyamiti taddha pradhāvayannuvācodgātaretaṃ te putraṃ paridadānīti sa heṣṭvā punarājagāma sa hovācodgātaḥ kva yajñaṃ pratyatiṣṭhipaḥ kva yajamānaṃ kvāsya paśūniti taddha na pratyuvāca sa hovāca punarme putraṃ dīkṣayata na vai vidma yatra me putramakṛditi tamu ha punardīkṣayāṃ cakruḥ tasya ha svayamevojjagau sa yatpratyavakṣyadyajamāna eva yajñaṃ pratyatiṣṭhipaṃ yajamānaṃ vāmadevye rathantare'sya paśūniti > Thus he spoke to them: 'Being simple, not knowing, you were not god-seeking, you who over-sacrificed the virāj.' / Regarding this, they say: 'Whence did you stretch the sacrifice? Where did you establish it?' / 'From where you stretch it,' he should say, 'there indeed have I established it. / From man the sacrifice is stretched; in man it is established.' / Now Hṛtsvāśaya Āllakeya, the king of the Mahāvṛṣas, consecrated his son. / Somaśuṣma Sātyayajñi was engaged for him for the udgītha. / The messengers of the Mahāvṛṣas rushed to him: 'Come, the assembly is gathered!' / Driving forward, he said: 'O Udgātṛ, to you I entrust this son!' / Having sacrificed, he came back. / He said: 'O Udgātṛ, where have you established the sacrifice? Where the sacrificer? Where his cattle?' / He gave him no answer. / He said: 'Consecrate my son again; we do not know what you have done with my son.' / They consecrated him again. / For him he himself sang the udgītha. / Had he replied, \[he would have said\]: 'In the sacrificer himself I have established the sacrifice; the sacrificer in the Vāmadevya; his cattle in the Rathantara.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p1) etaddha vai paramaṃ vācaḥ krāntaṃ yaddaśeti > This indeed is the highest stride of speech: namely, ten. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p2) etāvaddha paramaṃ vākcakrame > So far, indeed, the highest stride of speech proceeded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p3) tadyatparamaṃ vācaḥ krāntaṃ tatsarvamāpnavānīti > That which is the highest stride of speech—'May I obtain all of that!' \[he thinks\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p4) atha yadata ūrdhvaṃ viṃśatiśśataṃ sahasramityaṅgānyevāsyai tāni parvāṇi > Now, that which is higher than this—twenty, a hundred, a thousand—these are just its limbs and joints. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p5) vāca eva sā prabhūtiḥ > That is the abundance of speech alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.234.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p6) tadu hātraiva sarvāṃ virājamāpnoti > And thus right here he obtains the entire virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.234) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234) · Pramāṇa