[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) › 2.235 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.235 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.235 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.235) puruṣasaṃpaddha khalu vā eṣā daśākṣarā virāṭ daśa puruṣe prāṇāḥ sā vā eṣaitāsāmeva navatiśatasya stotriyāṇāṃ praśaṃsā navatiśataṃ hyevaiṣo'gniṣṭomaḥ saṃstuto bhavati kṛtaṃ tadyadaśītiśatam kṛtamidu daśa kṛtaṃ sat tadu ha kurava āhurdvāpara eṣa yannavatiśataṃ stotriyāstrayāṇāmayānāmadhamaḥ kṛtaṃ vai tretādvāparam dve stotriye upaprastutye sa kṛtastomaḥ saṃpadyate kṛtena tajjayati yajjigīṣati kṛtenodbhinatti atho pakṣāvetau yatpavamānau tāveva tatsamau karoti atho viśvajyotireva yajñakraturbhavati atho dvyatiṣṭutaḥ tāveva virājaḥ stanau sa dvipādyajamānaḥ pratiṣṭhityai > This ten-syllabled virāj is indeed the measure of man. / There are ten breaths in man. / That indeed is the praise of these one hundred and ninety stotriya verses. / For this Agniṣṭoma is praised as having one hundred and ninety \[verses\]. / That which is one hundred and eighty is the kṛta \[throw\]. / Ten also is a kṛta, being a kṛta. / Regarding this, the Kurus say: 'This is a dvāpara, since one hundred and ninety stotriya verses are the lowest of the three throws: / kṛta, tretā, dvāpara.' / Two stotriya verses are to be praised over and above. / That stoma turns out to be a kṛta. / By the kṛta he wins that which he wishes to win. / By the kṛta he breaks forth. / Moreover, these two wings are the two pavamāna \[lauds\]. / He makes them equal. / Moreover, the sacrificial rite becomes all-shining. / Moreover, it is over-praised by two. / Those two are the two breasts of the virāj. / That two-footed sacrificer \[stands\] for firm support. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.234.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.234.p6) - [Next: 2.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.236) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.235) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.235) · Pramāṇa