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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.244

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.244

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.244)

yā hi tisro gāyatryaste dve bṛhatyau  
na tāṣṣaṭcatvāriṃśadbṛhatyaḥ saṃpadyante  
tadetadāyadeva prātaḥsavanaṃ bṛhatīmabhisaṃpadyate  
yasmādāyadeva prātaḥsavanaṃ bṛhatīmabhisaṃpadyate tasmādbrāhmaṇo jāyamāna eva  
lokī jāyate  
taṃ vā tvai caraṇena bhūyāṃsaṃ kurute taṃ vā kanīyāṃsam  
athaitaddvau mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ saṃpādayata udgātā ca hotā ca  
catvāri chandāṃsyudgātā yunakti  
tāni ca hotānuśaṃsatyupa ca trīṇyāharatyanuṣṭubhaṃ paṅktīṃ jagatīm  
gāyatrī ca jagatī ca te dve bṛhatyau  
uṣṇikca triṣṭupca te dve bṛhatyau  
anuṣṭupca paṅktiśca te dve bṛhatyau  
bṛhatyeva bṛhatī  
yasmādetaddvau mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ saṃpādayatastasmādrājanyasya kāryo loka  
iṣṭāpūrtena śraddhayā brahmaṇyatayā  
atha yasmādyathaiva purā tṛtīyasavanaṃ tasmādu brāhmaṇācca rājanyācca vaiśyo  
lokī  
itaro na hi tathā lokī yathā brāhmaṇaśca rājanyaśca

> For what are three Gāyatrīs are two Bṛhatīs. These do not amount to forty-six Bṛhatīs. It is this: the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī. Because the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī, therefore the Brahmin is born already possessing a world. Through his conduct he makes it greater or he makes it smaller. Now, two \[priests\] bring this midday pressing to completion: the Udgātṛ and the Hotṛ. The Udgātṛ yokes four meters. And the Hotṛ recites after them and brings in three: Anuṣṭubh, Paṅkti, and Jagatī. A Gāyatrī and a Jagatī: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Uṣṇih and a Triṣṭubh: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Anuṣṭubh and a Paṅkti: they are two Bṛhatīs. The Bṛhatī is indeed the Bṛhatī. Because two \[priests\] bring this midday pressing to completion, therefore a world is to be made by a nobleman through sacrifices, charitable works, faith, and devotion to the brahman. Now, because the third pressing is just as before, therefore the Vaiśya also has a world from the Brahmin and the nobleman; the other \[caste does\] not indeed have a world like the Brahmin and the nobleman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.244.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.244.p1)

kḷhaptaṃ ha vai lokaṃ yajamāno'bhijāyate

> The sacrificer is born into an arranged world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.244.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.244.p2)

apa eva prathamasya tṛcasya prathamayā stotriyayā jayati bhūmiṃ dvitīyāgniṃ

> He wins the waters by the first stoma verse of the first triplet, the earth by the second, \[and\] fire by the third;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.244) — English, machine translation

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