[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) › 2.250 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.250 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.250 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250) sa brūyādyasmāttrivṛtstomo bahiṣpavamāne prāṅivotkramya dhiṣṇyebhyo nilīya gāyatrīṃ skandati madhya evānya ṛtvijo dhiṣṇyānāṃ yadanta āsate tasmāttattatheti trivṛtaṃ hi stomaṃ puruṣo'nvāyatto dhiṣṇyānanye paśava iti tadvevāhuryatsa trivṛtstomo gāyatrīṃ skandati kiṃ sā tataḥ prajanayatīti iḷāntaṃ yajñaṃ saptanābhimiti brūyāt gāyatrī garbhaṃ dhatte sā puronuvākyāṃ prajanayati puronuvākyā yājyāṃ yājyā vaṣaṭkāraṃ vaṣaṭkāra āhutīrāhutayo dakṣiṇā dakṣiṇāḥ svargaṃ lokam tadyathā vittaṃ pravāhaṃ kṣipraṃ pravahedevamevainametā devatāḥ svargāya lokāya pravahanti trivṛdevainaṃ stomo gāyatryai prayacchati gāyatrī puronuvākyāyai puronuvākyā yājyāyai yājyāvaṣaṭkārāya vaṣaṭkāra āhutībhya āhutayo dakṣiṇābhyo dakṣiṇāḥ svargaṃ lokaṃ gamayanti sa eṣa iḷānto yajñaḥ saptanābhiḥ tasya ha trivṛdeva stomo nābhirgāyatrī nābhiḥ puronuvākyā nābhiryājyā nābhirvaṣaṭkāro nābhirāhutayo nābhirdakṣiṇā nābhiḥ upa hainaṃ yajño namati ya evaṃ veda > He should say: 'Because the trivṛt stoma in the Bahiṣpavamāna, having stepped out as it were toward the east and hiding from the hearths, mounts the Gāyatrī, while the other officiating priests sit inside, in the middle of the hearths, > therefore that is so. > For man is attached to the trivṛt stoma, \[while\] other beasts \[are attached\] to the hearths.' > Now they also say: 'When that trivṛt stoma mounts the Gāyatrī, what does it produce from that?' > He should say: 'The sacrifice ending in the iḷā, having seven navels.' > The Gāyatrī conceives an embryo. > She brings forth the introductory verse; the introductory verse \[brings forth\] the offering verse; the offering verse, the vaṣaṭ-call; the vaṣaṭ-call, the oblations; the oblations, the sacrificial gifts; the sacrificial gifts, the heavenly world. > Just as a known current of water would carry one swiftly along, so these deities carry him swiftly along to the heavenly world. > The trivṛt stoma hands him over to the Gāyatrī; the Gāyatrī, to the introductory verse; the introductory verse, to the offering verse; the offering verse, to the vaṣaṭ-call; the vaṣaṭ-call, to the oblations; the oblations, to the sacrificial gifts; the sacrificial gifts make him reach the heavenly world. > That is this sacrifice ending in the iḷā, having seven navels. > Of it, the trivṛt stoma is a navel, the Gāyatrī is a navel, the introductory verse is a navel, the offering verse is a navel, the vaṣaṭ-call is a navel, the oblations are a navel, and the sacrificial gifts are a navel. > The sacrifice yields to him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p1) pañcadaśānyājyāni bhavanti pañcadaśāpūryamāṇasyārdhamāsasya rātrayaḥ > The ājya \[stotras\] are fifteenfold. Fifteen are the nights of the waxing half-month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p2) tadeva tenāpnoti > He obtains that very thing by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p3) daśa hastyā aṅgulayaścatvāryūrvaṣṭhīvāni yadūrdhvaṃ nābhestatpañcadaśam > Ten are the fingers of the hands, four are the thighs and knees; what is above the navel is the fifteenth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p4) tadevātropasaṃdadhāti > He joins that together here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p5) pañcadaśo mādhyaṃdinaḥ pañcadaśāpocchato'rdhamāsasya rātrayaḥ > The midday \[pavamāna\] is fifteenfold. Fifteen are the nights of the waning half-month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p6) tadeva tenāpnoti > He obtains that very thing by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.250.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250.p7) daśa padyā aṅgulayaścatvāryūrvaṣṭhīvāni yadavācīnaṃ nābhestatpañcadaśam > Ten are the toes of the feet, four are the thighs and knees; what is below the navel is the fifteenth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.250) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.250) · Pramāṇa