[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) › 2.252 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.252 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252) sa haivaṃ vidvānahorātrayorardhamāsaśo māsaśa ṛtuśaḥ saṃvatsaraśa etasminsarvasminnātmānamupasaṃdhāya taṃ mṛtyuṃ tarati yaḥ svarge loke na haivaṃvitpunarmriyate tasya harṅmayānyasthāni bhavanti sāmamayāni māṃsāni sa eṣo'pahatapāpmā dhūtaśarīro'tītyaitaṃ mṛtyuṃ śarīraṃ dhūnute athaite daivī ca mānuṣī ca virājau tayoreṣa etadādityo'dhyūḍhastapati catasro diśaścatvāro'vāntaradeśā dvāvimau lokau eṣā daivī virāṭ atha mānuṣī catvāro'ttāraṣṣaḍādyāḥ brāhmaṇaśca rājanyaśca vaiśyaśca śūdraścaite'ttāraḥ gauścāśvaścājāścāviśca vrīhiśca yavaścaita ādyāḥ etayoreṣa etadādityo'dhyūḍhastapati tanna śoko na himo nāśanāyati na pipāsati nāsya kā canāvṛttirasti na ha vā aśanāyati na pipāsati nāsya kā canāvṛttirbhavati ya evaṃ veda > Knowing thus, having joined his self together in day and night, in half-months, in months, in seasons, in years, in all this, he crosses over that death which is in the heavenly world. > He who knows thus does not die again. > His bones become composed of verses, his flesh composed of sāmans. > Having struck off evil, with his body shaken free, transcending that death, he shakes off his body. > Now these two are the divine and the human Virājs. > Mounted upon these two, this sun burns: > The four quarters, the four intermediate quarters, and these two worlds— > this is the divine Virāj. > Now the human \[Virāj\]: > Four are the eaters, six are the foods. > The Brahmin, the nobleman, the commoner, and the servant—these are the eaters. > The cow, the horse, the goat, the sheep, rice, and barley—these are the foods. > Mounted upon these two, this sun burns. > There is no heat, no cold; he hungers not, he thirsts not; there is no turning back for him. > Neither does he hunger nor does he thirst, nor is there any turning back for him, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p1) yajamānaṃ ha vā etadudgātā reto bhūtaṃ siñcati yadbahiṣpavamānaṃ gāyati > Indeed, as semen does the Udgātṛ pour the sacrificer out when he sings the Bahiṣpavamāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p2) mana eva retasyayā samīrayati prāṇaṃ gāyatryā cakṣustriṣṭubhā śrotraṃ jagatyā > He stirs up mind with the seed-bearing verse, breath with the Gāyatrī, eye with the Triṣṭubh, ear with the Jagatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p3) vācamanuṣṭubhā > speech with the Anuṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p4) ātmānameva paṅktyā pratyupadadhāti > He establishes the self with the Paṅkti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p5) atha yadetaduttamaṃ tṛcaṃ janmaiva tat > Then, as for this final triplet, that is birth itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p6) praiva tena janayati > He brings forth \[the sacrificer\] through it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p7) yasmādetadghoṣīvopabdimadiva gāyate tasmādghoṣīvopabdimadiva garbhā jāyante > Because this is sung with a sound as it were, with a commotion as it were, therefore embryos are born with a sound as it were, with a commotion as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p8) taduvā āhuraghoṣameva geyam > Regarding this they say: 'It should be sung without sound.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.252.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252.p9) yadā vai vijāyamānā krūrikurute'tha sā ghoṣaṃ karoti > When \[a woman\] giving birth experiences severe pain, then she makes a sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.252) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.252) · Pramāṇa