[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) › 2.253 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.253 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.253 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253) atho śanairiva vā aghoṣamiva mahāhṛṣṭirvijāyate atho haitatsatyaṃ yadgāyatram tasya saṃpadaṃ lobhayedyadrathantaravarṇāṃ abhyasyet tasmādaghoṣameva geyamiti athāgneyamājyamekadevatyam pretireva sā atha maitrāvaruṇaṃ dvidevatyam pratiṣṭhitireva sā athaindramekadevatyam pretireva sā athaindrāgnaṃ dvidevatyam sā vā eṣā pretiścaiva pratiṣṭhitiśca pratitiṣṭhati ya evaṃ veda trivṛtpañcadaśābhyāṃ puruṣo'smim̐lloke pratiṣṭhitaḥ sa yameva harati sa trivṛdyena pratitiṣṭhati sa pañcadaśaḥ tau vā etāvubhāveva trivṛtāvubhau pañcadaśau tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ trivṛtstoma ojo vīryaṃ pañcadaśaḥ ojasaiva tadvīryeṇa pratiṣṭhāya tejo brahmavarcasaṃ harati ya evaṃ veda > Now, as it were quietly, as it were without sound, great delight is born. > And this is the truth, which is the gāyatra. > One would confound its proper form if one were to repeat it with the character of the rathantara. > Therefore it should be sung without sound. > Now the ājya \[stotra\] for Agni has one deity. > It is departure. > Then that for Mitra and Varuṇa has two deities. > It is stability. > Then that for Indra has one deity. > It is departure. > Then that for Indra and Agni has two deities. > That is both departure and stability. > He attains stability who knows thus. > By the threefold and fifteen-fold \[stomas\] a man is established in this world. > The \[foot\] which he lifts is the threefold; that with which he stands is the fifteen-fold. > These two are both threefold and both fifteen-fold. > Brilliance and spiritual luster are the threefold stoma; force and vital power are the fifteen-fold. > Having stood firm with force and vital power, he carries off brilliance and spiritual luster, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p1) atha mādhyaṃdinasya pavamānasya gāyatrī > Now the gāyatrī of the midday pavamāna: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p2) yo'yamavāṅprāṇa eṣa eva saḥ > this downward breath—that is it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p3) tasyāṃ dve sāmanī > On it there are two sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p4) tasmādetena dvayaṃ prāṇena karoti bhasma ca karoti vātaṃ ca > Therefore with this breath one does two things: one produces feces and passes wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p5) nānā prastāvau nānā nidhane hiṃkāro'ntareṇa > There are different preludes and different final choruses, with the hiṃ-sound between them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p6) tasmānnetara itaramanuninardati netara itaram > Therefore the one does not sound along with the other, nor the other with the one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p7) etena hi tadvihṛtam > For by this it is kept distinct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p8) atha bṛhatī > Then the bṛhatī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p9) yo'yaṃ prāṅprāṇa eṣa eva saḥ > this forward breath—that is it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p10) tasyāṃ dve sāmanī > On it there are two sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p11) tasmādetena dvayaṃ prāṇena karoti retaśca siñcati mehati ca > Therefore with this breath one does two things: one emits semen and urinates. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p12) nānā prastāvau nānā nidhane hiṃkāro'ntareṇa > There are different preludes and different final choruses, with the hiṃ-sound between them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p13) tasmānnetara itaramanuninardati netara itaram > Therefore the one does not sound along with the other, nor the other with the one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p14) etena hi tadvihṛtam > For by this it is kept distinct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p15) atha triṣṭup > Then the triṣṭubh: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p16) nābhireva sā > that is the navel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p17) tasyāmekaṃ sāma > On it there is one sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p18) tasmādetenaikameva prāṇena karoti yadeva prāṇānudanato'nūdaniti > Therefore with this breath one does only one thing: that one breathes out in accord with the out-breathing breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p19) atha pṛṣṭāḥni > Now the pṛṣṭha \[stotras\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p20) indriyaṃ vai vīryaṃ pṛṣṭhāni > the pṛṣṭhas are faculty and vital power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p21) tasmādye ke cānūkabhājo goraśvasya puruṣasya teṣāmanūkameva baliṣṭham > Therefore, of whatever possesses a spine—an ox, a horse, a man—their spine is the strongest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p22) indriyaṃ hyetadvīryaṃ yatpṛṣṭhāni > For faculty and vital power are the pṛṣṭhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p23) tāni bṛhatīṣu bhavanti > They are \[chanted\] on bṛhatī verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p24) tasmādimā bṛhatīriva kīkasā bṛhatīriva paśavaḥ pṛṣṭhamabhisamāyanti > Therefore these ribs, like bṛhatīs, and these cattle, like bṛhatīs, come together to the back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p25) athārbhavasya pavamānasya gāyatrī > Now the gāyatrī of the ārbhava pavamāna: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p26) yo'yaṃ prāṇa eṣa eva saḥ > this breath—that is it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p27) tasyāṃ dve sāmanī > On it there are two sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p28) tasmāddvayaṃ prāṇena karoti prāṇyāpāniti > Therefore with the breath one does two things: one breathes in and breathes out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p29) nānā prastāvau nānā nidhane hiṃkāro'ntareṇa > There are different preludes and different final choruses, with the hiṃ-sound between them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p30) tasmānnetara itaramanuninardati netara itaram > Therefore the one does not sound along with the other, nor the other with the one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p31) etena hi tadvihṛtam > For by this it is kept distinct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p32) athoṣṇikkakubhau > Then the uṣṇih and the kakubh: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p33) cakṣuṣī te > they are the two eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p34) samānaṃ chandaḥ > The meter is the same. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p35) dve sāmanī > There are two sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p36) tasmāddve akṣyau samānaṃ paśyataḥ > Therefore the two eyes see the same \[thing\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p37) tripadorṛcorbhavataḥ > They are composed of three-footed verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p38) tasmāttrivṛccakṣuśśuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kanīnikā > Therefore, the eye is threefold: the white, the black, and the pupil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p39) parovarī yasyorṛcorbhavataḥ > They are on two verses that are increasingly wider. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p40) tasmātparovarīyaḥ puruṣaḥ paśyati > Therefore, a person sees increasingly further. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p41) nānā prastāvo nānā nidhane hiṃkāro'ntareṇa > There is a different prastāva, a different nidhana, and the sound hiṃ in between. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p42) tasmānnānāvīrye cakṣuṣī > Therefore, the two eyes have different vital powers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p43) athānuṣṭubh > Then the Anuṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p44) vāgeva sā > That is speech itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p45) tasyāṃ dve sāmanī > On it are two sāmans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p46) tasmāddvayaṃ vācā karotyannaṃ cainayātti vadati ca > Therefore, one does two things with speech: eats food with it and speaks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p47) nānā prastāvo nānā nidhane hiṃkāro'ntareṇa > There is a different prastāva, a different nidhana, and the sound hiṃ in between. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p48) tasmānna sarvaṃ satyaṃ vācā vadati na sarvamanṛtam > Therefore, one does not speak everything as truth with speech, nor everything as untruth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p49) etena hi tadvihṛtam > For it is distributed by this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p50) atha jagatī > Then the Jagatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p51) śrotrameva tat > That is the ear itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p52) tasyāmekaṃ sāma > On it is one sāman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p53) tasmādetenaikameva śrotreṇa karoti yadeva śrṇoti > Therefore, one does only one thing with this ear, which is merely to hear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p54) catuṣpadāyāmṛci bhavati > It is on a four-footed verse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p55) tasmātsamānatra sansarvā anu diśaśśṛṇoti > Therefore, being in the same place, one hears in all directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p56) api parāṅyanpaścādvadataśśṛṇoti > Even when facing away, one hears someone speaking from behind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p57) atha yajñāyajñīyam > Then the Yajñāyajñīya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p58) śira eva tat > That is the head itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p59) adhyūḍhaṃ vā etadanyeṣvaṅgeṣu yacchiraḥ > For the head is placed upon the other limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p60) adhyūḍhamanyeṣu stotreṣu yajñāyajñīyam > The Yajñāyajñīya is elevated above the other chants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p61) adhyūḍho'nyeṣu sveṣu bhavati ya evaṃ veda > He who knows thus becomes elevated above his own people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p62) upari vā etadanyebhyo'ṅgebhyo yacchiraḥ > The head is indeed higher than the other limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p63) uparyanyebhyaḥ stotrebhyo yajñāyajñīyam > The Yajñāyajñīya is higher than the other chants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p64) uparyanyebhyaḥ svebhyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda > He who knows thus becomes higher than his own people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.253.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p65) sa eṣo'pahatapāpmā yajña eva pratyakṣam > This sacrifice, with evil dispelled, is truly perceptible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.253) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253) · Pramāṇa