[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) › 2.254 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.254 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.254 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.254) tasya ha nopavadaṃśca na pāpaṃ kartāsti yadyenaṃ bahiṣpavamāne'nuvyāharedyajñasya retaḥ siktamacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro'retaskā te prajā bhaviṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt yadyenamekadevatya ājye'nuvyāharedyajñasya pretimacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāraḥ pretya jane mariṣyasītyenaṃ brūyāt yadyenaṃ dvidevatya ājye'nuvyāharedyajñasya pratiṣṭhāmacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro'pratiṣṭiḥto bhaviṣyasītyenaṃ brūyāt yadyenaṃ mādhyaṃdinasya pavamānasya gāyatryāmanuvyāharedyajñasyāvāñcaṃ prāṇamacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro vighātastvā haniṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt atho ha brūyādavasrāvastvā haniṣyatīti yadyenaṃ bṛhatyāmanuvyāharedyajñasya śiśnamacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro mūtragrāhastvā haniṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt atho ha brūyādaretasko bhaviṣyasīti yadyenaṃ triṣṭubhyanuvyāharedyajñasya nābhimacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāra udāvartastva haniṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt yadyenaṃ pṛṣṭheṣvanuvyāharedyajñasyendriyaṃ vīryamacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro vajrastvā haniṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt atho ha brūyādanājñātavadhastvā haniṣyatīti > He has neither a reviler nor does anyone do him evil. > If one should curse him during the Bahiṣpavamāna, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the poured seed of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Your offspring will be seedless!' > If one should curse him during the single-deity Ājya chant, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the progress of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Having passed away, you will die among foreign people!' > If one should curse him during the two-deity Ājya chant, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the foundation of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! You will be without a foundation!' > If one should curse him during the Gāyatrī verse of the Midday Pavamāna, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the downward breath of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Obstruction will kill you!' > And he should also say: 'Diarrhea will kill you!' > If one should curse him during the Bṛhatī verse, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the penis of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Retention of urine will kill you!' > And he should also say: 'You will become seedless!' > If one should curse him during the Triṣṭubh verse, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the navel of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Intestinal spasm will kill you!' > If one should curse him during the pṛṣṭha chants, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the faculty and vital power of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! The thunderbolt will kill you!' > And he should also say: 'An unknown blow will kill you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.253.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.253.p65) - [Next: 2.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.255) - [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.2.254) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.254) · Pramāṇa