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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.255

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.255

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.255)

yadyenamārbhavasya pavamānasya gāyatryāmanuvyāharedyajñasya prāṇamacīkḷhapaṃ  
yajñamāraḥ prāṇastvā hāsyatītyenaṃ brūyāt  
atho ha brūyātpramāyuko bhaviṣyasīti  
yadyenamuṣṇikkakubhoranuvyāharedyajñasya cakṣuṣī acīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro'ndho  
bhaviṣyasītyenaṃ brūyāt  
yadyenamanuṣṭubhyanuvyāharedyajñasya vācamacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro  
vākte'pakramiṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt  
atho ha brūyādaśanayā mariṣyasīti  
yadyenaṃ jagatyāmanuvyāharedyajñasya śrotramacīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāro badhiro  
bhaviṣyasītyenaṃ brūyāt  
yadyenaṃ yajñāyajñīye'nuvyāharedyajñasya śiro'cīkḷhapaṃ yajñamāraśśiraste  
vipatiṣyatītyenaṃ brūyāt

> If one should curse him during the Gāyatrī verse of the Ārbhava Pavamāna, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the breath of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Breath will abandon you!'  
> And he should also say: 'You will become prone to early death!'  
> If one should curse him during the Uṣṇih and Kakubh verses, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the two eyes of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! You will become blind!'  
> If one should curse him during the Anuṣṭubh verse, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the speech of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Your speech will depart from you!'  
> And he should also say: 'You will die of hunger!'  
> If one should curse him during the Jagatī verse, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the ear of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! You will become deaf!'  
> If one should curse him during the Yajñāyajñīya, he should say to him: 'You have disturbed the head of the sacrifice, you killer of the sacrifice! Your head will fly off!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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