[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) › 2.258 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.258 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.258 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.258) tadvai variṣṭhaḥ akṣibhyāṃ hi paśyanneti tadāhuryadūrdhvo yajñastāyeta devā eva jīveyurna manuṣyāḥ yadarvāṅtāyeta manuṣyā eva jīveyurna devā iti ūrdhvaśca ha vai yajñastāyate'rvāṅcātho ha tiryaṅ tadyatpṛccheyuḥ kadryaṅyajña ityūrdhva iti brūyādatho arvāṅityatho tiryaṅṅiti sarvā eva diśa iti brūyāt sarvā u ha vai evaṃvido yajñastato bhavati kurupañcālā ha brahmodyamūdire te ha śvānaṃ saṃveṣṭitaṃ śayānamupeyuḥ te hocurasminnveva no vijayo'dhyastviti te ha pañcālāḥ kurūnpapracchuḥ kimasya yajñasyeveti taddha na pratyūcuḥ sa hovāca vasiṣṭhaścaikitāneyo yathā vā asāvado'mūmekaviṃśīṃ yajñāyajñīyasyāsu bahiṣpavamānīṣu navasu pratyupadhāya śaya evaṃ vā ayamidamubhāvantau saṃdhāya śaye tasya vā ayaṃ yajñakratoranayā śayyayo rūpaṃ nigacchatīti tasmādidamanarthyaṃ santaṃ bibhṛteti tena ha jigyuḥ > It is indeed the highest. For seeing with his two eyes, he goes forward. As to this, they say: 'If the sacrifice were extended upward, only the gods would live, not men. If it were extended downward, only men would live, not the gods.' The sacrifice is extended upward and downward, and also crosswise. Hence, if they should ask, 'Whither directed is the sacrifice?', he should say, 'Upward,' and also 'Downward,' and also 'Crosswise.' He should say, 'In all directions.' For the sacrifice of one who knows thus becomes extended in all directions. The Kurus and Pañcālas held a theological disputation. They came upon a dog lying curled up. They said, 'Let our victory be determined right over this!' Then the Pañcālas asked the Kurus, 'What of the sacrifice is this like?' They did not answer. Vasiṣṭha Caikitāneya said: 'Just as that twenty-first \[stoma\] lying over yonder, placing itself against the Yajñāyajñīya upon these nine Bahiṣpavamāna verses, so this one lies joining both ends. This sacrificial rite, by means of this resting-posture, attains its form.' Therefore, \[they said,\] 'Do not bring this useless one!' By that, they won. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.257.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.257.p23) - [Next: 2.259](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.259) - [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.2.258) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.258) · Pramāṇa