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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.263

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.263

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.263)

kuravaḥ  
gāyatraṃ vai prātaḥsavanaṃ traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanam  
tadevānuṣṭubanvāyattā  
sa yadgāyatre sati prātaḥsavane gāyatrīṃ gāyati - brahma vai gāyatrī brahma  
prātaḥsavanaṃ - sva eva tadāyatane brahma dadhāti  
atha yattriṣṭubhaṃ gāyati - kṣatraṃ vai triṣṭup  
etāni vai kṣatre śilpāni hastī niṣko'śvatarīratho'śvaratho rukmaḥ kaṃsaḥ -  
tānyeva tadāhṛtya brahmaṇyanakti  
atha yajjagatīṃ gāyati - viḍvai jagatī  
etāni vai viśi śilpāni go'śvaṃ hastihiraṇyamajāvikaṃ  
vrīhiyavāstilamāṣāḥ sarpiḥ kṣīraṃ rayiḥ puṣṭis- tānyeva tadāhṛtya  
brahmaṇyanakti  
tadevānuṣṭubanvāyattā  
atha yadanuṣṭubhaṃ gāyati - ānuṣṭubho vai śūdraḥ - śūdrādeva tadāhṛtya  
brahmaṇyanakti

> the Kurus.  
> The morning pressing belongs to the Gāyatrī; the midday pressing belongs to the Triṣṭubh; the third pressing belongs to the Jagatī.  
> To that very \[rite\] the Anuṣṭubh is appended.  
> When, the morning pressing being in the Gāyatrī, he sings the Gāyatrī—the Gāyatrī is brahman, the morning pressing is brahman—he establishes brahman in its own abode.  
> Now, when he sings the Triṣṭubh—the Triṣṭubh is dominion.  
> These indeed are the artistic works in dominion: the elephant, the golden necklace, the mule-chariot, the horse-chariot, the gold ornament, the bronze vessel.  
> Having brought those very things, he anoints them in brahman.  
> Now, when he sings the Jagatī—the Jagatī is the peasantry.  
> These indeed are the artistic works in the peasantry: cattle and horses, elephants and gold, goats and sheep, rice and barley, sesame and beans, ghee, milk, wealth, nourishment.  
> Having brought those very things, he anoints them in brahman.  
> To that very \[rite\] the Anuṣṭubh is appended.  
> Now, when he sings the Anuṣṭubh—the Śūdra belongs to the Anuṣṭubh—having brought \[them\] from the Śūdra, he anoints them in brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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