[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) › 2.267 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.267 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.267 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267) retasyāṃ gāyati retastatsiñcati tadretaḥ siktaṃ gāyatryodvardhayati varṣīyasā chandasā tattriṣṭubhodvardhayati varṣīyasā chandasā tajjagatyodvardhayati varṣīyasaiva chandasā tadyadvarṣīyasā varṣīyasā chandasodvardhayati tasmādvardhamānasya bhūyo bhūyo vīryaṃ bhavati anuṣṭubhā niṣṭhaṃ gacchati hrasīyasaiva chandasā tasmāduttaravayase pratitarāmivāvavardhate paṅktyā niṣṭhāṃ gacchati tasmātpañcame māsi garbhā vikriyante anuṣṭubhā vācā niṣṭhāṃ gacchati tasmādu jīrṇasya vācaṃ śuśrūṣante śiro vā etadyajñasya yadbahiṣpavamānam tadvai tat retasyaivāpi sarva ātmā sa yadbahiṣpavamāne - > He sings on the seed-\[verse\]; he pours seed thereby. He strengthens that poured seed by the Gāyatrī, an extensive meter; he strengthens it by the Triṣṭubh, an extensive meter; he strengthens it by the Jagatī, an extensive meter indeed. In that he strengthens it by a more and more extensive meter, therefore of a growing \[child\] the vital power becomes greater and greater. He comes to the end with the Anuṣṭubh, a shorter meter; therefore in later age one grows smaller, as it were. He comes to an end with the Paṅkti; therefore in the fifth month embryos develop. He comes to an end with the Anuṣṭubh, speech; therefore one listens to the speech of an old man. The Bahiṣpavamāna is indeed the head of the sacrifice; that indeed is it. The seed-\[verse\] is the entire self itself. That in the Bahiṣpavamāna— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p1) - gāyatrīṃ gāyati > —he sings the Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p2) prāṇo vai gāyatraḥ > the breath indeed is the Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p3) gāyatraṃ śira eva > and the head is of Gāyatrī nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p4) tadāyatano vai prāṇo yacchiraḥ > The head is indeed that resting-place of the breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p5) sva eva tadāyatane prāṇaṃ dadhāti > He places the breath in its own resting-place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.267.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267.p6) triṣṭubhaṃ gāyati > He sings the Triṣṭubh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.267) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.267) · Pramāṇa