[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) › 2.269 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.269 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.269 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269) tadāhuḥ kiṃ tadyajñe kriyate yasmājjīvata evānye prāṇā apakrāmanti na prāṇa iti sa brūyādyasmātsva āyatane gāyatrīṃ gāyati tasmādyāvajjīvati tāvatprāṇo nāpakrāmatīti atha ha vai dhurāṃ vijñāśca saṃjñāśca mano vai retasyā prāṇo gāyatrī cakṣustriṣṭupśrotraṃ jagatī vāganuṣṭup manasā suhārdasaṃ ca durhārdasaṃ ca vijānāti prāṇena surabhi cāsurabhi ca vijānāti cakṣuṣā darśanīyaṃ cādarśanīyaṃ ca vijānāti śrotreṇa śravaṇīyaṃ cāśravaṇīyaṃ ca vijānāti vācā svādu cāsvādu ca vijānāti etā iha vijñāḥ vi ha vai jñāyate śreyānbhavati ya evaṃ veda tā u eva saṃjñāḥ mano vai retasyā prāṇo gāyatrī cakṣustriṣṭupśrotraṃ jagatī vāganuṣṭup retasyāyāṃ prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta - > Regarding this they say: 'What is done in the sacrifice because of which the other breaths depart even during life, but not the breath \[itself\]?' He should say: 'Because he sings the Gāyatrī in its own resting-place, therefore as long as one lives, so long the breath does not depart.' Now indeed \[concerning\] the discriminative knowledges and the agreements of the yoke-pins: mind is the seed-\[verse\], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. By the mind one discerns goodwill and ill will; by breath one discerns fragrant and unfragrant; by the eye one discerns sightly and unsightly; by the ear one discerns hearable and unhearable; by speech one discerns sweet and unsweet. These are the discriminative knowledges here. He is well-known and becomes superior who knows thus. Now these indeed are the agreements: mind is the seed-\[verse\], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. When the seed-\[verse\] is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p1) tasya manasā mano dhyāyet > he should contemplate his mind with his mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p2) gāyatryāṃ prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya prāṇena prāṇaṃ dhyāyet > When the Gāyatrī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his breath with his breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p3) triṣṭubhi prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya cakṣuṣā cakṣurdhyāyet > When the Triṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his eye with his eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p4) jagatyāṃ prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya śrotreṇa śrotraṃ dhyāyet > When the Jagatī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his ear with his ear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p5) anuṣṭubhi prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya vācā vācaṃ dhyāyet > When the Anuṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his speech with his speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p6) etā u ha saṃjñāḥ > These indeed are the agreements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p7) saṃ ha vai tena jānīte yena kāmayate'nena saṃjānīyeti ya evaṃ veda > He indeed agrees with him with whom he wishes, 'May I agree with him,' who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p8) athaitā devadhuraśca manuṣyadhuraśca saṃdadhāti > Now he unites these divine yoke-pins and human yoke-pins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.269.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269.p9) mano vai manuṣyadhūrāpo devadhūḥ > Mind is the human yoke-pin, the waters are the divine yoke-pin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.269) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t3.237) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.62) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.269) · Pramāṇa