[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) › 2.273 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.273 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.273 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.273) te ha vai te tathaikaikenaivāsuḥ atha ya evametāni sarvāṇyekadhā vedaivaṃ hyetāni sarvāṇyekadhā bhavantyekadhaiva śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ bhavati tadu hovāca vāsiṣṭhaścaikitāneyaḥ paścaivānubudhya dhuro ha vā ime brāhmaṇā mīmāṃsamānāstāmeva dhuraṃ nāvāgmanyasyāmetā dhuri sarvā adhīti retasyāṃ ha vai sa taduvāca yāṃ ha vā āhurekā dhūriti retasyā ha vai sā dhurāṃ dhūrannaṃ tad dhurāmalaṃkaraṇam surabhirgandho gāyatryai darśanīyaṃ triṣṭubhaśśravaṇīyaṃ jagatyai yadeva vācā puṇyaṃ vadati tadanuṣṭubhaḥ sa ha vā enā annamādadhāti ya enā etaiḥ samardhayati tā enamannādyamānā annādaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ svānāṃ kurvanti annādaḥ śreṣṭaḥ svānāṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda > They indeed lived each by one \[alone\]. > Now, he who thus knows all these as one—for thus all these become one—becomes uniquely the best of his own \[people\]. > And regarding this, Vāsiṣṭha Caikitāneya said, having realized it only afterwards: “Investigating the yokes, these Brahmins indeed did not discern that yoke upon which all these \[meters\] are placed in the yoke.” > He said that in reference to the seed-yoke. > That which they call the one yoke is indeed the seed-yoke of the yokes. Food is the adornment of the yokes: > fragrant odor belongs to the Gāyatrī, fair appearance to the Triṣṭubh, good report to the Jagatī; whatever holy word one speaks with speech belongs to the Anuṣṭubh. > He who furnishes them with these, he indeed provides food for them. > They, being provided with food, make him an eater of food, the best of his own \[people\]. An eater of food, the best of his own \[people\] does he become who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.272](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.272) - [Next: 2.274](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.274) - [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.2.273) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.273) · Pramāṇa