[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) › 2.274 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.274 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.274 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.274](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.274) trayo ha vā ete samudrā yatpavamānā agnirvāyurasāvādityaḥ taiśchannairudgāyet sa yarhi vai prajāpatiḥ prajābhyo vṛṣṭimannādyaṃ prayacchati chādyanta ete tarhi prajāpatireṣa saḥ yadudgāsyanpavamānaiśchannairudgāyati chādayatyeva yajamānamannādyena chādayatyātmānaṃ chādayati prajāḥ bahuvarṣī tatra parjanyo bhavatīti ha smāha kūṭaḥ śailano yatrāhamudgāyāmīti yatra vai bahuvarṣī parjanyo bhavati kalyāṇo vai tatra balīvardo'śvataro hastī niṣkaḥ puruṣaḥ rūpaṃ rūpaṃ vāva tatra kalyāṇamājāyata ityetaddha tadvidvānuvāca yo vai devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca vyāvartayati vi pāpmanā vartate devā vai pavamānāḥ prajāḥ pṛṣṭhokthāni taiśchannaiḥ parokṣamaniruktaiḥ pavamānairudgāyet channā iva hi parokṣamaniruktā iva devāḥ prajāḥ pṛṣṭhokthāni tairacchannaiḥ pratyakṣaṃ niruktairudgāyet acchannā iva hi pratyakṣaṃ niruktā iva manuṣyāḥ etadvai devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca vyāvartayati vi pāpmanā vartate ya evaṃ veda > Three indeed are these oceans: the Pavamānas, namely, Fire, Wind, and yonder Āditya. > With them veiled, he should sing the Udgītha. > When Prajāpati bestows rain, food, upon creatures, they are veiled at that time; that is Prajāpati. > When, about to sing, he sings the Udgītha with the Pavamānas veiled, he veils the sacrificer with food, veils himself, veils \[his\] creatures. > “Where I sing the Udgītha, Parjanya brings abundant rain there,” Kūṭa Śailana used to say. > Where Parjanya brings abundant rain, handsome there is the ox, the mule, the elephant, the gold coin, the man. > “Every form born there is indeed handsome,” said he, knowing this. > He who separates the gods and mortals is separated from evil. > The gods indeed are the Pavamānas; creatures are the pṛṣṭhas and the ukthas. > He should sing the Udgītha with them, the Pavamānas, veiled, indirect, unexpressed; > for the gods are veiled, as it were, indirect, unexpressed. > Creatures are the pṛṣṭhas and the ukthas. > He should sing the Udgītha with them unveiled, direct, expressed; > for mortals are unveiled, as it were, direct, expressed. > This indeed separates the gods and mortals; he who knows thus is separated from evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.273) - [Next: 2.275](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.275) - [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.2.274) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.274](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.274) · Pramāṇa