[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) › 2.277 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.277 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.277 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277) pṛthurha vainyo divyānvrātyānpapraccha yajñasya dhāma paramaṃ guhā sannirmitaṃ mahato'ntarikṣāt | kasmādyanti pavamānāḥ parāñcaḥ kasmādukthyāḥ punarabhyākanikradati iti devā anyāṃ vartanimadhvarasya mānuṣāsa upajīvantyanyām | tasmādyanti pavamānāḥ parāñcastasmādukthyāḥ punarabhyākanikradati iti ha pratyūcuḥ yo vai devānmanuṣyeṣvābhaktānveda manuṣyānu deveṣvābhakta eva deveṣu bhavatyābhakto manuṣyeṣu gacchati taṃ lokaṃ yatra devā nāsmāddevatā apakrāmanti devā vai pavamānāḥ prajā pṛṣṭhokthāni sāma vai devāḥ prajāśchandāṃsi tadyatpavamānasāmāni parāñcyeva bhavantyatheyamṛganuniveṣṭate tena devā manuṣyeṣvābhaktāḥ atha yadabhyāvartiṣvṛcaṃ niveṣṭamānāṃ sāmānuniveṣṭate teno manuṣyā deveṣvābhaktāḥ sa ya etadevaṃ vedābhakta eva deveṣu bhavatyābhakto manuṣyeṣu gacchati taṃ lokaṃ yatra devā nāsmāddevatā apakrāmanti > Pṛthu Vainya asked the divine Vrātyas: "The highest abode of the sacrifice, hidden in secret, fashioned from the great intermediate space: why do the pavamānas go forward? Why do the ukthyas cry out turning back again?" > "The gods live upon one track of the sacrifice, humans upon another. Therefore the pavamānas go forward; therefore the ukthyas cry out turning back again," they replied. > He who knows the gods distributed among men and men distributed among the gods comes to have a share among the gods and a share among men. > He goes to that world where the gods are; the deities do not turn away from him. > The gods are the pavamānas; creatures are the pṛṣṭhas and ukthas. > The gods are the sāman; creatures are the meters. > Because the pavamāna sāmans only go forward, and then this verse wraps around \[them\], thereby the gods are distributed among men. > Then, because in the recurring \[chants\] the sāman wraps around the verse wrapping around, thereby men are distributed among the gods. > He who knows this thus comes to have a share among the gods and a share among men. > He goes to that world where the gods are; the deities do not turn away from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.277.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277.p1) yo vai devarūpaṃ ca manuṣyarūpaṃ ca vyāvartayati vi pāpmanā vartate > He who distinguishes the divine form and the human form parts with evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.277.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277.p2) devā vai pavamānāḥ prajāḥ pṛṣṭhokthāni > The gods are the pavamānas; creatures are the pṛṣṭhas and ukthas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.277.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277.p3) tadyatpavamānānpāvamānīṣveva stuvate tasmāddevā ekarūpāḥ sarve śuklāḥ > Because they chant the pavamānas only on \[verses\] addressed to Soma Pavamāna, therefore the gods are of one form, all bright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.277.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277.p4) atha yasmātpṛṣṭhokthairnānārūpāsu nānādevatyāsu stuvate tasmādu prajā > Now, because with the pṛṣṭhas and ukthas they chant on \[verses\] of various forms and addressed to various deities, therefore creatures > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.277.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277.p5) nānārūpāḥ śveto rohitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ > are of various forms: white, red, black. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.277) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.277) · Pramāṇa