[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) › 2.285 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.285 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.285 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285) triṣṭubdvādaśākṣarā jagatī vāgiti yajñāyajñīyasya nidhanam taddvātriṃśat dvātriṃśadakṣarānuṣṭup etadanuṣṭubhaṃ sarvāṇi chandāṃsyuvaca bṛhatīṃ paśūniti yā vā anuṣṭupsā bṛhatī catuṣpātsu vā eṣā paśuṣūpahiteṣu bṛhatyabhavat yajñamiti yo hyeva paśumānbhavati taṃ yajña upanamati svargaṃ lokamiti bṛhatī hyeva svargo lokaḥ atha ha saṃgamana kṣaimiḥ satyayajñaṃ pauluṣiṃ papracchācāryeṇa prahita āruṇinā satyayajña pauluṣe yatstutā gāyatrī bhavati stūyate triṣṭubastutā jagatī kathaṃ tāḥ sarvāḥ saṃpadya mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanamudyacchantīti taddha na pratyuvāca tena hainaṃ jigāya sa yatpratyavakṣyadyasmādbrāhmaṇaśca vaiśyaśca kṣatriyamadhastādupāsāte atho yadasyādyāvabhavatāmatho yadevaitaddvādaśākṣaraṃ padamiti > the jagatī twelve syllables, \[and\] 'vāc' is the finale of the Yajñāyajñīya. That makes thirty-two. The anuṣṭubh has thirty-two syllables. Thus he stated that the anuṣṭubh is all the meters. 'The bṛhatī is cattle': what is the anuṣṭubh, that is the bṛhatī. Placed upon four-footed cattle, it became the bṛhatī. 'Sacrifice': for whoever possesses cattle, to him the sacrifice is accessible. 'The heavenly world': for the bṛhatī indeed is the heavenly world. Now, Saṃgamana Kṣaimi, sent by his teacher Āruṇi, asked Satyayajña Pauluṣi: 'O Satyayajña Pauluṣi, when the gāyatrī has been chanted, the triṣṭubh is being chanted, and the jagatī has not been chanted, how do they all, having united, support the midday pressing?' He did not answer him. Thereby he defeated him. What he should have answered \[is\]: 'Because the Brahmin and the Vaiśya wait upon the Kṣatriya from below; and because two \[pādas\] of it became \[part of this\]; and because it is this twelve-syllable pāda.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p1) chandāṃsi yadimām̐llokānvyabhajantemameva lokaṃ gāyatryabhajatāntarikṣaṃ triṣṭubamuṃ > When the meters divided these worlds among themselves, the gāyatrī obtained this world, the triṣṭubh the atmosphere, \[and\] the jagatī that \[world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p2) jagatī > \[The jagatī obtained\] that \[world\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p3) brahma vai gāyatrī kṣatraṃ triṣṭubviḍjagatī > The gāyatrī is the priesthood; the triṣṭubh is nobility; the jagatī is the peasantry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p4) seyaṃ triṣṭubasminnantarikṣe nālamanenotpādanenārāraṇyata > This triṣṭubh could not find delight in this atmosphere, having no proper means of subsistence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p5) semāṃ gāyatrīmprāṅabhyavidhyat > It pierced this gāyatrī facing forward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p6) tāṃ abhyatapat > It heated it with ascetic heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p7) tasyā abibhedāyatanaṃ ma upahariṣyata iti > \[The gāyatrī\] was afraid of it: 'It will take away my abode.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p8) tāmabravīnnamaste'stu kiṃkāmā mābhividhyasīti > She said to it: 'Homage to you! Desiring what do you pierce me?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p9) pradānaṃ me prayacchetyabravīt > It said: 'Give me a gift.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p10) tasyai dve aṣṭākṣare pade prāyacchat > She gave it two eight-syllable pādas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p11) sāmūṃ jagatīmupapalyāyata > It crept toward that jagatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p12) tāmabhyavidhyat > It pierced it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p13) tāṃ abhyatapat > It heated it with ascetic heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.285.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285.p14) tasyā abibhedāyatanaṃ ma upahariṣyata iti > \[The jagatī\] was afraid of it: 'It will take away my abode.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.2.285) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2.285) · Pramāṇa