[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) › 20.110 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.110 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.110 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.110) atha mahānāmnayaḥ prāṇā vā agre sapta tebhya etāṃ saptapadāṃ śakvarīṃ niramimīta prāṇāneva sarvamāyureti ya evaṃ veda saptapadāyai ṣaṭpadāṃ ṣtūnsaṃvatsaram ṛtubhya ātmānaṃ paridatte ya evaṃ veda ṣaṭpadāyai pañcapadāṃ paśūnpaṃktim paśumānbhavati ya evaṃ veda pañcapadāyai catuṣpadāṃ vācamanuṣṭubhaṃ pratiṣṭhitim vācā vadati ya evaṃ veda catuṣpadāyai tripadāṃ tejo brāhmavarcasaṃ gāyatrīm tejasvī brahmavarcasī bhavati ya evaṃ veda tripadāyai dvipadāṃ puruṣam nainaṃ pauruṣo vadho hanti ya evaṃ veda dvipadāyā ekapadāṃ puruṣameva anvañcāviva vai puruṣau tasmātpuruṣaḥ puruṣaṃ parivedeṣṭi | puruṣaḥ puruṣasyānucaro bhavati vindate'nucaritṝn bahavo'syānucarā bhavanti | nainaṃ pauruṣyevāvṛttirvindati ya evaṃ veda > Now the Mahānāmnī verses. > The breaths, indeed, were seven in the beginning. > For them he measured out this seven-footed Śakvarī. > He who knows thus reaches the full span of life through the breaths. > From the seven-footed, \[he measured out\] the six-footed: the seasons, the year. > He who knows thus commits himself to the seasons. > From the six-footed, \[he measured out\] the five-footed: cattle, the Paṅkti. > He who knows thus becomes rich in cattle. > From the five-footed, \[he measured out\] the four-footed: speech, the Anuṣṭubh, firm support. > He who knows thus speaks with speech. > From the four-footed, \[he measured out\] the three-footed: fiery energy, spiritual luster, the Gāyatrī. > He who knows thus becomes endowed with fiery energy and spiritual luster. > From the three-footed, \[he measured out\] the two-footed: man. > Human slaughter does not slay him who knows thus. > From the two-footed, \[he measured out\] the one-footed: man indeed. > For two men follow one after the other, as it were. > Therefore man attends upon man; man becomes an attendant of man. > He finds attendants; > many become his attendants; human misfortune does not befall him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.109) - [Next: 20.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.111) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.110) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.110) · Pramāṇa