[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) › 20.113 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.113 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.113 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.113) atha yaṃ kāmayeta rudro'sya paśūñchamayedityantarā vatsaṃ codhaśca puruṣamavadadhyāt rudro vai puruṣaḥ rudramevāsya tadgoṣṭhe'vadadhāti saiṣā mīmāṃsā atha yathaivāsāmidaṃ prajñātaṃ stotraṃ tayaiva stotavyam iyaṃ vai prathamā mahānāmnī | tasyā agnirupaśaḥ iyaṃ dvitīyā | tasyai vāyurupaśaḥ asau tṛtīyā | tasyai sūryācandramasāvupaśau tāsāṃ yo hṛdāvakino veda trirvilā hāsya gṛhā bhavanti tṛptā ivārūkṣā antarataḥ ekārā ha vā āsāṃ hṛdāvakinaḥ tasmāddhṛda ekāramupāvasedhaṃ paśūṃstarpayanti atha ya āsāmalaṃkārānvedālaṃkurvanto'syāsate gṛheṣvaṃśuṃ rukmaṃ niṣkaṃ hastinamaśvatarīrathamaśvaratham stomā ha vā āsāmalaṃkārāḥ tā alaṃkurvanniva śobhayanniva gāyet upa hainametāni rūpāṇyakrītāni tiṣṭhante ya evaṃ veda > Now, if he should desire concerning anyone: "May Rudra appease his cattle," he should insert the man between the calf and the udder. > Rudra, indeed, is the man. > He thereby inserts Rudra into his cowpen. > This is the discussion. > Now, just as this known praise-song of theirs is, with that alone should the praise-song be sung. > This earth is the first Mahānāmnī; Agni is its Upaśa. > This \[intermediate region\] is the second; Vāyu is its Upaśa. > Yonder \[sky\] is the third; the sun and moon are its two Upaśas. > Whosoever knows their "heart-cleavers", his dwellings become threefold-walled, as if satisfied, unbruised within. > The sounds "e" (ekāra) are indeed their heart-cleavers. > Therefore, let him resort to the sound "e" from the heart; they satisfy cattle. > Now, whosoever knows their ornaments, in his dwellings they sit adorning the Soma stalk, gold, a golden ornament, an elephant, a mule-chariot, a horse-chariot. > The stomas, indeed, are their ornaments. > He should sing as though ornamenting them, as though embellishing them. > These forms, unbought, wait upon him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.113.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.113.p1) āpo vai mahānāmnayaḥ > The Mahānāmnīs, indeed, are the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.113.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.113.p2) tāsāmāditya eva vatsaḥ > The sun is their calf. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.113) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.113) · Pramāṇa