[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) › 20.114 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.114 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.114 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114) tadyā ha vai prācīrāpo dhāvantyetameva tā udyantamabhīpsantīrdhāvanti atha yāḥ pratīcīrdhāvantyetameva tā astaṃ yantamabhīpsantīrdhāvanti tadyatpṛccheyuryā imā āpo'harahardhāvanti kametā abhīpsantīrdhāvantīti etamityeva tatra prativacanam atho āhurvāyurvai mahānāmnīnāṃ vatsaḥ eṣa hīmām̐llokānimā diśaḥ pratāpayata iti ima u lokā mahānāmnayaḥ tasmātpurovāte vāti | vṛṣṭyāmāśāsante yathā ha prattā na duhīta tādṛktadyatpurovāte vātyatha na varṣati paśavo vai mahānāmnayaḥ goṣṭha eva purīṣam tadāhuḥ purīṣeṇāgre stotavyamatha mahānāmnībhiḥ āyatanaṃ vā agre'tha paśavaḥ āyatanaṃ hi paśavo'bhisamāyantīti tadu vā āhuḥ paśūnāṃ vai purīṣaṃ bhavati yadvai paśavo na syurna purīṣaṃ syāt yado vai puruṣaḥ paśūnvindate'tha sa goṣṭhaṃ paryasyate guptyai tasmānmahānāmnībhireva pūrvābhi stotavyamiti > So the waters that run eastward run desiring to reach this \[sun\] as it rises; > and those that run westward run desiring to reach this \[sun\] as it sets. > If they should ask: "These waters that run day after day, desiring to reach whom do they run?" > "This one!" is the only answer to that. > Moreover, they say: "Vāyu is the calf of the Mahānāmnīs; > for he warms these worlds, these directions." > And these worlds are the Mahānāmnīs. > Therefore, when the east wind blows, they hope for rain. > Like a cow given away that would not yield milk, such is it when the east wind blows and then it does not rain. > Cattle, indeed, are the Mahānāmnīs; > the cowpen is the Purīṣa. > Regarding this they say: "One should praise first with the Purīṣa, then with the Mahānāmnīs; > for the dwelling place is first, then the cattle; > for cattle gather toward the dwelling place." > And regarding this they also say: "The cow-dung (purīṣa) belongs to the cattle; > if there were no cattle, there would be no cow-dung. > When a man finds cattle, then he builds a cowpen around them for protection. > Therefore, one should sing praise with the Mahānāmnīs first." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p1) tadāhussakṛdeva saṃstutāsūpariṣṭātpurīṣeṇa stotavyamuta vai bahutayāḥ paśavo > Regarding this they say: "One should sing praise with the Purīṣa only once, after \[all of them\] have been praised together; or indeed cattle of many kinds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p2) nānātyāssamānameva goṣṭhamabhisamāyantīti > coming from various directions, gather at one and the same cowpen." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p3) yaddvayīru ha tathā prajā bhavanti > Since creatures are twofold in that manner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p4) anuparyāyameva purīṣeṇa stotavyam > one should sing praise with the Purīṣa course by course. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p5) tathā ha sarvā vrajavatīrbhavanti > Thus indeed all of them come to have a pen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p6) ṣaḷāni purīṣāṇi bhavanti > There are six Purīṣas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p7) anuparyāyameva purīṣeṇa stotavyam > One should sing praise with the Purīṣa course by course. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [20.114.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114.p8) tathā ha sarvā vrajavatīrbhavanti > Thus indeed all of them come to have a pen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.20.114) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.20.114) · Pramāṇa