[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) › 25.154 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 25.154 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 25.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154) gāyatrya etāḥ sa yathā samātsamaṃ saṃkrāmettādṛktat yātayāmāni vā etarhyanyāni chandāṃsi | gāyatryevāyātayāmnī yātayāmabhi stotrairyātayāmabhiśśastrairvaṣaṭkāro yātayāma ṛtumanti pañcāhānyanṛtu ṣaṣṭham tadyaddhotrā ṛtuyājānnānā vaṣaṭkurvanti tenaiva ṣaṣṭhamaharṛtumatkriyate tāsu vāravantīyam etaddha vai revadraivatyaṃ yadrevatīṣu vāravantīyam revānbhavatyāsya revānraivatyo jāyate ya evaṃ vidvānrevatīṣu vāravantīyena stute etadvai bṛhadraivatyaṃ yadrevatīṣu vārayantīyam bārhataṃ ṣaṣṭhamahaḥ tenaiva ṣaṣṭhamaharbārhataṃ kriyate agnirvā eṣa vaiśvānaro yatpṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍahaḥ ṛtavo vai pṛṣṭhāni saṃvatsara ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaro'gnirvaiśvānaraḥ so'śānta īśvaraḥ pradagdhoḥ tadyadvāravantīyaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavatyagnereva vaiśvānarasya śāntyā apradāhāya > These are Gāyatrī verses. > Just as one would cross from the level to the level, such is that. > The other meters are now exhausted of strength; the Gāyatrī alone is not exhausted of strength. > Through exhausted chants, through exhausted recitations, the vaṣaṭ-call becomes exhausted. > Five days have seasons; the sixth is seasonless. > In that the Hotṛ priests make the vaṣaṭ-call separately for the seasonal offerings, by that very fact the sixth day is endowed with a season. > Upon them is the Vāravantīya. > This is indeed rich in wealth (raivatya), that the Vāravantīya is on the Revatī verses. > He becomes wealthy, a wealthy person of wealth is born to him, who, knowing this, praises with the Vāravantīya on the Revatī verses. > This is the great Raivatya, that the Vāravantīya is on the Revatī verses. > The sixth day is connected with the Bṛhatī. > By that very fact, the sixth day is made connected with the Bṛhatī. > This Pṛṣṭhya six-day rite is Agni Vaiśvānara. > The pṛṣṭhas are the seasons. > The seasons are the year. > The year is Agni Vaiśvānara. > If unappeased, he is capable of burning up. > In that the Vāravantīya becomes the pṛṣṭha, it is for the appeasement of Agni Vaiśvānara, not for burning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p1) prajāpatirvā etaṃ yajñamasṛjata yatpṛṣṭhyaṃ ṣaḍaham > Prajāpati created this sacrifice, namely the Pṛṣṭhya six-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p2) sa sṛṣṭaḥ prādravat > Once created, it ran away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p3) taṃ rathantareṇāvivārayiṣata > He wished to ward it off with the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p4) taṃ nāvārayata > He did not ward it off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p5) taṃ bṛhatā nāvārayata > He did not ward it off with the Bṛhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p6) taṃ vairūpeṇa nāvārayata > He did not ward it off with the Vairūpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p7) taṃ vairājena nāvārayata > He did not ward it off with the Vairāja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p8) taṃ mahānāmnībhirnāvārayata > He did not ward it off with the Mahānāmnī verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p9) taṃ revatībhirnaivavārayata > He did not ward it off with the Revatī verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p10) taṃ vāravantīyenaivāvārayata > He warded it off with the Vāravantīya alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p11) yadavārayata tadvāravantīyasya vāravantīyatvam > Because he warded it off (avārayata), that is the warding nature (vāravantīyatva) of the Vāravantīya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p12) tadyadvāravantīyaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati yajñasyaiva vāraṇāyai > When the Vāravantīya becomes the pṛṣṭha, it is for warding off the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.154.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154.p13) prajāpatirvā etaṃ yajñamasṛjata yatpṛṣṭhyaṃ ṣaḍaham > Prajāpati created this sacrifice, namely the Pṛṣṭhya six-day rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.25.154) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.154) · Pramāṇa