[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) › 25.156 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 25.156 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 25.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156) sa yadevaitadapṛṣṭhaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ vāravantīyaṃ kriyate tenaivaitadaharaprabhūtam atha ha naitatnava āruṇiṃ papracchāruṇa āruṇe kasmādaretodhāssatyo mahānāmnayaḥ prajanayanti kasmādu retodhāssatyo revatayo na prajanayantīti yadra iti reta eva prathamenābhivyāharatīti taddha na pratyuvāca tena hainaṃ jigāya sa yatpratyavakṣyadreto vai revatayo reta u raivataṃ sāma | na vai retaso reto'sti putra evaitarhi reto'ntametatpṛṣṭhāni gacchanti yadā ṣaṣṭhamaharāgacchanti nātaḥ parāñca prajāyante tasmādaretodhāssatyo mahānāmnayaḥ prajanayanti tasmādu retodhāssatyo revatayo na prajanayantīti atha vāmadevyam paśavo vai vāmadevyam paśumanta eva bhavantyenena tuṣṭuvānāḥ suṃrūpakṛtnumūtaya ityabhyārambheṇa ṣaṭpadāṣṣaṣṭhe'hanbhavanti tenaiva ṣaḍahāni kalpante > In that this non-pṛṣṭha \[sāman\], the Vāravantīya, is made a pṛṣṭha, thereby this day has not been exceeded." Then Naitatnava asked Āruṇi: "O Aruṇa Āruṇi, why do the Mahānāmnīs propagate, being non-implanters of semen, and why do the Revatīs not propagate, being implanters of semen? Because with the syllable 'ra' it utters semen first of all." To that he did not reply. Thereby he defeated him. If he had replied: "The Revatīs are semen, and the Raivata sāman is semen. There is no semen from semen; a son is the semen here. The pṛṣṭhas reach the end. When they come to the sixth day, they do not propagate beyond it. Therefore the Mahānāmnīs, though non-implanters of semen, propagate; and therefore the Revatīs, though implanters of semen, do not propagate." Now the Vāmadevya. The Vāmadevya is cattle. Possessing cattle they become, praising with it. "The maker of fair forms for aid"—by this beginning there are six-footed \[verses\] on the sixth day. Thereby the six-day periods are arranged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.156.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156.p1) tāsvṛṣabho raivataḥ > Upon them \[is sung\] the bull-like Raivata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.156.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156.p2) paśavo vai simāḥ | paśavo revatayaḥ | paśava ṛṣabhaḥ > These are cattle; the Revatīs are cattle; the bull is cattle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [25.156.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156.p3) ṛṣabhamevaitatpaśuṣvapisṛjanti mithunatvāya prajananāya > They release the bull among cattle for pairing, for propagation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.25.156) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.25.156) · Pramāṇa