[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) › 3.10 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 3.10 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10) goṣṭomamāhareta vīryakāmaḥ indriyaṃ vai vīryaṃ pañcadaśaḥ yāvajjīvanti tāvadvīryāvanto bhavanti īśvarā ha tu pramāyukā bhavitoḥ prāṇebhyo hi yanti trivṛto ya ījānāḥ kḷhaptaṃ teṣāmatha ye'nījānā akḷhaptaṃ teṣām yadi bṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati rathantareṇāśvibhyāṃ stuvanti idaṃ vai rathantaramado bṛhat anākramyāsyāmamuṣyāmākramante te pramāyukā bhavanti jyāyukā vā atho yathā pareṇa bilena pratidadhīta tadvai paraiva sicyate na pibati tādṛgyadi rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati rathantareṇāśvibhyāṃ stuvanti > One who desires vital power should perform the Goṣṭoma. > The fifteenfold \[stoma\] is faculty and vital power. > As long as they live, so long are they full of vital power. > Yet they are liable to die prematurely, > for they go away from the breaths. > For those who have sacrificed, the ninefold \[stoma\] is prepared; but for those who have not sacrificed, it is unprepared. > If the Bṛhat is the pṛṣṭha, they chant praise to the Aśvins with the Rathantara. > This \[earth\] is the Rathantara; that \[sky\] is the Bṛhat. > Without stepping onto this \[earth\], they step onto that \[sky\]. > They are liable to die prematurely or to become decrepit. > Moreover, just as one would place a vessel with its opening upward, then it is poured away and one does not drink; > such it is if the Rathantara is the pṛṣṭha and they chant praise to the Aśvins with the Rathantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10.p1) dugdhopasadyaṃ tadityāhuḥ > They say: 'That is \[like\] an offering made with sour milk.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.10.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10.p2) na tatra dugdhopasadyamastīti brūyāt > One should say: 'There is no offering made with sour milk in that.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.10.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10.p3) vāgvai rathantaraṃ | vāgāśvinaṃ | kuto vā kṣeṣyata iti > The Rathantara is speech; the Āśvina \[śastra\] is speech. Wherefrom would speech perish? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.3.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10) · Pramāṇa