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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 3.12.p1

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 3.12.p1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.12.p1)

pra somāso vipaścitaḥ | pra soma devavītaye  
pra tu drava pari kośaṃ ni ṣīde  
ti pravatīrbhavanti rāthantare'han  
praṇinīṣeṇyaṃ vā etadahaḥ  
preti gāyatryai rūpam  
gāyatryā evaitadrūpeṇa prayanti  
yatpañcasāmā viloṃ tadasamṛddham  
prāṇo'pāno vyānassa tṛcaḥ  
taṃ vicchindanti  
ātmānaṃ prajāṃ jāyāmimām̐llokāṃstadvicchindanti  
trīṇi sāmāni  
tatkḷhaptaṃ trivṛttriṣāmā  
athāśvaṃ padanidhanamapariṣṭobhaṃ rāthantaram  
tasmādrāthantare'hankriyate  
iḷāvānpavamānassomasāmnā kriyate  
pañcasāmā ha khalu vai saṃvatsaraṃ yantumarhati  
tadyatṣaḍakṣaraṇidhanaṃ yaudhājayaṃ bhavati ṣaḍvā ṛtavassaṃvatsarasyaiva yuktyai  
abhi droṇāni babhrava  
ityabhīti bhavati rathantarasya rūpam  
rāthantarametadahaḥ  
sutā indrāya vāyave varuṇāya marut

> 'Forward the wise somas; forward, o soma, to the feast of the gods;'  
> 'Run forward, sit down around the tub'—  
> thus there are \[verses\] containing 'forward' (pra) on the Rathantara day.  
> This day is indeed to be led forward.  
> 'Forward' (pra) is the form of the Gāyatrī.  
> With the form of the Gāyatrī they go forward.  
> That it has five sāmans is irregular, unprosperous.  
> Out-breath, in-breath, diffused breath—that is the triplet.  
> They cut that apart.  
> Self, offspring, wife, these worlds—they cut that apart.  
> There are three sāmans.  
> That is prepared: ninefold, having three sāmans.  
> Then the Āśva, with the word-finale, without stobha, is connected with the Rathantara.  
> Therefore it is performed on the Rathantara day.  
> The purifying \[soma\], rich in iḷā, is performed with the Somasāman.  
> A five-sāman \[day\] is truly fit to encompass the year.  
> Therefore, that the Yaudhājaya has a six-syllable finale, \[it is because\] there are six seasons, for the yoking of the year.  
> 'Unto the vats, the brown ones'—  
> thus there is 'unto' (abhi), which is the form of the Rathantara.  
> This day is connected with the Rathantara.  
> 'Pressed for Indra, Vāyu, Varuṇa, the Maruts'—  
> thus there are \[verses\] containing 'Maruts' (marutvat-).  
> Containing 'Maruts' is the form of the midday.  
> From that form of the midday they do not depart.  
> On them the Gāyatra has its Brāhmaṇa explained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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