[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) › 3.6 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 3.6 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.6) tasmādasāvarvāṅādityastapati tejasā vai gāyatrī prathamaṃ triyahaṃ dādhāra | padairdvitīyam | akṣaraistṛtīyam trivṛdvai gāyatrī tejaḥ trivṛtprathamamahaḥ tena prathamastriyaho dhṛtaḥ tripadā gāyatrī | triyaho madhye | tena dvītīyastriyaho dhṛtaḥ caturviṃśatyakṣarā gāyatrī | caturviṃśaṃ saptamamahas | tenaiva tṛtīyastriyaho dhṛtaḥ kathaṃ gāyatrī dvādaśāhamityāhuḥ yathārānnemissarvataḥ paryety | evaṃ gāyatrī dvādaśāhaṃ sarataḥ paryetyavisraṃsāya yathā rathanābhāvarā dhṛtā evaṃ gāyatryāṃ dvādaśāho dhṛto'saṃplavāya mayūkho vā eṣa vā dharuṇo yadgāyatrī tasyāṃ dvādaśāho dhṛto'saṃvyāthāya anuṣṭubvā eṣā pratāyate yaddvādaśāhaḥ aṣṭābhirvā akṣarairanuṣṭupprathamamaharudyacchaty | ekādaśabhirdvitīyaṃ dvādaśabhistṛtīyam akṣarameva triyakṣaraṃ pariśiṣyate tadevottaraṃ triyahamanuvidadhāti > Therefore yonder sun burns downward. By means of fiery splendor the Gāyatrī held fast the first three-day period, by means of feet the second, by means of syllables the third. The Gāyatrī is threefold fiery splendor; the first day is threefold. By that the first three-day period is held fast. The Gāyatrī has three feet; the three-day period is in the middle. By that the second three-day period is held fast. The Gāyatrī has twenty-four syllables; the seventh day is twenty-four-fold. Just by that the third three-day period is held fast. They say: 'How does the Gāyatrī hold the twelve-day rite?' Just as the felly goes around the spokes on all sides, so the Gāyatrī goes around the twelve-day rite on all sides for the sake of firmness. Just as the spokes are held fast in the nave of the chariot, so the twelve-day rite is held fast in the Gāyatrī against confusion. A peg or a support is this Gāyatrī; on it the twelve-day rite is held fast against wobbling. Indeed, this Anuṣṭubh is stretched out as the twelve-day rite. With eight syllables the Anuṣṭubh raises the first day, with eleven the second, with twelve the third. Just one tri-syllable is left over. That very one he disposes along the next three-day period. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.5.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.5.p5) - [Next: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.7) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.3.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.6) · Pramāṇa