[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) › 3.9 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 3.9 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.9) ṣcprāṇaḥ pūrvo vaiśvānaro'pāna uttaro'tha yadasti yatsatraṃ taditarāṇyahāni gāyatrī vā eṣā jyotiṣpakṣāya dvādaśāhaḥ pakṣāvatirātrāvagniṣṭomau cakṣuṣī bāhyāvatirātrāvantarā | vagniṣṭomau tasmādantare akṣyoḥ kanīnike atha yānyaṣṭāvahāni sā gāyatrī tayā devā svargaṃ lokamāyan gacchati svargaṃ lokaṃ ya evaṃ veda jāmi dvādaśāhasyāstītyāhuḥ yadetānyaṣṭāvahāni madhya ukthyānīti | na tatra jāmyastīti brūyāt paśavo vā ukthāni paśūnevaitatpaśubhissamākaroti bhūyo vai paśavaḥ paśubhissamākṛtāśśobhanta iti jyotiṣṭomo'tirātro virājaṃ saṃpadyate saṃvatsaro virāṭprajananaṃ saṃvatsaraḥ dve stotriye pūrvasyāhno virājamatīto | dve uttarasya te ye pūrvasyāhno virājamabhito bṛhadrathantare te yukte yajñaṃ vahato'tha ye uttarasya virājassa dohaḥ pratiṣṭhitiḥ āyuṣṭomamāhareta svargakāmaḥ ūrdhvā stomā yantyanapabhraṃśāya > The breath is the first Vaiśvānara, the downward breath the subsequent one; then what sacrificial session there is, that is the other days. > The twelve-day rite is this Gāyatrī with wings of light. > The two Atirātra rites are the two wings; the two Agniṣṭoma rites are the two eyes; the two Atirātras are the outer ones, the two Agniṣṭomas are the inner ones. > Therefore, the two pupils are inside the eyes. > Now, the eight days that remain, that is the Gāyatrī. > By it the gods went to the heavenly world. > He goes to the heavenly world who knows thus. > They say: 'There is redundancy in the twelve-day rite, > because these eight days in the middle are ukthya rites.' One should say: 'There is no redundancy in that.' > For cattle are ukthas. > In this way, one gathers cattle with cattle. > For cattle, gathered with cattle, appear more abundant. > The Jyotiṣṭoma Atirātra amounts to the virāj. > The year is the virāj; the year is procreation. > Two stotriya verses of the first day exceed the virāj; two of the subsequent day. > Those that are around the virāj of the first day, they are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara; harnessed, they bear the sacrifice; then those of the subsequent day, > that is the milking, the establishment of the virāj. > One who desires the heavenly world should perform the Āyuṣṭoma. > The stomas go upward for the sake of avoiding a fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.10) - [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.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.3.9) · Pramāṇa