[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) › 30.178 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 30.178 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 30.178 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178) taddhi jaghanyaṃ yajñe devā apaśyan atītā ivaitarhi bhavanti tadevaitatpratyupagacchanti santatyai te devā abruvanyadimāvasatramatirātrāvatha kenemāvagnervaiśvānarasya tanvaṃ vyeṣyāma iti te'bruvanyā eva na imā antyā ayātayāmnyaḥ paramā guhyāstanvastābhirvyayāmeti mūrdhānaṃ divo aratiṃ pṛthivyā iti dyāvāpṛthivyorantyāyātayāmnī paramā guhyā tanūḥ vaiśvānaramṛta ā jātamagnim ityagnervaiśvānarasyāntyāyātayāmnī paramā guhyā tanūḥ vaiśvānaramṛta ā jātamagnim ityagnervaiśvānarasyāntyāyātayāmnī paramā guhyā tanūḥ kaviṃ samrājamatithiṃ janānām itīndrasya samrāḍvatīṣvantyāyātayāmnī paramā guhyā tanūḥ āsannā pātraṃ janayanta devā iti viśveṣāṃ devānāmantyāyātayāmnī paramā guhyā tanūḥ > That was the lowest \[element\] that the gods saw in the sacrifice. They are, as it were, past it now. Therefore, they approach it again in this way for continuity. Those gods said, "If these two Atirātras are not a sacrificial session, with what shall we cover the body of Agni Vaiśvānara?" They said, "Whichever of ours are these final, unexhausted, highest secret bodies, with them let us cover \[it\]." "Head of heaven, navel of earth"—that is the final, unexhausted, highest secret body of heaven and earth. "Vaiśvānara, Agni born in the sacred order"—that is the final, unexhausted, highest secret body of Agni Vaiśvānara. "Vaiśvānara, Agni born in the sacred order"—that is the final, unexhausted, highest secret body of Agni Vaiśvānara. "The sage, the sovereign ruler, guest of men"—that is the final, unexhausted, highest secret body among Indra's verses containing \[the word\] "sovereign ruler". "As a vessel in the mouth the gods generated \[him\]"—that is the final, unexhausted, highest secret body of the All-Gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.178.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178.p1) sa yathā prīhitāvījaṃ paricate vāsastā vāso nidhanānimaṃ paridhatta evameva > Just as one puts garments around a person who has put on a garment \[and is cold\], as garments having endings, exactly so does he clothe him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.178.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178.p2) taddevā antyābhirayātayāmnībhistanūbhiragnervaiśvānarasya tanvaṃ vyāyan > Then with these final, unexhausted bodies the gods covered the body of Agni Vaiśvānara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [30.178.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178.p3) tatho evaitarhi viyanti > In the very same way, they cover \[it\] now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.30.178) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.30.178) · Pramāṇa