[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) › 37.214 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 37.214 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 37.214 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37.214) athagāyatrapārśvam ime vai lokā gāyatrapārśvam eṣveva tallokeṣu pratitiṣthanti devā vai svargakāmāstapo'tapyanta ta etatsāmāpaśyan tenāstuvata tadenāngāyatrameva bhūtvā svargaṃ lokamavahat te'bruvansvargaṃ lokaṃ gatvā gāyatraṃ vāva no'sya sāmnaḥ pakṣāvabhūtāmiti tadeva gāyatrapakṣasya gāyatrapakṣatvam gāyatrapakṣaṃ ha vai nāmaitat tadgāyatrapārśvamityākhyāyate taddhiṃkāravadbhavatyannādyasya pratthyai hiṃkāravadbhirvai prajāpatiḥ prajābhyo'nnādyaṃ prāyacchat prāsmā annādyaṃ dīyate ya evaṃ veda > Then the Gāyatrapārśva. > These worlds indeed are the Gāyatrapārśva; > thus they are firmly established in these worlds. > The gods indeed, desiring heaven, practiced austerity. > They saw this sāman. > With it they praised. > Becoming the Gāyatra itself, it conveyed them to the heavenly world. > Having gone to the heavenly world, they said: "The Gāyatra indeed has become the two wings of this sāman of ours." > That is the "Gāyatra-wingedness" of the Gāyatrapakṣa. > It was indeed named Gāyatrapakṣa; > it is \[now\] called Gāyatrapārśva. > It contains the hiṃ-sound, for the extension of food. > With \[sounds\] containing hiṃ, Prajāpati gave food to the creatures. > Food is given to him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37.213) - [Next: 37.215](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37.215) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.37.214) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.37.214) · Pramāṇa