[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) › 53.281 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 53.281 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 53.281 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53.281) gāyatramukho vai prathamastriyahaḥ tasmādayamagnirūrdhvo dīdāya gāyatramadhyo dvitīyastriyahaḥ tasmādayaṃ vāyustiryaṅpavate gāyatrottamastṛtīyastriyahaḥ tasmādasāvarvāṅādityastapati devāsurā aspardhanta te'bruvanyo nastriranavānaṃ gāyatra gāyati sa na imāṃśca lokānsaṃjayati prāṇāpānavyānāṃśceti so'yāsya āṅgirasastriranavānaṃ gāyatramagāyat tenemāṃśca lokānsamajayatprāṇāpānavyānāṃśca saṃ imāṃśca lokāñjayati prāṇāpānavyānāṃśca ya evaṃ vidvāṃstriranavānaṃ gāyatraṃ gāyati yo vā agniṣṭomena daśāhaṃ kalpamānaṃ veda kalpate'smai prātassavanenaiva prathamastryahaḥ | kalpate mādhyandinena dvitīyas | tṛtīyasavanena tṛtīyo'gniṣṭomasāmnaiva daśamamahaḥ kalpate kalpate'smai ya evaṃ veda > The first three-day period has the Gāyatrī at the beginning: therefore this fire burns upright. The second three-day period has the Gāyatrī in the middle: therefore this wind blows horizontally. The third three-day period has the Gāyatrī at the end: therefore that sun yonder shines downward. The gods and the asuras contended. They said: 'Whichever of us sings the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath, he shall conquer both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath.' Ayāsya Āṅgirasa sang the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath. Thereby he conquered both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath. He conquers both these worlds and the out-breath, down-breath, and through-breath, who, knowing thus, sings the Gāyatrī thrice without taking breath. Verily, he who knows the ten-day rite adapting through the Agniṣṭoma—it adapts for him: by the morning pressing, the first three-day period adapts; by the midday pressing, the second; by the third pressing, the third; by the Agniṣṭoma-sāman, the tenth day adapts. It adapts for him who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.280](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53.280) - [Next: 53.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53.282) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.53.281) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.53.281) · Pramāṇa