[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) › 54.287 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 54.287 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 54.287 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.287) tadāhurna bubhūṣanbhūtabṛhatībhi stuvīta bhūta evaitābhi stuvīta na babhūṣanniti bhūtā iva vā etā yāsāṃ dvādaśākṣarāṇi padāni athemā bhaviṣyadbṛhatayaḥ punarādāyena bṛhatyo bhavanti tasmādbhūta eva bhūtabṛhatībhi stuvīta na bubhūṣanniti tadu vā āhuryāvadvai kṛtvo yajate tāvadbubhūṣati tāvatkāmayate śreyānsyāṃ śreyānsyāmiti tasmādubhayīreva kāryā etayorubhayoḥ kāmayorupāptyā iti > As to this they say: 'One who desires to become \[prosperous\] should not chant with the Bhūtabṛhatīs. / One who has become \[prosperous\] should chant with these, not one who desires to become \[prosperous\]. / These whose quarters have twelve syllables are, as it were, "become" (past/complete). / But these Bhaviṣyadbṛhatīs become Bṛhatīs by repetition. / Therefore only one who has become \[prosperous\] should chant with the Bhūtabṛhatīs, not one who desires to become \[prosperous\].' / But with regard to this they also say: 'As many times as he sacrifices, so much he desires to become \[prosperous\], so much he desires: "May I be better, / may I be better." / Therefore both kinds should be used, for the attainment of both desires.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.286](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.286) - [Next: 54.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.288) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.54.287) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.287) · Pramāṇa