[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) › 54.290 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 54.290 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 54.290 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.290) tasmāddaśamāsyā garbhā yoneścyavante prajātyai taṃ madhyandinamabhi pratyāharanti ātmā vai madhyandinaḥ prajaiṣā tadyadyajñāyajñīyaṃ madhyandinamabhi pratyāharanty | ātmannevaitatprajāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayanti madhyandinādvai devā yajñāyajñīyenordhvā svargaṃ lokamudakrāman tadyaduṣṇikkakubhāvuttara bhavato | bṛhatī pūrvā puruṣa chandasaṃ kakup | svargo loko bṛhatī svarga eva talloke pratiṣṭhāya svargaṃ lokamārohan devāsurā yajña ājimāyan daśamasyāhnaḥ te yajñāyajñīyameva kāṣṭhāmakurvata te devā akāmayanta vayamimamājimujjayemeti te yajñāyajñīyammadhyandinamabhi pratyāharann | ato'ntikādujjeṣyāma iti etadu ha vai devānāṃ devakṣetraṃ yatpavamānaḥ tato vai te tamājimudajayan ājimivaite yanti ya etadaharāgacchanti tadyadatrayajñāyajñīyaṃ bhavatyujjityā eva ujjayati ya evaṃ veda > Therefore ten-month embryos move from the womb for procreation. / They bring it back towards the midday. / The midday indeed is the self; offspring is this. / In that they bring back the Yajñāyajñīya towards the midday, they thereby establish offspring in the self itself. / From the midday indeed the gods stepped upward to the heavenly world by means of the Yajñāyajñīya. / In that the Uṣṇih and Kakubh are later and the Bṛhatī is earlier: man's meter is the Kakubh; / the Bṛhatī is the heavenly world; having established themselves in the heavenly world, they ascended to the heavenly world. / The gods and Asuras ran a race in the sacrifice / of the tenth day. / They made the Yajñāyajñīya the goal. / Those gods desired: 'May we win this race.' / They brought the Yajñāyajñīya back towards the midday, \[thinking:\] 'From near at hand we will win it.' / And that which is the pavamāna is indeed the gods' territory. / Thereupon they won that race. / Those who come to this day run, as it were, a race. / In that the Yajñāyajñīya is here, it is just for winning. / He who knows this wins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.289.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.289.p4) - [Next: 54.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.291) - [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.54.290) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.290) · Pramāṇa