[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) › 54.291 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 54.291 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 54.291 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.291) paśavo vai yajñāyajñīyam ātmā madhyandinaḥ paśumānhyeva yajñaṃyajñamāharate tadyadyajñāyajñiyammadhyandinamabhi pratyāharanti ātmannevaitatpaśūnpratiṣṭhāpayanti athaitā bhavantyā jāgṛvirvipra ṛtaṃ matīnāmityāvatīrutthānīye'han yatpravatīḥ kuryuḥ parāñco'tipadyeran tadyadāvatīrbhavantyanatipādāyaiva tadāhurapeva vā ete bhraṃśante ya āvatīrutthānīye'hankurvantīti tadyat somo mīḍhvamabhi no jyotiṣāvīd iti bhavatyabhikrāntyā evānapabhraṃśāya tāsu gaurivītam prajā vai paśavo gaurivītam | ātmā madhyandinaḥ tadyadgaurivītaṃ madhyandinamabhi pratyāharantyātmannevaitatprajāṃ paśūnpratiṣṭhāpayanti śvastanaṃ vai gaurivītam | ātmā madhyandinaḥ tadyadgaurivītaṃ madhyandinamabhi pratyāharantyātmannevaitacchvastanaṃ prati ṣṭhāpayanti raso vai gaurivītam | ātmā madhyandinaḥ tadyadgaurivītaṃ madhyandinamabhipratyāharanty | ātmannevaitadrasaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayanti > The Yajñāyajñīya is cattle. > The midday \[pressing\] is the self. > For only one who has cattle performs sacrifice after sacrifice. > When they bring the Yajñāyajñīya over to the midday \[pressing\], they thus establish cattle in the self. > Then there are these verses: 'The attentive sage, the truth of thoughts…' containing the word ā, on the day of rising. > If they were to use verses containing pra, they would pass beyond away \[from this world\]. > In that they are verses containing ā, it is solely for not passing beyond. > Regarding this they say: 'Indeed, those who use verses containing ā on the day of rising fall away.' > Now, because there is the verse: > 'Soma, most bountiful, has favored us with light,' > it is for progressing, not for falling away. > On them \[is sung\] the Gaurivīta. > Offspring and cattle are the Gaurivīta; the midday \[pressing\] is the self. > When they bring the Gaurivīta over to the midday \[pressing\], they thus establish offspring and cattle in the self. > The morrow is the Gaurivīta; the midday \[pressing\] is the self. > When they bring the Gaurivīta over to the midday \[pressing\], they thus establish the morrow in the self. > Sap is the Gaurivīta; the midday \[pressing\] is the self. > When they bring the Gaurivīta over to the midday \[pressing\], they thus establish sap in the self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.290](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.290) - [Next: 54.292](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.292) - [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.54.291) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.54.291) · Pramāṇa