[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) › 58.306 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.306 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.306 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.306](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306) mahāvratabhājanaṃ vā etā ṛcaḥ sa yāvanmahāvratenāvarunddhe tāvadavarunddha etābhi ṛgbhistuṣṭuvānaḥ manaso vā anyadaharāsīdvāco'nyat tadyanmanaso'harāsīttaddevā saṃgṛhyordhvā svargaṃ lokamudakrāman atha yadvāco'harāsīttadetadaharabhavat tenāsmim̐lloke prajayā ca paśubhiśca pratyatiṣṭhan tadyanmanasā stuvanti tasyaivāhno'nukhyātyai caturhotṝnhotānuvyācaṣṭe brahma vai caturhotāraḥ brahma vā asyai stotraśastrāṇāmāptumarhati etānyu ha vai devānāṃ guhyāni nāmāni yaccaturhotāraḥ tānyeva tatprakāśaṃ gamayati tānyenaṃ prakāśaṃ gatāni prakāśatāṃ gamayanti gacchati prakāśatāṃ ya evaṃ veda tadyaṃ brāhmaṇamalaṃ yaśase santamatha yaśo nārcchetso'raṇyaṃ paretya granthīnudgrathya tebhyaścaturhotṝnvyācakṣīta | brāhmaṇaṃ vopadraṣṭāraṃ kṛtvā etānyu ha vai devānāṃ guhyāni nāmāni yaccaturhotāraḥ tānyeva tatprakāśaṃ gamayati tānyenaṃ prakāśaṃ gatāni prakāśatāṃ gamayanti gacchati prakāśatāṃ ya evaṃ veda > These verses share in the Mahāvrata; > as much as one obtains by the Mahāvrata, so much does one obtain who has chanted with these verses. > One was the day of mind, another of speech; > what was the day of mind, having taken that together, the gods stepped upward to the heavenly world; > then what was the day of speech, that became this day; > by it they were established in this world with offspring and cattle. > In that they praise with the mind, it is to perceive that day. > The hotṛ recites the Caturhotṛ formulas; the Caturhotṛs are brahman; > brahman alone can reach her chanted hymns and recitations. > These indeed are the secret names of the gods, namely the Caturhotṛs; > them alone does he bring to light; > they, brought to light, bring him to renown. > He goes to renown who knows thus. > Now, if there is a Brahmin who is fit for fame, but does not attain fame, he, going away to the forest, having untied knots, > should recite the Caturhotṛs to them, or having made a Brahmin a bystander. > These indeed are the secret names of the gods, namely the Caturhotṛs; > them alone does he bring to light; > they, brought to light, bring him to renown. > He goes to renown who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p1) tūṣṇīṃ stutaṃ vācānuśaṃsati > What is chanted in silence, he recites along with speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p2) tasmādyanmanasādhigacchati tadvācā vadati > Therefore, what one attains with the mind, that one speaks with speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p3) tasmādoṣadhayo mūlato jāyante'grataḥ pacyante > Therefore, plants grow from the root and ripen at the tip. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p4) tadāhussamiṣṭeṣu patnīsaṃyājeṣu stotavyā3masamiṣṭeṣū3 iti > Regarding this they say: 'Should one chant when the offerings to the wives (patnīsaṃyāja) are concluded, or when they are not concluded?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p5) asamiṣṭeṣvityāhuḥ > 'When they are not concluded,' they say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p6) pratīcīṣvevāsu tadgarbhāndadhati > 'In that case, they place embryos in them turned towards them.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p7) strī balaṃ ca ha tu bhavati pāpavasyasaṃ ca > However, woman indeed becomes the strength, and worse-and-better (confusion of hierarchy) results. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p8) samiṣṭeṣveva stotavyaṃ pāpavasyasasya vyāvṛttyai > One should chant only when they are concluded, for the avoidance of worse-and-better. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p9) atho ha na tathā strī balaṃ bhavati > And thus woman does not become the strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p10) atho hāsu tatparācīṣveva garbhāndadhati > And in that case, they place embryos in them turned away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p11) pratyañcaśca vai parāñcaśca manuṣyāssaṃbhavanti > For human beings are born facing forward and turned away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p12) tasmātsamiṣṭeṣveva stotavyamiti > Therefore, one should chant only when they are concluded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p13) audumbarīṃ samārabhante -- ūrgvā annamudumbara -- ūrja evānnādyasyāvaruddhyai > They grasp the post of udumbara wood — for the udumbara is sap and food — for the securing of sap and food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p14) vācaṃ yacchanti > They restrain speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p15) vāgvai brahma > Speech is indeed the brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p16) vācameva tadbrahma yajñamātmasu yacchanti > They thus restrain speech, which is the brahman, the sacrifice, within themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p17) iha dhṛtiriha sva dhṛtirmairamo mairamatiriti > \[With the formula\]: 'Here is support, here is own support, do not rejoice, do not rejoice!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p18) yaccittaṃ yā dhṛtiryanmano yā vāktānyevaitadāstasu yacchanti > Whatever thought, whatever steadfastness, whatever mind, whatever speech \[there is\], these they thus restrain within themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.306.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306.p19) yadastamite visṛjerannaharbhrātṛvyalokamucchieṣyuḥ > If they were to release \[speech\] when \[the sun\] has set, they would leave the day as a world for the rival. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.306) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.306) · Pramāṇa