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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.316

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.316

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [58.316](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.316)

tadvairūpamasṛjata  
tena purastātparyavait  
te dve bhūtvātyamanyetām  
tadidaṃ bṛhadavedati vai mā manyateti  
tadvairājamasṛjata  
tena purastātparyavait  
te dve bhūtvātyamanyetāṃ tadidaṃ rathantaramavedati vai mā manyateti  
tacchākvaramasṛjata  
tena purastātparyavait  
tāni trīṇi bhūtvātyamanyanta  
tadidaṃ bṛhadavedati vai mā manyateti  
tadraivatamasṛjata  
tena purastātparyavait  
tāni trīṇi bhūtvāryamanyanta  
te'ntamagacchatām  
te'vittāṃ same vai svo nānyadanyadatīti  
tāni ṣaṭpṛṣṭhānyāsaṃs | trīṇi chandāṃsi  
tānīmāni trīṇi chandāṃsi ṣaṭpṛṣṭhāni nānuvyabhavan

> It created the Vairūpa;  
> with it, it went around in front.  
> Having become two, they thought themselves superior.  
> Then the Bṛhat realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'  
> It created the Vairāja;  
> with it, it went around in front.  
> Having become two, they thought themselves superior; then the Rathantara realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'  
> It created the Śākvara;  
> with it, it went around in front.  
> Having become three, they thought themselves superior.  
> Then the Bṛhat realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'  
> It created the Raivata;  
> with it, it went around in front.  
> Having become three, they thought themselves superior.  
> They reached the end.  
> They realized: 'We are equal; neither surpasses the other.'  
> These were the six pṛṣṭhas, \[and there were\] three meters.  
> These three meters were not sufficient for the six pṛṣṭhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.316) — English, machine translation

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