[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) › 58.317 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.317 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.317 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.317](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317) sā gāyatryanuṣṭubhamasṛjata sā caturthamaharudayacchat tayā caturthamaharakalpata triṣṭuppaṃktimasṛjata sā pañcamamaharudayacchat tayā pañcamamaharakalpata jagatyatichandasamasṛjata sā ṣaṣṭhamaharudayacchat tayā ṣaṣṭhamaharakalpata tāni ṣaṭpṛṣṭhānyāsan | ṣaṭchanāṃsi tāni dvandvamakalpanta dvandvamasmai prajāḥ paśavaḥ kalpante ya evaṃ veda gāyatryā vai prathamamahastāyate | triṣṭubhā dvitīyaṃ | jagatyā tṛtīyam anuṣṭubhā caturthaṃ | paṃktyā pañcamam | atichandasā ṣaṣṭham tasmādatichandasaṣṣaṣṭhe'hani śasyante tadyathā varṣiṣṭhena gambhiṣṭhe gādhamicchetaivameva taddevā atichandobhiṣ ṣaṣṭhe'hani gādhamaicchanta atho vai tarhīcchante'tho ṣaṣṭhasyaivāhno vyāptyā | uttarasyo eva tryahasya santatyā avyavacchedāya > Gāyatrī created the Anuṣṭubh. > It sustained the fourth day; > by means of it, the fourth day was arranged. > Triṣṭubh created the Paṅkti. > It sustained the fifth day; > by means of it, the fifth day was arranged. > Jagatī created the Aticchandas. > It sustained the sixth day; > by means of it, the sixth day was arranged. > These became six pṛṣṭhas, six meters. > They formed pairs. > Offspring and cattle form pairs for him who knows thus. > The first day is performed with Gāyatrī, the second with Triṣṭubh, the third with Jagatī, > the fourth with Anuṣṭubh, the fifth with Paṅkti, the sixth with Aticchandas. > Therefore Aticchandas verses are recited on the sixth day. > Just as one would seek a shallow place in the deepest water with the tallest \[staff\], so indeed the gods sought a shallow place on the sixth day with the Aticchandas meters. > And so they seek it then, both for the pervasion of the sixth day and for the continuity of the subsequent three-day period, without interruption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p1) āpo vā idamagre mahatsalilamāsīta > In the beginning this \[universe\] was the waters, a great flood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p2) tasminprajāpatiḥ pratiṣṭhāmaicchat > In it Prajāpati desired a firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p3) sa etaṃ vaiśvānaraṃ prāyaṇīyamatirātramapaśyat > He saw this Vaiśvānara introductory Atirātra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p4) tamupādadhāt > He established it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p5) imameva lokamasminsalile'dhi tamaprathayat > He spread this very world over this flood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p6) yadaprathayattasmātpṛthivī > Because he spread it (aprathayat), therefore it is the earth (pṛthivī). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p7) tasminnadhi pratyatiṣṭhat > Upon it he stood firmly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.317.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317.p8) tadvai tama ivāsīt > It was indeed like darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.317) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.317) · Pramāṇa