[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) › 58.321 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.321 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.321 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.321) prajāpatirvāvedamagra āsīt so'kāmayata bahu syāṃ prajāyeya bhūmānaṃ gaccheyamiti so'ṣṭādaśaivākṣarāṇi prajāyata tāni dvedhā vyauhannavānyāni navānyāni sa eva trivṛcca stomo'bhavadgāyatrī ca chandaḥ so'yaṃ saṃpūrṇastrivṛtstoma āsīd | atha gāyatrī praṇavanavamāsīt praṇavastasyai navama āsīt tāmayaṃ trivṛtstomo'bravīdgāyatrīmehi saṃbhavāveti tau samau santau nāśaknutāṃ saṃbhavaitum tāmabravīnna vaitarhi śakṣyāvassamau santau saṃbhavitum yatta etannavamamakṣaraṃ tadudūhasveti tatkiṃ bhaviṣyati yadevāsti tadbhaviṣyatīti tatheti tadudauhata sa eva praṇavo'bhavat > Prajāpati alone was here in the beginning. > He desired: 'May I be many, may I propagate, may I reach abundance.' > He generated eighteen syllables. > He divided them into two: nine of one kind, nine of the other. > He became both the Trivṛt stoma and the Gāyatrī meter. > This Trivṛt stoma was complete, while the Gāyatrī was nine-syllabled with the praṇava \[oṃ\]. > The praṇava was its ninth. > This Trivṛt stoma said to that Gāyatrī: 'Come, let us unite.' > Being equal, the two could not unite. > He said to her: 'Indeed, we two will not be able to unite while being equal. > Push out that ninth syllable of yours.' > \[She asked:\] 'What will it become?' > 'Whatever is, that it will become,' \[he replied\]. > 'So be it,' \[she said\]. > She pushed it out. > It became the praṇava itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 58.320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.320) - [Next: 58.322](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.322) - [Up: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.321) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.321) · Pramāṇa