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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.342

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.342

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [58.342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.342)

tamasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya pañcadaśenordhva udakrāmat  
so'gacchadyatraiṣa vāyuḥ  
tattadvasṛjato eva rudrān  
anvime samagacchannabhyabhī samapatan  
tamattumevādhriyanta  
sa ṣakṣata hantordhva evotkrāmāṇīti  
sa vāyumevaitasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya saptadaśenordhva udakrāmat  
so'gacchadyatraiṣa candramāḥ  
tattadvasṛjato evādityān  
anvime samagacchannabhyamī samapatan  
tamattumevādhriyanta  
sa ṣakṣata hantordhva evotkrāmāṇīti

> Having placed him in this world as a substitute, he ascended upward with the fifteenfold \[stoma\]. He went to where Vāyu is. There he created the Rudras. These \[creatures\] followed along and rushed upon him. They resolved to eat him. He considered: 'Come, let me ascend upward.' Having placed Vāyu in this world as a substitute, he ascended upward with the seventeenfold \[stoma\]. He went to where the moon is. There he created the Ādityas. These \[creatures\] followed along and rushed upon him. They resolved to eat him. He considered: 'Come, let me ascend upward.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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