[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) › 58.343 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.343 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.343 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343) sa candramasamevaitasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya ekaviṃśenordhva udakrāmat so'gacchadyatraiṣa ādityaḥ tattadvasṛjato eva viśvāndevān tadantamasṛjatānvime samagacchannabhyamī samapatan tamattumevādhriyanta sa ṣakṣata hantordhva evotkrāmāṇīti sa ādityamevaitasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya triṇavenordhva udakrāmat so'gacchadyatraiṣa varuṇaḥ tettannāsṛjata tamanvevāgacchan tamattumevādhriyanta sa ṣakṣata hantordhva evotkrāmāṇīti > Having placed the moon in this world as a substitute, he ascended upward with the twenty-onefold \[stoma\]. He went to where Āditya is. There he created the All-Gods. He created the end. These \[creatures\] followed along and rushed upon him. They resolved to eat him. He considered: 'Come, let me ascend upward.' Having placed Āditya in this world as a substitute, he ascended upward with the twenty-sevenfold \[stoma\]. He went to where Varuṇa is. There he did not create anything. They followed him. They resolved to eat him. He considered: 'Come, let me ascend upward.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p1) sa varuṇamevaitasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya trayastriṃśenordhva udakrāmat > Having placed Varuṇa in this world as a substitute, he ascended upward with the thirty-threefold \[stoma\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p2) so'gacchadyatraiṣa mṛtyuḥ > He went to where Death is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p3) tattanmṛtyurabhavat > There Death came into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p4) tadaṅgāni mukhamakuruta > He made his limbs into a mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p5) taṃ mṛtyuṃ sarvatomukhaṃ bhūtamanvāgatyopekṣamāṇā evāsata | anabhidhṛṣṇuvatīḥ > Following after him who had become Death facing every direction, they merely sat looking on, not daring \[to approach\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p6) nainaṃ tatrādan > They did not eat him there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p7) sa ṣakṣata pāpmā vā asmi yo mṛtyurasmi > He considered: 'I am indeed evil, who am Death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p8) hantordhva evotkrāmāṇīti > Come, let me step upward.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p9) sa mṛtyumevaitasmim̐lloke pratinidhāya caturviṃśanordhva udakrāmat > Having placed Death as a substitute in this world, he stepped upward with the twenty-four \[syllabled meter\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p10) so'gacchadyatraiṣa rocano nāma lokaḥ > He went to where this world named Rocana is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p11) tattadaśanayābhavat > Then he became hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.343.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343.p12) tamaśanāyāṃ bhūtaṃ bibhyatīrnānvāyan > Fearing him who had become hunger, they did not follow after \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.343) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.343) · Pramāṇa