[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) › 58.348 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.348 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.348 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.348](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348) upodako nāma loko'nne viṣṭo | manuṣyā goptāro | agniradhipatir yadarciṣo rūpaṃ tadrūpam | apsu pratiṣṭhitaḥ ṛtadhāmā nāma loko vayobhirviṣṭo | gandharvāpsaraso goptāro vāyuradhipati | śvetaṃ rūpaṃ | prāṇe pratiṣṭhitaḥ aparājito nāma loko nakṣatrairviṣṭaś | candramā goptā ādityo'dhipatir | yadudyataśca sūryasya rūpamastaṃ ca yatastadrūpaṃ | manasi pratiṣṭhitaḥ adhidyurnāma loko yajñe viṣṭa | ādityā goptāro | varuṇo'dhipatir nīlaṃ rūpaṃ yatparjanyasya varṣiṣyataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ tannīlaṃ | yadvā kārtasvarasya maṇer anṛte pratiṣṭhitaḥ pradyurnāma loko'mṛte viṣṭo | rudrā goptāro | mṛtyuradhipatir | lohitaṃ rūpaṃ yadgauravacchadāyai yadvā māhārohaṇasya vāsasa | ṛte pratiṣṭhito yannārcchati tasmin rocano nāma lokastapasi viṣṭo | vasavo goptāraste hi prathame devānāmiyustasmātte parārdhyā | yajño'dhipatir | yatsuvarṇasya hiraṇyasya rūpaṃ tadrūpaṃ | satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ ete vai lokā | ete goptāra | ete'dhipatayaḥ ete haivāsya lokā | ete'dhipatayo bhavanti ya evaṃ veda > The world named Upodaka is entered into food; human beings are the guardians; Agni is the sovereign; its form is the form of the flame; it is established in the waters. The world named Ṛtadhāman is entered into birds; the Gandharvas and Apsarases are the guardians; Vāyu is the sovereign; white is the form; it is established in breath. The world named Aparājita is entered into the lunar mansions; the moon is the guardian; Āditya is the sovereign; its form is the form of the sun rising and setting; it is established in mind. The world named Adhidyu is entered into sacrifice; the Ādityas are the guardians; Varuṇa is the sovereign; its form is dark-blue—that which is black in Parjanya when about to rain, that is dark-blue, or like that of a golden jewel; it is established in untruth. The world named Pradyu is entered into the immortal; the Rudras are the guardians; Death is the sovereign; red is the form, like that of a reddish garment or a Māhārohaṇa cloth; it is established in truth (ṛta), in that which he does not fail. The world named Rocana is entered into heat (tapas); the Vasus are the guardians, for they went first among the gods, therefore they are in the highest sphere; Sacrifice is the sovereign; its form is the form of bright gold; it is established in truth (satya). These are the worlds; these are the guardians; these are the sovereigns. These worlds indeed become his, these become \[his\] sovereigns, who knows thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p1) prajāpatirdevānasṛjata > Prajāpati created the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p2) saha śriyā vācā ca vā enāṃstatsahāsṛjatānnena ca sahādbhiḥ > He created them together with fortune, together with speech, together with food, and together with the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p3) te devā annaṃ śriyaṃ vāvidānānā vācā yatsadhamādamivaivāsannannaṃ hi > Those gods, finding food and fortune, were as if reveling together with speech, for food is > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p4) śrīsso'śocat > fortune. He grieved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p5) sa ṣakṣata kathaṃ nvahameṣāmimā śriyassaṃvṛñjīyeti > He considered: 'How now might I seize these fortunes of theirs?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p6) tānmano bhūtvānuprāviśat > Having become mind, he entered into them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.348.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348.p7) teṣāṃ sarvāṃ śriyaṃ niracinodyathā badarāṇi niścinuyādevam > He stripped away all their fortune, just as one would pick jujubes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.348) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.348) · Pramāṇa