[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) › 58.358 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.358 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.358 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.358](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358) sa vaśameva diva ādatta | kṣatraṃ nakṣatrāṇām | ātmānamantarikṣasya rūpaṃ vāyor | ājñāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ | cakṣuḥ paśūnām | ūrjamapāṃ rasamoṣadhīnāṃ | carathaṃ vanaspatīnāṃ | śiśnaṃ vayasām | arcimagner hṛdayaṃ pṛthivyai | gandhaṃ hiraṇyasya | stanayitnuṃ vācas | saṃgamaṃ pitṝṇāṃ bhāṃ candramasaḥ tadyadeteṣāṃ bhūtānāmādatta tadādityasyādityatvam ādatte tejo dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya ya evaṃ veda sā haiṣā devatā dīkṣitā keśavādhi kṛṣṇājinā tasyai ye'rvāñco raśmayastāni śmaśrūṇi | ya ūrdhvāste keśāḥ ahorātre eva kṛṣṇājine tadyaddivikṣayamakuruta tasmāddīkṣitā divi ha vā eṣa kṣayaṃ kuruta yo yajate yāṃ dīkṣayā jitiṃ jayati yāmṛddhimṛdhnoti | jayati tāṃ jitimṛdhnoti tām ṛddhiṃ ya evaṃ veda > He took the very sovereignty of heaven, the dominion of the asterisms, the self of the atmosphere, > the form of the wind, the command of humans, the eye of cattle, the nourishment of the waters, > the sap of the plants, the motion of the trees, the tail of the birds, the flame of the fire, > the heart of the earth, the scent of gold, the thunder of speech, the gathering of the fathers, > the luster of the moon. > Because he took (ādatta) from these beings, that is the Āditya-nature of Āditya. > He who knows thus takes the fiery energy of his hateful rival. > That very deity is consecrated, hairy, possessing a black antelope skin. > Its rays that reach downward, those are the whiskers; those that are upward, they are the hair. > Day and night are the two black antelope skins. > Because it made its abode in heaven (divi kṣayam), therefore it is consecrated (dīkṣitā). > In heaven indeed he makes his abode who sacrifices. > Whatever victory one wins by consecration, whatever prosperity one attains—he who knows thus wins that victory, he attains that prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p1) tasyoṣasyeva patnī candramāssomapīthaḥ > His wife is the dawn itself, the moon is the drinking of Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p2) tasmātsapatnīko dīkṣata > Therefore, one undergoes consecration together with one's wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p3) sā haiṣā devatā dīkṣamāṇasya teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśa ādatte > That very deity takes away the fiery energy, the faculty, the vital power, the glory of him who undergoes consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p4) sa dīkṣiṣyamāṇa ādityamupatiṣṭheta tvaṃ devatā dīkṣitāsi > He who is about to undergo consecration should wait upon Āditya with the words: 'You, the deity, are consecrated; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p5) sā dakṣimāṇasya teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśa ādatse > you take away the fiery energy, the faculty, the vital power, the glory of him who undergoes consecration; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p6) mā me teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśa ādithāḥ > do not take away my fiery energy, my faculty, my vital power, my glory; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.358.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p7) tava dīkṣaṃ anu dakṣi iti > after your consecration, I undergo consecration.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.358) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358) · Pramāṇa