[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) › 58.359 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.359 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.359 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.359](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.359) tasyaiṣā devatā dīkṣamāṇasya teja indriyaṃ vīryaṃ yaśo nādatte tadetadukthasyaiva stombhaḥ te ye'rvāñco raśmayastairasyeme lokā stabdhā ya etasmādarvāñco'tha yatkiṃ ca prāṇabhṛtsaśārīram atha ya ūrdhvāstairu asya te lokā stabdhā ya etasmātparāñco'tha yatkiṃ cābhṛtamaśarīram tadyadeṣā devatobhayāndevāsurānantarā stavadhvā tiṣṭhati tasmādetatstambhaḥ sa ha vai stabdhassastabheta atho ya enaṃ stabhasyopamīmāṃseta taṃ brūyādyā stabdhā devatā tasyai tvā vṛścyāmīmāmārtiṃ nyeṣyasīti tāṃ daivārtiṃ nyeti te ye'rvāñco raśmaya ete hāvaśā mṛtyorannavantaḥ atha ya ūrdhvāsta u hāmṛtalokāḥ te ye'rvāñco raśmaya ete horayo nāma yathā naḷo vāsuśira syādve arvā atha ya ūrdhvāsta uparīyāṃso nāma sa yathā hastī hastenādāya pṛṣṭhye'dhyasyetaivamevaiṣā devataitadvidvāṃsamurubhī raśmibhirādāyāvarīyasvadhyasyate tamasyeṣa loko ya etasmātparācīnaḥ > This deity does not take away the spiritual luster, faculty, vital power, or renown of him who undergoes consecration. > That is indeed the propping up of the uktha. > Those rays of his that are directed downward—by them these worlds that are below him are propped up, as well as whatever bears breath and has a body. > And those that are directed upward—by them those worlds of his that are beyond him are propped up, as well as whatever is unembodied and without body. > Now, because this deity stands firmly propping between both the gods and the asuras, therefore it is a prop. > Truly, propped up, he should prop himself. > And if anyone should seek to dispute with him who is propped, he should say to him: 'To the propped deity I cut you off; into this distress you will fall.' > He falls into that divine distress. > Those rays that are directed downward are indeed subject to death, having food. > And those that are upward are immortal worlds. > Those rays that are directed downward are called 'orayas', just as a reed might be hollow, or downward-directed. > And those that are upward are called 'uparīyāṃsas' \[the higher ones\]. > Just as an elephant, taking up with its trunk, might set \[something\] upon its back, even so this deity, taking up the one who knows thus by the broad rays, sets him down upon the higher ones. > His is that world which is beyond this one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 58.358.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.358.p7) - [Next: 58.360](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.360) - [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.58.359) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.359](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.359) · Pramāṇa