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# Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.366

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.366

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [58.366](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366)

etau te prayacchānītyannamannamityeva patitvāsyā udīcyai diśo vairājaṃ bhā  
ādatta  
tadito'dhatta  
ṣako'ṣṭānāṃ vīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda  
tampunareva prāviśat  
tamabravījjāyasvaivati  
so'bavītsa vai nu me prayacchemau nu me haimantikau māsau prayacchati  
etau te prayacchānītyannamannamityeva patitvāsyā ūrdhvāyai diśaśśākvaraṃ bhā  
ādatta  
tadito'dhatta  
ṣako daśānāṃ vīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda  
taṃ punareva prāviśat  
tamabravījjāyasvaiveti  
so'bravītsa vai nu me prayacchemau nu me śaiśirau māsau prayaccheti  
etau te prayacchānītyannamannamityeva patitvāsyai diśo raivataṃ bhā ādatta  
tadito'dhatta  
ṣako dvādaśānāṃ vīryaṃ datte ya evaṃ veda  
sa ṣakṣata kathaṃ nvimānṛtūngṛhṇīyāmiti

> 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Vairāja luster from this northern direction. He placed it from here \[into himself\]. Alone he takes the vital power of eight, who knows thus. He entered back into him again. He said to him: 'Be born indeed!' He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two early-winter months!' 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Śākvara luster from this zenith direction. He placed it from here \[into himself\]. Alone he takes the vital power of ten, who knows thus. He entered back into him again. He said to him: 'Be born indeed!' He said: 'Come now, give me, give me now these two winter months!' 'Let me give these two to you,' \[he said\]. Flying as 'Food, food!' indeed, he took the Raivata luster from this direction. He placed it from here \[into himself\]. Alone he takes the vital power of twelve, who knows thus. He considered: 'How indeed might I seize these seasons?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p1)

tā uttānaśayyāmapaśyat

> He saw them lying facing upwards.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p2)

sa śīrṣṇaivamau prāñcāvagṛhṇād | bāhubhyāmimānnānā | pataṃ

> With his head he seized these two facing east; with his two arms these various ones: flying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p3)

pratyañcāvurasordhvau | praṣṭibhiravāñcau

> the two facing west with his chest; the two facing upward; with his side-ribs the two facing downward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p4)

tānevaṃ gṛhītvādhastātparyauhata

> Having seized them in this manner, he drew them together underneath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p5)

sa eṣa ṛtuṣu ca saṃvatsare caitasyāṃ śriyāmadhyūḍhastapati

> He, this one, burns mounted upon this prosperity in the seasons and in the year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p6)

taṃ punaranena saha sarveṇa prāviśat

> He entered back into him again together with all this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p7)

tamabravīdekaṃ vāva tvāgre nāśakamudyantum

> He said to him: 'At first I was unable to bear you alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [58.366.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.366.p8)

na vai tvānena saha sarveṇa śakṣyāsyudyantuṃ | jāyasvaiveti

> I shall certainly not be able to bear you together with all this. Be born indeed!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.366) — English, machine translation

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