[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) › 58.381 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.381 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.381 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.381](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381) virājamabhyakrandat tato'psaraso'sṛjata tvaṣṭṛmukhāḥ kakubhamabhyakrandat tatassarpānasṛjatāṅgirasomukhān uṣṇihamabhyakrandat tato'ṅgiraso'sṛjatātharvamukhān akṣarapaṃktimabhyakrandat tato'surānasṛjatāsitamukhān viṣṭārapaṃkrimabhyakrandat tataḥ pitṝnasṛjata yamamukhān dvipadāmabhyakrandat tato manuṣyānasṛjata mṛtyumukhān ekapadāmabhyakrandat tato vayāṃsyasṛjata mṛtyumukhānyu eva amitacchando'bhyakrandat tataḥ paśūnasṛjata dhātṛmukhān sa idaṃ sarvaṃ sṛṣṭvordhva udakrāmat so'gacchadyatrainametadupari vedayante > He cried toward the Virāj; from that, he created the Apsarases, with Tvaṣṭṛ as their head. He cried toward the Kakubh; from that, he created the serpents, with the Aṅgirases as their head. He cried toward the Uṣṇih; from that, he created the Aṅgirases, with the Atharvans as their head. He cried toward the Akṣarapaṅkti; from that, he created the Asuras, with Asita as their head. He cried toward the Viṣṭārapaṅkti; from that, he created the Fathers, with Yama as their head. He cried toward the Dvipadā; from that, he created humans, with Mṛtyu as their head. He cried toward the Ekapadā; from that, he created the birds, likewise with Mṛtyu as their head. He cried toward the boundless meter; from that, he created cattle, with Dhātṛ as their head. Having created all this, he strode upward. He went to where they know him above. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p1) tamasyāṃ prācyāṃ diśi vasavo'nvaicchannagnimukhāḥ > The Vasus, with Agni as their head, sought him in this eastern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p2) te'nvavindanyadarciṣo rūpaṃ tat > They found that which is the form of the flame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p3) tadevāsya ta upāsate > That very form of his they worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p4) tamasyāṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśi rudrā anvaicchannindramukhāḥ > The Rudras, with Indra as their head, sought him in this southern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p5) te'nvavindanyadādityasya rūpaṃ tat > They found that which is the form of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p6) tadevāsya ta upāsate > That very form of his they worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p7) tamasyāṃ pratīcyāṃ diśyādityā anvaicchanvaruṇamukhāḥ > The Ādityas, with Varuṇa as their head, sought him in this western direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p8) te'nvavindanyaccandramaso rūpaṃ tat > They found that which is the form of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.381.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381.p9) tadevāsya ta upāsate > That very form of his they worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.381) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.381) · Pramāṇa