[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) › 58.383 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.383 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.383 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [58.383](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383) tasmātte parābhūtāḥ te hyasya pāpiṣṭhamupāsate taṃ pitaraḥ pitṛloke'nvaicchanyamamukhāḥ te'nvavindanyatkṣīraudanasya rūpaṃ tat tadevāsya ta upāsate tadetaddha vā etadagre'nnasya rūpamāsa yatkṣīraudanaḥ tasyeyaṃ vikṛtiryadidaṃ manuṣyā upāsate taṃ vayāṃsyanvaicchanmṛtyumukhānyu eva tānyanvavindanhiraṇyapakṣaścakuna iti tattadevāsya tānyupāsate taṃ paśavo'nvaicchandhātṛmukhāḥ te'nvavindanhiraṇyaśṛṅgo hiraṇyaśaphaḥ kṛṣṇa ṛṣabha iti tattadevāsya ta upāsate tadetaddha vā etasyai devatāyai sātyayajñayo rūpamupāsate hiraṇyaśṛṅgo hiraṇyaśaphaḥ kṛṣṇa ṛṣabha iti sa ya etadevaṃ veda ṛṣabha eva svānāṃ bhavati atho yo'yaṃ tapati > Therefore they were defeated, for they worship the worst \[form\] of his. The Fathers, with Yama as their head, sought him in the world of the Fathers. They found that which is the form of milk-rice porridge. That very form of his they worship. For that indeed was the form of food at the beginning, namely milk-rice porridge; of that, this which humans worship is a modification. The birds, likewise with Mṛtyu as their head, sought him. They found him as a golden-winged bird. That very form of his they worship. The cattle, with Dhātṛ as their head, sought him. They found him as a black bull with golden horns and golden hooves. That very form of his they worship. That indeed is the form of this deity which the Sātyayajñyas worship: a black bull with golden horns and golden hooves. He who knows this thus becomes the bull (chief) of his own people. Now as for that one who burns here— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.383.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383.p1) so'syāmūrdhvāyaṃ diśyanvaicchat > He sought in this upward direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.383.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383.p2) tametaissarvai rūpaissahāsīnamanvavindat > He found him seated together with all these forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.383.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383.p3) tānyetasmā eva sarvāṇi rūpāṇi prāyacchat > He bestowed all these forms upon him alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.383.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383.p4) tadyadidamiha kalyāṇaṃ rūpamājāyate yadevaiṣa prayacchati tadidamihājāyate > Therefore, whatever beautiful form is produced here, that which he bestows is what is produced here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [58.383.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383.p5) sa yad > When he— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.58.383) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.383) · Pramāṇa