[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) › 6.21 # Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 6.21 Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21) prāṇāpānābhyāmevaitatsamṛdhya prayanti mano vai stotriyo | vāganurūpaḥ sāma vai stotriya | ṛganurūpaḥ aharvai stotriyo | rātriranurūpaḥ iyaṃ vai stotriyo'sāvanurūpaḥ ātmā vai stotriyaḥ | prajānurūpaḥ stotriyānurūpayorha khalu vai tadrūpaṃ | yasmādyāṃ śreṣṭhīṃ vācaṃ vadati tāṃ pāpīyānanuvadati | yasmātkartā ca karaṇaśca sadṛśau santau vijñāyete stotriyānurūpayorvai hetoḥ prajā anurūpā ājāyanta ā hāsyānurūpaḥ prajāyāṃ jāyate ya evaṃ veda tadāhurvīva vā ete prāṇairṛdhyante ye prāyaṇīyasyāhnastṛcānvicchindantīti saṃtatānatra pañca tṛcānupayanti prāṇānāmeva saṃtatyā avyavacchedāya sarve vṛṣaṇvanto bhavanti bārhataṃ vā etadahaḥ traiṣṭubhaṃ kṣatrasya rūpam paryāso bhavati prajānāṃ dhṛtyai paśūnāmupasthityai pañcadaśastomo bhavati -- indriyaṃ vai vīryaṃ pañcadaśa -- indriya evaitadvīrye pratitiṣṭhanto yanti > Equipped with out-breath and in-breath they thus proceed. > The stotriya is mind; the anurūpa is speech. > The stotriya is the sāman; the anurūpa is the verse. > The stotriya is the day; the anurūpa is the night. > The stotriya is this \[earth\]; the anurūpa is that \[sky\]. > The stotriya is the self; the anurūpa is offspring. > Indeed, that form belongs to the stotriya and the anurūpa, because whatever excellent speech \[the superior\] speaks, the inferior repeats after him; because both the maker and the tool, being similar, are known \[as such\]. > Because of the stotriya and the anurūpa, offspring are born conforming \[to the father\]. > A \[son\] conforming to him is born in his offspring, who knows thus. > Regarding this they say: 'They are deprived of the breaths, who cut through the triplets of the introductory day.' > Here they perform five continuous triplets for the continuity of the breaths, so that there is no interruption. > All \[the verses\] contain the word 'bull'. > For this day is related to the Bṛhat. > \[The bull\] is the form of the Triṣṭubh, of the ruling class. > There is a concluding turn for the stability of offspring, for the presence of cattle. > There is the fifteenfold stoma — faculty and vital power, indeed, is the fifteenfold \[stoma\] — it is in faculty and vital power that they proceed establishing themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21.p1) agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmaha > "Agni, the messenger, we choose" — > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.21.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21.p2) ityāgneyaṃ ājyaṃ bhavati > thus \[this\] is the Ājya \[śastra\] dedicated to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.21.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21.p3) pretyanya ṛṣayo'paśyannetyanye > Some ṛṣis saw with "pra-" \[forth\]; others with "ā-" \[hither\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.21.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21.p4) athaitanna preti neti sthitam > Now this \[verse\] stands neither with "pra-" nor with "ā-". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya~en-mt.6.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.6.21) · Pramāṇa