Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-5.162
English (machine translation) 2-5.162
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2-5.162
[Thinking:] 'May that divine pair, [capable of] procreation, generate me [offspring]!'
Both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara sāmans belong to it.
That indeed is a divine pair, [capable of] procreation, namely both the Bṛhat and the Rathantara.
[Thinking:] 'May that divine pair, [capable of] procreation, generate me [offspring]!'
There are twelve stotras for it; the year has twelve months.
The year is procreation; [thinking:] 'May that which is procreation generate me [offspring]!'
There are twenty-four stuta-śastras for it; the year has twenty-four half-months.
The year is procreation; [thinking:] 'May that which is procreation generate me [offspring]!'
Moreover they say: 'One who desires the heavenly world should sacrifice with this.'
Its stomas are those of the pṛṣṭhya six-day period; the pṛṣṭhas are the seasons;
the year is the seasons;
the year is the heavenly world: [it is] for the attainment of the heavenly world.
Its stomas are ascending; upward indeed is the heavenly world: [it is] for the attainment of the heavenly world.
Both the Bṛhat and Rathantara sāmans belong to it; [they are] heavenly: [it is] for the attainment of the heavenly world.
There are twelve stotras for it; the year has twelve months;
the year is the heavenly world: [it is] for the attainment of the heavenly world.
There are twenty-four stuta-śastras for it; the year has twenty-four half-months;
the year is the heavenly world: [it is] for the attainment of the heavenly world.
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Its subsequent stotras are each increased by two.
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The sacrificer is two-footed.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit