[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) › [Taittiriyabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) › 3.10.3.1 # Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.3.1 Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.3.1) tvám evá tvā́ṃ vettha yò 'si só 'si / tvám evá tvā́m acaiṣīḥ / citáś cā́si sáṃcitaś cāsy agne / etā́vām̐ś cā́si bhū́yām̐ś cāsy agne / yát te agne nyū̀naṃ yad u té 'tiriktam / ādityā́s tád áṅgirasaś cinvantu / víśve te devā́ś cítim ā́pūrayantu / citáś cā́si sáṃcitaś cāsy agne / etā́vām̐ś cā́si bhū́yām̐ś cāsy agne / mā́ te agne 'cayéna mā́\_aticayéna\_ā́yur ā́vṛkṣi / sárveṣāṃ jyótiṣāṃ jyótir yád adā́v udéti adáu, / tápaso jātám ánibhṛṣṭam ójaḥ / tát te jyótir iṣṭake / téna me tapa / téna me jvala / téna me dīdihi / yávad devā́ḥ / yā́vad ásāti sū́ryaḥ / yā́vad utā́pi bráhma // > You alone know yourself, who you are, what you are. / You alone have piled yourself. / Piled you are, and piled together you are, O Agni! / So great you are, and greater still you are, O Agni! / What in you is deficient, O Agni, and what in you is redundant, / let the Ādityas and the Aṅgirases pile that up. / Let the All-Gods fill up your pile. / Piled you are, and piled together you are, O Agni! / So great you are, and greater still you are, O Agni! / May I not sever my lifespan through piling you too little, nor through piling you too much, O Agni! / The light of all lights that rises yonder, / born from ascetic heat, unfailing energy, / that is your light, O brick! / With that, burn for me; / with that, flare for me; / with that, shine for me, / as long as the gods \[endure\], / as long as the sun shall be, / as long even as the sacred word! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.2.1) - [Next: 3.10.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.4.1) - [Up: 3.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya~en-mt-r.3.10.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Vaikhānasamantrapraśna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa.mantraprasna.8.1.67.5) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhaka (Taittirīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.kathaka.1.10301) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kathaka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.3.1) · Pramāṇa