[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) › 3.10.9.1 # Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.9.1 Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10.9.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.10.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.1) prajā́patir devā́n asṛjata / té pāpmánā sáṃditā ajāyanta / tā́n vyadyat / yád vyadyát / tásmād vidyút / tám avṛścat / yád ávṛścat / tásmād vṛ́ṣṭiḥ / tásmād yátra\_eté deváte abhiprā́pnutaḥ / ví ca ha\_evā́sya tátra pāpmā́naṃ dyátaḥ / > Prajāpati created the gods. > They were born bound by evil. > He unbound them. > Because he unbound \[them\] (vyadyat), > therefore \[lightning is called\] vidyut. > He cut it away. > Because he cut it away (avṛścat), > therefore \[rain is called\] vṛṣṭi. > Therefore, wherever these two deities reach, > there they both unbind and > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.8.10) - [Next: 3.10.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.2) - [Up: 3.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya~en-mt-r.3.10.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāṭhaka (Taittirīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.kathaka.1.10901) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kathaka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.1) · Pramāṇa