Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.101
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.101
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1.101
tadāhurhiṃkāreṇa vai prajāpatiḥ prajābhyo'nnādyamasṛjata
yanna hiṃkuryādaśanāyukāḥ prajāssyuḥ
hiṃkuryādeva
bhūḥ iti
yanna hiṃkāraṃ visṛjati tena reto vicchinatti na hiṃkāramantaretīti
tadu vā āhuḥ mamṛdīya iva vā ato reto dāruṇatara iva
hiṃkāro'pi vainadvālena vicchindyāt
hiṃkārasyaiva kāle hiṃkāraṃ manasā dhyāyet
tanna reto vicchinatti na hiṃkāramantaretīti
bhūḥ iti nidhanaṃ karoti
prajāpatiryadagre vyāharatsa bhūḥ ityeva vyāharat
sa imāmasṛjata
sa yadbhūḥ iti nidhanaṃ karotyasyāmevaitadretaḥ pratiṣṭhāpayatyatho enattadbhūtimeva
gamayati
Regarding this they say: 'By means of the hiṃ-sound Prajāpati created food for creatures.
If he were not to utter the hiṃ-sound, creatures would be hungry.
He should indeed utter the hiṃ-sound:
"bhūḥ".'
In that he does not emit the [bare] hiṃ-sound, thereby he does not cut off the seed, nor does he omit the hiṃ-sound.
Regarding this they also say: 'Seed is softer, as it were, than this; the hiṃ-sound is harder, as it were.
One might cut it off even with a hair.'
At the very time of the hiṃ-sound, he should mentally meditate on the hiṃ-sound.
Thus he does not cut off the seed, nor does he omit the hiṃ-sound.
He makes 'bhūḥ' the finale.
When Prajāpati spoke in the beginning, he spoke just 'bhūḥ'.
He created this [earth].
In that he makes 'bhūḥ' the finale, he firmly establishes this seed in this [earth], and also brings it to prosperity.
1.101.p1
gāyatrīṃ gāyati
He sings the Gāyatrī.
1.101.p2
prāṇo vai gāyatrī
The Gāyatrī is breath.
1.101.p3
tasyai dve akṣare vyatiṣajati
He intertwines two syllables of it.
1.101.p4
prāṇāpānāveva tadvyatiṣajati
Thereby he intertwines out-breath and in-breath.
1.101.p5
tasmātprāṇāpānau vyatiṣaktau prajā anusaṃcarata ā ca parā cāyātayāmānau
Therefore, out-breath and in-breath, intertwined, move along creatures back and forth, unexhausted.
1.101.p6
saditi nidhanaṃ karoti
He makes 'sat' the finale.
1.101.p7
prāṇo vai san
Breath is the real.
1.101.p8
prāṇa eva tatpratitiṣṭhati
Thereby he firmly establishes [himself] in breath.
1.101.p9
triṣṭubhaṃ gāyati
He sings the Triṣṭubh.
1.101.p10
cakṣurvai triṣṭup
The Triṣṭubh is the eye.
1.101.p11
tasyai dve akṣare dyotayati
He makes two syllables of it shine forth.
1.101.p12
cakṣuṣī eva taddadhāti
Thereby he places the two eyes.
1.101.p13
tasmādyukte iva cakṣuṣī
Therefore the two eyes are joined, as it were.
1.101.p14
jyotiḥ iti nidhanaṃ karoti
He makes 'jyotis' the finale.
1.101.p15
cakṣurvai jyotiḥ
The eye is light.
1.101.p16
cakṣuṣyeva tatpratitiṣṭhati
Thereby he firmly establishes [himself] in the eye.
1.101.p17
jagatīṃ gāyati
He sings the Jagatī.
1.101.p18
śrotraṃ vai jagatī
The Jagatī is the ear.
1.101.p19
tasyai catvāryakṣarāṇi dyotayati
He makes four syllables of it shine forth.
1.101.p20
śrotrameva taddadhāti
Thereby he places the ear.
1.101.p21
śrotre dve pariśravaṇe dve
The two ears [and] the two hearings.
1.101.p22
tasmātsamānatra sansarvā anudiśaśśṛṇotyapi parāṅyanpaścādvadataśśṛṇoti
Therefore, being in the same place, he hears all directions; even when turning away, he hears those speaking behind him.
1.101.p23
iḷā iti nidhanaṃ karoti
He makes 'Iḷā' the finale.
1.101.p24
paśavo vā iḷā
Iḷā is cattle.
1.101.p25
paśuṣvetatpratitiṣṭhati
He thus finds support in cattle.
1.101.p26
anuṣṭubhaṃ gāyati
He sings an Anuṣṭubh.
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