Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.141
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.141
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1.141
ya evainamevaṃ cakṛvāṃsamupamīmāṃsate sa ārtimārchati
aṣṭākṣarā gāyatryaṣṭau vasavaḥ
gāyatraṃ prātassavanam
akṣare'kṣare devatānvāyattā
ekādaśākṣarā triṣṭubekādaśa rudrāḥ
traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam
akṣare-'kṣare devatānvāyattā
dvādaśākṣarā jagatī
dvādaśādityāḥ
jāgataṃ tṛtīyasavanam
akṣare-'kṣare devatānvāyattā
atha kiṃ pratiyajñaṃ yajamānamapinayantīti
sa brūyātprajāpatiryadvāmadevyamasṛjata tasya trīṇyakṣarāṇyudakhidat
sa eva tryakṣaraḥ puruṣo'bhavat
vāmadevyasya stotre puruṣaḥ iti brūyāt
tatpratiyajñaṃ yajamānamapinayantīti
tadāhurna puruṣaḥ iti brūyātparokṣameva dhyāyenmanasaiva niyacchediti
tadu vā āhurnaiva parokṣaṃ dhyāyenna manasā niyacchedyadvāva veda tenaivāptamiti
Whoever reproves him who has acted thus comes to ruin.
The Gāyatrī has eight syllables; the Vasus are eight.
The morning pressing belongs to the Gāyatrī.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
The Triṣṭubh has eleven syllables; the Rudras are eleven.
The midday pressing belongs to the Triṣṭubh.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
The Jagatī has twelve syllables;
the Ādityas are twelve.
The third pressing belongs to the Jagatī.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
Now, how do they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice?
He should say: 'When Prajāpati created the Vāmadevya, he extracted three syllables of it.
He became the three-syllabled Person.
At the stotra of the Vāmadevya he should say: "Person!"'
Thereby they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice.
Regarding this they say: 'He should not say "Person!"; he should meditate [on it] cryptically, he should fix it only with the mind.'
And regarding this they also say: 'He should neither meditate cryptically nor fix it with the mind; whatever one knows, by that alone it is attained.'
1.141.p1
devā vā asurānyudhamupaprayanto'bruvanyanno vāmaṃ vasu tadapanidhāya yudhyāmahai
The gods, going forth to battle against the Asuras, said: 'Having set aside whatever desirable wealth we have, let us fight,'
1.141.p2
yadadya kasmiṃścidbhūte'bhyupadhāvāmeti
'lest we rush today toward some creature [and lose it].'
1.141.p3
prāṇā vāva teṣāṃ vāmaṃ vasvāsīt
The breaths were indeed their desirable wealth.
1.141.p4
tadapanidhāya yudhamupaparāyan
Having set that aside, they went forth to battle.
1.141.p5
tadekadhā bhūtvā sṛjamānamatiṣṭhadṛcassāmāni yajūṃṣi gāmaśvamajāmaviṃ vrīhiṃ
Having become one, it stood emitting [creations]: verses, sāmans, sacrificial formulas, cow, horse, goat, sheep, rice,
1.141.p6
yavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ yadidaṃ kiṃ cittatsarvam
barley, Brahmin, noble, Vaiśya, Śūdra—whatever there is here, all that.
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