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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.145

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.145

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Sanskrit

1.145

imau vai lokau saha santau vyaitām
tayorna kiṃ cana samapatat
te devamanuṣyā āśanāyan
itaḥpradānāddhi te devā jīvantyamutaḥpradānānmanuṣyāḥ
te bṛhadrathantare abrūtāṃ ye nāvime priye tanvau tābhyāṃ vivahāvahā iti
śyaitaṃ ha vā agre rathantarasya priyā tanūrāsa naudhasaṃ bṛhataḥ
tābhyāṃ vyavahetām
ūṣānevāsāvamuto'syai śulkamakaroddhūmamita iyamamuṣyai
varṣamevāsāvamuto'syai śulkamakaroddevayajanamityiyamamuṣyai
savahatū u haine veda ya evaṃ veda
menāmenaṃ vāva te tadvyavahetām
tasmādāhurna menāmenaṃ vyūhyamiti
bṛhadrathantarayorha vā eṣa vivāhamabhyārohati
sa īśvaraḥ parābhavitoḥ
te tanvāvabrūtāmāvaṃ nu nidhanābhyāṃ vivahāvahā iti

These two worlds, being together, moved apart.
Between them nothing at all fell [down].
Those gods and human beings grew hungry;
for the gods live on what is given from here, and human beings on what is given from there.
Those two, the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, said: 'Those two bodies of ours that are dear—with them let us intermarry.'
The Śyaita indeed was in the beginning the dear body of the Rathantara, the Naudhasa of the Bṛhat.
With those two they intermarried.
That [sky] made the salt grounds from there her bridal price; this [earth] made smoke from here for that one.
That [sky] made rain from there her bridal price; this [earth] made the place of sacrifice for that one.
He knows these two with their bridal gifts, who knows thus.
They exchanged them, woman for woman.
Therefore they say: 'One must not marry exchanging woman for woman.'
For such a one ascends upon the marriage of the Bṛhat and Rathantara;
he is liable to perish.
Those two bodies said: 'Let the two of us now intermarry through our fināles.'

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