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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.196

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.196

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Sanskrit

1.196

ahorātrayorvai devāsurā adhi saṃyattā āsan
te devā aharabhyajayannathāsurā rātrimabhyupādhāvan
te devā abruvannardhino vā asya bhuvanasyābhūma kathaṃ satrā
rātrimabhijayemābhiprayunajāmahā iti
te'bhyayuñjata
ahno jaghanārdhe'yatanta
athāsurā rātryā udāsṛtya pūrvārdhe'yatanta
eṣa ha vā ahno jaghanārdho yatsāyam
eṣa u vai rātreḥ pūrvārdho yatsāyam
svāyāmanye maryādāyāmayatanta svāyāmanye
chandāṃsi vāva teṣāṃ svamāsīt
chandassvadhi saṃyattā āsan

The gods and the Asuras were engaged in conflict over day and night. The gods conquered the day; then the Asuras ran towards the night. The gods said: 'We have gained half of this world. How can we simultaneously conquer the night? Let us advance upon it.' They advanced. They strove in the posterior half of the day. Then the Asuras, having stepped out, strove in the prior half of the night. This indeed is the posterior half of the day, namely evening. And this indeed is the prior half of the night, namely evening. The ones strove on their own border, the others on their own. Their own [possession] was indeed the meters. They were engaged in conflict over the meters.

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1.196.p1

ekākṣaraṃ devānāmavamamāsītsaptākṣaraṃ paramam

The lowest of the gods was one-syllabled, the highest seven-syllabled.

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1.196.p2

navākṣaramasurāṇāmavamamāsītpañcadaśākṣaraṃ paramam

The lowest of the Asuras was nine-syllabled, the highest fifteen-syllabled.

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1.196.p3

saptākṣaraṃ ca navākṣaraṃ ca saṃnihite āstāmīdryañcyanyāni

The seven-syllabled and the nine-syllabled stood contiguous; the others were diverging.

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1.196.p4

yattānyāsannīdryañcyanyāni

Because they were diverging...

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1.196.p5

tānprajāpatirānuṣṭubho'ntarā vikramyātiṣṭhat

Prajāpati, having stepped out between them, stood in the form of the Anuṣṭubh.

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1.196.p6

te samīkṣamāṇāssaṃcākaśato'tiṣṭhannanyonyasya randhramicchantaḥ

They stood looking at each other, gazing intently, seeking an opening against one another.

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1.196.p7

te devāḥ prajāpatimupādhāvañjayāmāsurāniti

The gods ran up to Prajāpati: 'May we conquer the Asuras.'

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1.196.p8

tebhya etaṃ ṣoḍaśinaṃ vajraṃ prāyacchat

To them he gave this Ṣoḍaśin as a thunderbolt:

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