Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.205
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 1.205
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1.205
dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ hantyoṣaṃ śriyamaśnute ya evaṃ veda
hiraṇyaṃ saṃpradāyaṃ ṣoḍaśinā stuvanti
ṣoḍaśunameva tajjyotiṣmantaṃ kurvanti
aśva upatiṣṭhate sāmyekṣyāya
bhrātṛvyalokaṃ vāvaiṣāṃ tadvidhamaṃstiṣṭhati
yasmājjāto na paro'nyo asti ya ā babhūva bhuvanāni viśvā
prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇastrīṇi jyotīṃṣi sacate sa ṣoḍaśī
iti ṣoḍaśigrahamavekṣate
indraśca samrāḍvaruṇaśca rājā tau te bhakṣayāṃ cakraturagra etam
tayorahaṃ bhakṣamanubhakṣayāmi vāgjuṣāṇā somasya tṛpyatu iti ekākṣaraṃ
devānāmavamamāsītsaptākṣaraṃ paramam
navākṣaramasurāṇāmavamamāsītpañcadaśākṣaraṃ paramam
te devā akāmayanta kanīyasā bhūyo'surāṇāṃ vṛñjīmahīti
ta ekākṣareṇa pañcadaśākṣaramavṛñjata dvyakṣareṇa caturdaśākṣaraṃ tryakṣareṇa
trayodaśākṣaraṃ caturakṣareṇa dvādaśākṣaraṃ pañcākṣareṇaikādaśākṣaraṃ ṣaḍakṣareṇa daśākṣaraṃ
saptākṣareṇa navākṣaram
aṣṭābhirevāṣṭau
evaṃ kanīyasā jyāyaso dviṣato bhrātṛvyasya vṛṅkte ya evaṃ veda
He slays his hateful rival, he swiftly attains fortune, who knows thus.
They chant the stoma of the Ṣoḍaśin handing over gold.
Thereby they make the Ṣoḍaśin itself luminous.
A horse stands by to be looked upon during the sāman.
It stands there driving away the realm of their rivals.
"Than whom no other was born greater, who became all beings,
Prajāpati, bestowing upon his offspring, attains the three lights; he is the sixteenth"—
with these words he looks upon the cup for the Ṣoḍaśin.
"Indra the sovereign ruler and Varuṇa the king, both of them first partook of this of yours;
after both of them I partake of the portion; let speech, enjoying, be satisfied with Soma"—thus with one syllable.
The gods had the lowest with one syllable, the highest with seven syllables.
The asuras had the lowest with nine syllables, the highest with fifteen syllables.
Those gods desired: "With less, may we strip away more from the asuras."
With one syllable they stripped away fifteen syllables; with two syllables, fourteen syllables; with three syllables, thirteen syllables; with four syllables, twelve syllables; with five syllables, eleven syllables; with six syllables, ten syllables; with seven syllables, nine syllables;
with eight syllables, eight indeed.
Thus he strips away the greater [possessions] of his hateful rival with less, who knows thus.
1.205.p1
ahno'surā nuttā rātriṃ prāviśan
Driven away from the day, the asuras entered the night.
1.205.p2
te devā etamanuṣṭupśīrṣāṇaṃ vajraṃ samabharan
Those gods assembled this thunderbolt having the anuṣṭubh as its head.
1.205.p3
tenainānabhyavāyan
With it they marched down against them.
1.205.p4
vāgvā eṣā
This is speech indeed.
1.205.p5
vācā jyotiṣānvabhyavāyan
With speech as their light, they marched down after them.
1.205.p6
virāḍvā eṣā
This is the virāj indeed.
1.205.p7
virājā jyotiṣānvabhyavāyan
With the virāj as their light, they marched down after them.
1.205.p8
na vai suyajña ivātirātraḥ
The Atirātra is indeed not like an easy sacrifice.
1.205.p9
tadyatpāntaṃ bhavati tenaiva yajñaḥ kriyate'hnaśca sulabho rātreśca saṃtatyā
Now, because it consists of pānta, thereby the sacrifice is performed, easily obtained from the day and for the continuity of the night,
1.205.p10
avyavacchedāya
for non-interruption.
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