Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.131
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.131
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2-3.131
kṣatraṃ virāṭ
atha yā aṣṭau sā gāyatrī
tejo brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī
teja eva tadbrahmavarcasaṃ kṣatrasya purastāddadhāti
tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyasya purohitaḥ
sa yaḥ purodhākāma syātsa etena yajetāśnute purodhām
taṃ haika ekachandasameva kurvanti gāyatrameva sarvaṃ gāyatro vai bṛhaspatiḥ
brahma vai gāyatrī
brahma bṛhaspatirbrahmaṇā vā brahmavarcasamṛdhnavāmeti
te ye ha te tathā kurvantyagniṃ caiva tena devatānāmupāpnuvanti gāyatrīṃ ca chanda imaṃ
ca lokam
antaritā haiṣāmitarāśca devatā bhavantītarāṇi ca chandāṃsītare ca devā itare ca
lokā itare ca kāmāḥ
tasmādyathāchandasameva kāryaṃ sarvāsāṃ devatānāṃ sarveṣāṃ chandasāṃ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ
sarveṣāṃ lokānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kāmānāmupāptyai
tasya bṛhadbārhaspatyamādiṣṭasāmārbhave pavamāne bhavati
bṛhaspatisavo hyeṣaḥ
stomameva tadrūpeṇa samardhayanti
The virāj is the ruling power. Then those which are eight are the gāyatrī. Brilliance and spiritual luster are the gāyatrī. He thus places brilliance and spiritual luster in front of the ruling power. Therefore a Brahmin is the domestic priest of a nobleman. He who desires the domestic priesthood should sacrifice with this; he attains the domestic priesthood. Some make it of one meter only, the gāyatrī entirely; [they think,] 'Bṛhaspati is of the gāyatrī; the gāyatrī is the brahman; Bṛhaspati is the brahman; by the brahman let us prosper in spiritual luster.' Those who do so obtain thereby only Agni among the deities, the gāyatrī among the meters, and this world. But the other deities are excluded for them, and the other meters, and the other gods, and the other worlds, and the other desires. Therefore it should be performed according to [various] meters, for the attainment of all the deities, all the meters, all the gods, all the worlds, and all desires. Its prescribed sāman at the Ārbhava-pavamāna is the Bṛhad-Bārhaspatya; for this is the Bṛhaspatisava. They thus make the stoma abundant with its own form.
2-3.131.p1
athaiṣa indrāgnyoḥ kulāyaḥ
Now this is the Kulāya [sacrifice] of Indra and Agni.
2-3.131.p2
indrāgnī vā akāmayetāṃ sadṛśānāmeva satāṃ devānāṃ śreṣṭhatāṃ gaccheva samānena
Indra and Agni desired: 'Being equal, may we two attain supremacy among the gods; by an equal
2-3.131.p3
yajñena samānīmṛddhimṛdhnuyāveti
sacrifice may we two prosper with equal prosperity.'
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tāvetaṃ yajñamapśyatām
The two saw this sacrifice.
2-3.131.p5
tamāharatām
They took it.
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