Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.23
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.23
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2-3.23
tadāhuḥ kāṃ devatāṃ dīkṣamāṇā anuniṣīdanti kāmanūttiṣṭhantīti
sa brūyādagniṃ devatānāṃ dīkṣamāṇā anuniṣīdantyādityamanūttiṣṭhantīti
tasmāddīkṣitānsata āhurāsata iti yadyapi te śayīrannathottiṣṭheyuḥ
agnirhi devānāmāsīnānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ
agnidevatyā hi tarhi bhavanti
tasmādutthitānsata āhurudasthuriti yadyapi ta āsīrannatho śayīran
ādityo hi devānāmutthitānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ
ādityadevatyā hi tarhi bhavanti
tadāhuḥ ke bhūtvottiṣṭhantīti
sa brūyānmanuṣyā bhūtā dīkṣante devā bhūtvottiṣṭhantīti
ta etadṛgretasaṃ yajūretasaṃ brahmaṇi yonau reto dadhato yanti
agnāveva tadāhutībhirabhijuhvato yanti
tasmāddīkṣopasatsu vīva glāyanti
taruṇamiva tarhi reto bhavati
tasmādu strī durhṛdinī vīva glāyati
taruṇamiva hi tarhi reto bhavati
tānstutiśastraistrirvardhayanto'bhiśṛṇvanto yanti
tasmādgarbhā anaśnatassaṃbhavanti
Concerning this they say: 'Following which deity do they sit down when taking consecration, and following which do they rise?' He should say: 'Following Agni among the deities they sit down when taking consecration, and following Āditya they rise.' Therefore they say of consecrated ones, 'They are sitting,' even though they might lie down and then stand up; for Agni is the best among the sitting gods, and they belong to the deity Agni at that time. Therefore they say of those who have risen [from the rite], 'They have arisen,' even though they might sit or lie down; for Āditya is the best among the arisen gods, and they belong to the deity Āditya at that time. Concerning this they say: 'Having become what do they rise?' He should say: 'Having become men they take consecration, and having become gods they rise.' They go about depositing this semen of the ṛc, the semen of the yajus, in the womb of the brahman; they go about making oblations over it with offerings right into the fire. Therefore during the consecration and the upasads they feel, as it were, languid; for the semen is then, as it were, tender. Therefore a pregnant woman feels, as it were, languid; for the semen is then, as it were, tender. They go about making them grow threefold with praises and recitations, chanting over them. Therefore embryos develop without eating.
2-3.23.p1
ta ṛṅmayā yajurmayāssāmamayā brahmamayā hiraṇmayā amṛtāssaṃbhavanti
They are brought forth made of the ṛc, made of the yajus, made of the sāman, made of the brahman, golden, immortal.
2-3.23.p2
ṛṅmayo ha vai yajurmayassāmamayo brahmamayo
Made of the ṛc indeed, made of the yajus, made of the sāman, made of the brahman,
2-3.23.p3
hiraṇmayo'mṛtassaṃbhavatyṛṅmayānyasyāsthāni bhavanti ya evaṃ veda
golden, immortal he is brought forth; made of the ṛc are his bones, who knows thus.
2-3.23.p4
tānudgātā purastātsaṃvatsarasya janayitvā hotre prayacchati
The Udgātṛ, having brought them forth before the year, hands them over to the Hotṛ.
2-3.23.p5
tānhotā sūktaissūte
The Hotṛ brings them forth with hymns (sūktas).
2-3.23.p6
tatsūktānāṃ sūktatvam
That is the hymn-nature (sūktatva) of the hymns.
2-3.23.p7
tāñchastraiḥ praśāsti
He instructs them with recitations (śastras).
2-3.23.p8
tacchastrāṇāṃ śastratvam
That is the recitation-nature (śastratva) of the recitations.
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