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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.36.p9

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.36.p9

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2-3.36.p9

cakṣuṣī bhrājābhrāje

Regarding this they ask: 'What is done on the Divākīrtya day by which he generates offspring and by which he sustains offspring?' He should say: 'The Divākīrtya is the semen fashioned from the breath itself. The Jagatī is procreation. By it he generates offspring. And in that he, having become breath, sustains the subsequent and preceding days, by that indeed he sustains offspring. The Divākīrtya is breath itself. The Bhrāja and Abhrāja [sāmans] are the two eyes. The Vikarṇa is the ear. The Daśastobha is speech. These breaths are placed in the middle.' Now, on this matter, some draw the Ājya cups only after sunrise; they undertake the morning recitation after sunrise, saying: 'This day is named Divākīrtya (

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