Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.59
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.59
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2-3.59
gāyatryā uṣṇiho'nuṣṭubhaścaturaśītirakṣarāṇi
te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ
paṅkteśca triṣṭubhaśca caturaśītirakṣarāni
te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ
bṛhatyai ca jagatyai ca caturaśītirakṣarāṇi
te catvāra ekaviṃśāḥ
atha trayāṇāṃ chandasāṃ daśaśatamakṣarāṇi
viṃśatyakṣarā dvipadā
triṃśadakṣarā virāṭ
ṣaṣṭyakṣarāticchandāḥ
tāni daśaśatamakṣarāṇi saṃpadyante
tato dve ādatte
atha dvādaśa trivṛtassaṃpadyante
tānimāndvādaśa trivṛto dvādaśasyaikaviṃśeṣūpadadhāti
te dvādaśa satriṃśino māsāssaṃpadyante tadetacchandāṃsi trivṛtaṃ caiva
stomamabhisaṃpadyante -
The syllables of the Gāyatrī, the Uṣṇih, and the Anuṣṭubh are eighty-four.
They are four twenty-onefolds.
And the syllables of the Paṅkti and the Triṣṭubh are eighty-four.
They are four twenty-onefolds.
And the syllables of the Bṛhatī and the Jagatī are eighty-four.
They are four twenty-onefolds.
Now the syllables of the three meters are one hundred and ten:
the Dvipadā has twenty syllables,
the Virāj has thirty syllables,
the Aticchandas has sixty syllables.
They amount to one hundred and ten syllables.
From them he takes two.
Then twelve ninefolds are produced.
These twelve ninefolds he places in the twelve twenty-onefolds.
They become the twelve thirty-sixfold months; thus these meters correspond to the ninefold stoma—
2-3.59.p1
- ekaviṃśaṃ ca vā pañca prāṇaṃ cāgnīñcādityaṃ ca
—and to the twenty-onefold [stoma], or to the five: breath, the fires, and the sun.
2-3.59.p2
atha ye dve akṣare te bṛhadrathantare te ahorātre
Now the two syllables that [remain], they are the Bṛhat and the Rathantara; they are day and night.
2-3.59.p3
so'rdhamāsassa māsassa ṛtussa saṃvatsaraḥ
That is the half-month, that is the month, that is the season, that is the year.
2-3.59.p4
tadāhuryatprāṇāśchandāṃsi chandāṃsi stomā ityāhuḥ kathaṃ yajamānaḥ
Regarding this they say: since the breaths are the meters, and the meters are the stomas, how does the sacrificer [stand]?
2-3.59.p5
prāṇaiśchandāṃsyapyeti
reaches the meters by the breaths,
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