Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.67
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.67
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2-3.67
te ye sakṛṣṇājinā apo'bhyavayanti ya etasmāddīkṣitayaśasādavacchidyante te
sarvamātmānaṃ praplāvya pāpmanā sahodāyanti
sa yadāvabhṛtheṣṭissaṃtiṣṭhetāthonmucya
kṛṣṇājinamadbhirabhyukṣedindriyājjyaiṣṭhyācchraiṣṭhyānmā yoṣamiti atha yaṃ rātiṃ
manyate tasmai prayacchati
athāpa ācāmati bhakṣasyāvabhṛtho'si bhakṣaṇasyāvabhṛtho'si
bhakṣitasyāvabhṛtho'sīti
sa yadevātrarjīṣe kiṃ citsaktaṃ bhavati tasyaiṣa bhakṣaḥ
athāpaḥ praviśati
nyañcanaṃ vā etatprapadanaṃ yadāpaḥ
nyañcanamevaitatprapadanaṃ prapadyate pāpmano'nanvavāyāya
yadyāpa syanderanpratisrotaṃ gāheta pāpmānaṃ me nirvahāniti
sarvā u ha tvā āpa syandante
yā u ha sthāvarā avācīstā syandante'vāñcamevāsya tāḥ pāpmānaṃ nirvahanti
anyo'nyasya jāyāpatī pṛṣṭhaṃ pradhāvataḥ
vajro vā āpaḥ
vajreṇaiva tatsarvaṃ pāpmānamapahanāte
atho dvandvameva tanmithunaṃ prajananaṃ kurvāte prajātyai
snātvā kṣipra udeyātkṣipre pāpmano vyāvṛttyā iti
Those who enter the water with the black antelope skin, who are separated from this glory of the consecrated one, they, having caused their whole self to float, emerge together with evil. When the purificatory bath offering is completed, he then takes off the black antelope skin and sprinkles it with water, [saying]: 'May I not be separated from faculty, from seniority, from preeminence.' Then he gives it to whomever he considers a gift. Then he sips water: 'You are the purificatory bath of food; you are the purificatory bath of eating; you are the purificatory bath of what has been eaten.' Whatever dregs are clinging here, this is the consumption of that. Then he enters the waters. The waters are indeed a hidden refuge. He enters this hidden refuge for the non-pursuit of evil. If the waters flow, he should bathe against the stream, [thinking]: 'May they wash away my evil.' Indeed, all waters flow. Even those that are standing flow downwards; they carry his evil straight downwards. Husband and wife wash each other's back. The waters are indeed a vajra. With the vajra they strike away all evil. Moreover, they thus make that couple a productive pairing for generation. Having bathed, he should emerge quickly, for the swift severing of evil.
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unnetarunmā nayetyāha
He says: 'Unnetṛ, lead me up!'
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viṣṇurvā unnetā yajño vai viṣṇuḥ
Viṣṇu is the Unnetṛ; Viṣṇu is the sacrifice.
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yajña evainaṃ tatsarvasmātpāpmano vimucyonnayati
It is the sacrifice that, releasing him from all evil, leads him up.
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udvayaṃ tamasaspari suvaḥ paśyanto jyotiruttaram
'Looking upon the higher light beyond the darkness, to the heavenly world,
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devaṃ devatrā sūryamaganma jyotiruttamam
We have gone to the god Sūrya among the gods, the highest light'—
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ityetāṃ japannudaiti
muttering this [verse], he emerges.
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