Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.70

2-3.70

- atha yo yūpa āsīdya evaiṣa vīṇāyai daṇḍassa eva saḥ
atha yā raśanā āsanyānyevaitāni vīṇāyā upavāṇāni tā eva tāḥ
atha yo droṇakalaśa āsīdyaivaiṣā vīṇāyai sūnā sa eva saḥ
atha yadadhiṣavaṇaṃ carmāsīdyadevaitadvīṇāyai carma tadeva tat
atha ya uparavā āsanya evaite vīṇāyā ākāśāsta eva te
atha ye grāvāṇa āsanyānyevaitāni vīṇāyai vādanāni ta eva te
atha yāni sapta caturuttarāṇi chandāṃsyāsanyā evaitāssapta vīṇāyai
tantryastānyeva tāni
atha ye daśarātre stomā āsanyā evaitā daśāṅgulayasta eva te
tadāhurnaitarhi saṃsavo'sti
yo hi dvitīyo yajña āsīdaśucyatsaḥ
eka eva yajñaḥ
prajāpatiryajña eveti

— and what was the sacrificial post was just this neck of the vīṇā;
and what were the ropes were just these bindings of the vīṇā;
and what was the droṇakalaśa vessel was just this sounding-board of the vīṇā;
and what was the pressing-hide was just this skin of the vīṇā;
and what were the sound-holes were just these cavities of the vīṇā;
and what were the pressing-stones were just these plectrums of the vīṇā;
and what were the seven meters increasing by four syllables were just these seven strings of the vīṇā;
and what were the stomas at the ten-day rite were just these ten fingers.
Therefore they say: "Nowadays there is no conflicting pressing;
for he who was the second sacrifice dried up;
there is only one sacrifice:
Prajāpati is the sacrifice alone."