Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.76
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-3.76
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2-3.76
janako ha vaideho bahudakṣiṇena yajñeneje
te tadu ha kurupañcālānāṃ brāhmaṇā abhisamājagmuḥ
sa ha sahasraṃ gavāmavarundhāna uvāca brāhmaṇā etā vo yo brahmiṣṭhassa
udajatāmiti
sa hovāca vājasaneyo'rvācīretāssomyeti
taṃ hocustvaṃ nu no brahmiṣṭho'sī3 iti
sa hovāca namo vo brahmiṣṭhāyāstu
gokāmā eva vayaṃ sma iti
te hocuḥ ko na imaṃ prakṣyatīti
sa hovāca vidagdhaśśākalyo'hamiti
taṃ ha puraskṛtyeyuḥ
taṃ ha pratikhyāyāyantamuvāca tvāṃ svicchākalya brāhmaṇā
ulmukāvakṣayaṇamakratā3 iti
sa hovāca yadi tenolmukāvakṣayaṇaṃ smaḥ prakṣyāmo nvai tvāmiti
taṃ ha papraccha kati devā yājñavalkyeti
sa hovāca trayaśca triṃśacca trayaśca trī ca śatā trayaśca trī ca sahasrā yāvanto
nividābhyāhūtā iti
omiti hovāca
"How many gods [are there] indeed?"
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katyeva devā iti
"How many gods are there really?"
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traya iti
"Three," he said.
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omiti hovāca
"Yes," he said.
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katyeva devā iti
"How many gods are there really?"
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dvāviti
"Two," he said.
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omiti hovāca
"Yes," he said.
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katyeva devā iti
"How many gods are there really?"
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eka iti
"One," he said.
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omiti hovāca
"Yes," he said.
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katame trayaśca triṃśacca trayaśca trī ca śatā trayaśca trī ca sahasreti
"Which are the three and thirty, and the three and three hundred, and the three and three thousand?"
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mahimāna evaiṣāṃ ta iti hovāca
"These are only their greatnesses," he said;
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trayastriṃśadvāveti
"truly there are thirty-three."
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katame trayastriṃśaditi
"Which are the thirty-three?"
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aṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityā indraścaiva prajāpatiśca trayastriṃśāviti
"Eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and Indra and Prajāpati are the thirty-second and thirty-third."
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katame vasava iti
"Which are the Vasus?"
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agniśca pṛthivī ca vāyuścāntarikṣaṃ cādityaśca dyauśca candramāśca nakṣatrāṇi caite
"Fire and the earth, and the wind and the intermediate space, and Āditya and the sky, and the moon and the lunar mansions—these are
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vasavaḥ
the Vasus.
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eteṣu hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vasu hitamiti
For in them this whole good thing (vasu) is deposited.
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tasmādvasava iti
Therefore [they are called] Vasus."
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katame rudrā iti
"Which are the Rudras?"
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daśa puruṣe prāṇā iti hovāca
"The ten breaths in a person," he said,
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ātmaikādaśaḥ
"and the self as the eleventh.
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te yadotkrāmanto yantyatha rodayanti
When they go departing [from the body], they cause lamentation.
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tasmādrudrā iti
Therefore [they are called] Rudras."
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katama ādityā iti
"Which are the Ādityas?"
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dvādaśa māsāssaṃvatsara iti hovāca
"The twelve months of the year," he said.
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- Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit