Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-4.146
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-4.146
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2-4.146
athaiṣa vaiśvadevaḥ
prajananakāmo haitena yajeta
prajāpatirvā akāmayata bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya vaiśvadevīḥ
prajāssṛjeyeti
sa etaṃ yajñamapaśyat
tamāharat
tenāyajata
tato vai sa bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prājāyata vaiśvadevīḥ prajā asṛjata
sa yatkāmayeta bahuḥ prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyeya vaiśvadevīḥ prajāssṛjeyeti sa
etena yajeta
bahureva prajayā paśubhiḥ prajāyate vaiśvadevīḥ prajāssṛjate
tadyadeṣa vaiśvadevo bhavati vaiśvadevīnāmeva prajānāṃ sṛṣṭyai
sa sarva eva vaiśvadevīṣu bhavati vaiśvadevīnāmeva prajānāṃ prajātyai
sa trivṛdbhavati nyūnaṃ vai trivṛt
nyūnaṃ prajananaṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi
tasya rathantaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ bhavati prajananaṃ vai rathantaraṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi
sa ukthyo bhavati prajā vai paśava ukthāni
prajā vai paśavaḥ prajananaṃ tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi
Now comes this Vaiśvadeva [rite].
One desiring procreation should sacrifice with it.
Prajāpati desired: ‘May I be multiplied in offspring and cattle; may I create All-Godly creatures!’
He saw this sacrifice.
He grasped it.
He sacrificed with it.
Then indeed he was multiplied in offspring and cattle; he created All-Godly creatures.
If one should desire, ‘May I be multiplied in offspring and cattle; may I create All-Godly creatures!’, he should sacrifice with this.
He is multiplied in offspring and cattle; he creates All-Godly creatures.
As to why this is the Vaiśvadeva, it is for the creation of All-Godly creatures.
It is entirely upon [verses] addressed to the Viśve Devāḥ, for the procreation of All-Godly creatures.
It is a ninefold [trivṛt rite], for the trivṛt is deficient [in number].
Procreation is deficient [in fullness]: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’
Its pṛṣṭha is the Rathantara, for the Rathantara is procreation: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’
It is an Ukthya, for creatures and cattle are ukthas.
Creatures and cattle are procreation: ‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’
2-4.146.p1
atho āhussaptadaśa eva syāditi prajāpatirvai saptadaśaḥ
Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be seventeenfold [saptadaśa], for Prajāpati is seventeenfold.’
2-4.146.p2
prajāpatiḥ prajananaṃ sa yaḥ prajananaṃ sa mā prajanayāditi
‘Prajāpati is procreation: may he who is procreation procreate me!’
2-4.146.p3
atho āhustriṇava eva syāditi
Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be twenty-sevenfold [triṇava].’
2-4.146.p4
trayo ha te trivṛtaḥ
For they are three ninefold [stomas].
2-4.146.p5
nyānaṃ vai trivṛt
Deficient indeed is the ninefold [trivṛt].
2-4.146.p6
nyūnaṃ prajananam
Deficient is procreation:
2-4.146.p7
tadyatprajananaṃ tanmā prajanayāditi
‘May that which is procreation procreate me!’
2-4.146.p8
atho āhustrayastriṃśa eva syāditi
Moreover, they say: ‘It should just be thirty-threefold [trayastriṃśa].’
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