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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.197

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.197

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Sanskrit

2-7.197

brahma purastādu kṣatraṃ sūyate
atho āhurapicitiriti yajñakratuḥ
tenaiva yajeteti
tasya yaddve trivṛtī stotre bhavatastenaiva prāṇebhyo na yanti
apacitimu suṣvāṇo'śnute
tadu vā āhuryadevaiṣā vāyavyā pratipadbhavati prāṇo vai vāyuḥ prāṇaireva
tatsamṛdhyante
vāyo śukro ayāmi ta iti śukravatī bhavati
jyotiriva ha vā eṣo'nyeṣu manuṣyeṣvatibhāti yassūyate'yaṃ suṣvāṇo
jyotirivāsaditi
madhvo agraṃ diviṣṭiṣviti tadetanmadhavyamevāgryaṃ kurvanti
ā yāhi somapītaya iti saumī
tena pāvamānī kriyate
spārho deva niyutvateti
kṣatraṃ vai spārhaḥ
viśo niyutvatīḥ
kṣatrāyaiva tadviśamanuvartmānaṃ kurvanti
tasmātkṣatrasya viḍanuvartmā

The brahman [is] in front, and the kṣatra is consecrated.
Moreover, they say: it is the sacrificial rite called Apiciti (reverence);
with that very [rite] he should sacrifice.
As for its having two trivṛt stotras, thereby they do not depart from the breaths.
The one who presses attains reverence.
Now, they also say: as this introductory verse is addressed to Vāyu, and Vāyu is breath, they thus prosper through the breaths.
'O Vāyu, the clear [soma] has been offered to you'—[the verse] contains [the word] 'clear' (śukra).
Truly, as light he shines beyond other men, he who is consecrated, so that this consecrated one should be like light.
'The first [taste] of the sweet [drink] at the offerings'—thus they make this very sweet [portion] foremost.
'Come to drink the soma'—this [verse] is addressed to Soma;
thereby it is made related to Pavamāna.
'Desirable god with the teams'—
truly, the kṣatra is desirable;
the subjects are possessing teams.
They thereby make the subject follow the kṣatra;
therefore the subject follows the kṣatra.

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2-7.197.p1

athaite sarasvataśca sarasvatyāśca

Then there are these [verses] addressed to Sarasvat and to Sarasvatī.

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2-7.197.p2

etadvai daivyaṃ mithunaṃ prajananaṃ yatsarasvāṃśca sarasvatī ca

This indeed is a divine couple, procreative: namely, Sarasvat and Sarasvatī.

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2-7.197.p3

daivyena mithunena prajāyā iti

'May I be propagated through the divine couple,' [he thinks].

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2-7.197.p4

tadāhuḥ puṃsaḥ pūrvā kāryā striyā uttarā

Regarding this they say: the male's [verse] should be made first, the female's subsequent.

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2-7.197.p5

tathā suṣvāṇasyānapagalbhyo rājaputra ājāyata iti

Thus for the one who presses, a noble prince is born not lacking in confidence.

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