Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.200
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.200
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2-7.200
saṃvatsaro yajñaḥ
yajñamevāsmiṃstatpratimuñcati
atho āhuḥ pañcapuṣkaraiva syāditi
pāṅkto yajñaḥ
pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ
paśavo yajñaḥ
yajñamevāsmiṃstatpratimuñcati
atho āhuścatuṣpuṣkaraiva syāditi
catasro diśaḥ
catuṣpadā paśavaḥ
paśavo yajñaḥ
yajñamevāsmiṃstatpratimuñcati
atho āhustripuṣkaraiva syāditi
triṣavaṇo yajñaḥ
yajñamevāsmiṃstatpratimuñcati
tadu vā āhurdvādaśapuṣkaraiva syāditi
dvādaśasu vāvaitāni sarvāṇi
tasmāddvādaśapuṣkaraiva syāditi
The year is the sacrifice;
the sacrifice itself he thereby fastens onto him.
Moreover, they say: it should have five lotus blossoms;
fivefold is the sacrifice;
fivefold are cattle;
cattle are the sacrifice;
the sacrifice itself he thereby fastens onto him.
Moreover, they say: it should have four lotus blossoms;
four are the quarters;
four-footed are cattle;
cattle are the sacrifice;
the sacrifice itself he thereby fastens onto him.
Moreover, they say: it should have three lotus blossoms;
threefold in pressings is the sacrifice;
the sacrifice itself he thereby fastens onto him.
Now they also say: it should have twelve lotus blossoms indeed;
for within twelve all these [numbers] are contained;
therefore it should indeed have twelve lotus blossoms.
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athaitāssaṃsṛpa iṣṭayo bhavanti
Then there are these Saṃsṛp offerings.
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varuṇasya ha vai suṣvāṇasya ṣoḍaśatayairāpo bhargaṃ niraghnan
When Varuṇa was consecrated, the waters struck away his glory with sixteen-fold [streams].
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tadimāṃ diśamapatat
It fell toward this quarter.
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taccaturdhābhavadbhṛgusturīyaṃ sarasvatī turīyaṃ daśapeyasturīyaṃ śrāyantīyaṃ turīyam
It became fourfold: one fourth became Bhṛgu, one fourth the Sarasvatī, one fourth the Daśapeya, and one fourth the Śrāyantīya.
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tasmādetasya yajñasya bhārgavo hotā bhavati sarasvatīrāpo'bhiṣecanīyā daśapeyo
Therefore a descendant of Bhṛgu is the Hotṛ of this sacrifice, the waters of the Sarasvatī are the consecration waters, the Daśapeya is
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yajña śrāyantīyaṃ brahmasāma
the sacrifice, and the Śrāyantīya is the Brahma-sāman.
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te devā abruvannetedaṃ bhargamanuvindāmeti
The gods said: 'Come, let us find this glory.'
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ta etāssaṃsṛpa iṣṭīrapaśyan
They saw these Saṃsṛp offerings.
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tābhirenadanu samasarpan
With them they glided along after it.
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yadanu samasarpaṃstatsaṃsṛpāṃ saṃsṛptvam
In that they glided along after (anu samasarpan), that is the gliding-along quality (saṃsṛptva) of the Saṃsṛps.
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