Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.230
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.230
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2-7.230
brahmaṇaiva prajāssṛjate ya evaṃ veda
tasyāgneyaśca bārhaspatyaśca paśū bhavataḥ
brahma vā agniḥ
brahma bṛhaspatiḥ
brahmaṇā vā enāstadabhipūrvamasṛjata
brahmaṇaivābhipūrvaṃ prajāssṛjate ya evaṃ veda
tasya maitrāvaruṇyanūbandhyā bhavati
mitro vai yajñasya sviṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāti varuṇo duriṣṭam
tadyanmaitrāvaruṇyanūbandhyā bhavati punarevāsmai mitro dadāti
sviṣṭamasmai varuṇaḥ karoti
dyāvāpṛthivyopālaṃbhyā bhavati
dyāvāpṛthivī vā āikṣetāṃ yadvā ayamidaṃ sṛjata āvaṃ vā ayamidaṃ pratiṣṭhe
paśyansṛjate hantāsminbhāgadheyamicchāvahā iti
te'sminbhāgadheyamaicchetām
tābhyāmetāṃ dyāvāpṛthivyāmupālaṃbhyāmakalpayat
tadyadetā dyāvāpṛthivyopālaṃbhyā bhavati dyāvāpṛthivī evaitena bhāgadheyena
niravadayante
āgneyaḥ paśuryajño vā agnirnedyajñādagnerayāmeti
By means of brahman he creates creatures, whoever knows thus.
Its [sacrificial] animals are one for Agni and one for Bṛhaspati.
Agni is brahman;
Bṛhaspati is brahman.
By means of brahman he then created them in succession.
By means of brahman he creates creatures in succession, whoever knows thus.
Its anūbandhyā cow is for Mitra and Varuṇa.
Mitra takes what is well sacrificed of the sacrifice, Varuṇa what is badly sacrificed.
In that the anūbandhyā cow is for Mitra and Varuṇa, Mitra gives back to him,
and Varuṇa makes it well sacrificed for him.
The upālambhyā animal is for Heaven and Earth.
Heaven and Earth considered: 'Since this one creates this, seeing us two as a support he creates this. Come, let us seek a share in him.'
They sought a share in him.
For them he arranged this upālambhyā animal belonging to Heaven and Earth.
In that this upālambhyā animal is for Heaven and Earth, they appease Heaven and Earth with this share.
The animal is for Agni; the sacrifice is Agni, lest we go away from Agni, the sacrifice.
2-7.230.p1
tā asya prajāssṛṣṭā varuṇasya yavamādan
These creatures of his, when created, ate Varuṇa's barley.
2-7.230.p2
tā varuṇo varuṇapāśenāgṛhṇāt
Varuṇa seized them with Varuṇa's noose.
2-7.230.p3
sa ṣakṣata yā amūḥ pūrvāḥ prajā asṛkṣi parā tā abhūvan
He considered: 'Those former creatures that I created have perished.
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