Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.241

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-7.241

Language: Sanskrit

2-7.241

athaite trirātrāḥ
trirātreṇa vai devā eṣu lokeṣvārdhnuvaṃstrirātreṇa svargaṃ lokamāyan
vāgvai trirātraḥ
vāco rūpeṇājyāni cāhāni ca vibhajyante
ekākṣarā vai vāktryakṣaramakṣaram
akṣarasya rūpeṇa vibhajyante
trayo gandharvāḥ
teṣāmeṣā bhaktiragneḥ pṛthivī vāyorantarikṣamasāvyathā vā asau dyaurevaṃ saḥ
ādityasya dyauḥ
tadeṣābhyanūcyate
trayaḥ kṛṇvanti bhuvaneṣu retastisraḥ prajā āryā jyotiragrāḥ
trayo gharmāsa uṣasaṃ sacante sarvaṃ ittaṃ anu vidurvasiṣṭhāḥ
iti
tadyadāha trayaḥ kṛṇvanti bhuvaneṣu reta ityagniḥ pṛthivyāṃ retaḥ kṛṇoti
vāyurantarikṣa ādityo divi tisraḥ prajā āryā jyotiragrā iti -

Now these three-day rites: By the three-day rite, the gods prospered in these worlds; by the three-day rite, they went to the heavenly world. Speech, verily, is the three-day rite. According to the form of speech, the ājya [stotras] and the days are divided. Speech has one syllable; a syllable has three sounds. They are divided according to the form of the syllable. There are three Gandharvas. Their share is this: Agni's is the earth, Vāyu's is the intermediate region, and that yonder—just as that yonder is the sky, so it is—Āditya's is the sky. Regarding this, it is recited: 'Three make the seed in the creatures; three are the noble offspring with light at their head; three caldrons attend the dawn; the Vasiṣṭhas know all that in order.' When it says, 'Three make the seed in the creatures,' Agni makes seed on the earth, Vāyu in the intermediate region, Āditya in heaven. 'Three are the noble offspring with light at their head':
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- vasavo rudrā ādityāḥ

the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Ādityas.
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teṣāmeti jyotiragraṃ yadasāvādityaḥ

That light at their head with which they go is that Āditya yonder.
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trayo gharmāsa uṣasaṃ sacanta ityagniruṣasaṃ sacate vāyuruṣasaṃ sacata āditya

'Three caldrons attend the dawn': Agni attends the dawn, Vāyu attends the dawn, Āditya
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uṣasaṃ sacate

attends the dawn.
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sarvaṃ ittaṃ anu vidurvasiṣṭhā iti ye vai brāhmaṇāśśuśruvāṃsaste vasiṣṭhāste

'The Vasiṣṭhas know all that in order': those Brahmins who are learned, they are the Vasiṣṭhas, for they
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hyetatsarvaṃ anu viduḥ

know all this in order.
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etāvānvāva trirātraḥ

Just so great is the three-day rite.
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gāyatraḥ prāṇastraiṣṭubhaṃ cakṣurjāgataṃ śrotram

The breath is of the Gāyatrī meter, the eye is of the Triṣṭubh meter, the ear is of the Jagatī meter.
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trīṇi mithunāni tānyeṣu mithunaṃ dve sambhavato yanmithunātprajāyate tattṛtīyam

There are three pairs among these: a pair comes together as two; that which is born of the pair is the third.
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