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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.391

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.391

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Sanskrit

2-8.391

tasmādātmanpakṣau pratihitau
tadāhuḥ preva vā ete'smāllokāccyavante ya etānparācaṣṣaḍahānparāca
stomānparāñci pṛṣṭhāni parāñci chandāṃsyupayantīti
tadyatparastādviṣuvato'rvācaṣṣaḍahānupayantyasminnevaitalloke pratitiṣṭhanti
adyādyā śvaśvo vayamenamidā hyastvāmidā hyo naraḥ kveyatha kvedasi | indra
tridhātu śaraṇamiti saṃtanayaḥ pragāthā bhavantyadyaśvasyaiva saṃtatyai
adya caiva te śvaśca saṃtanvanti
ayātayāmānamu saṃvatsaramāsate
tadāhurindra kratuṃ na ā bharetyetāsvāvatīṣu stotavyamahno rūpeṇeti
pitā putrebhyo yathā
śikṣā ṇo asminpuruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotiraśīmahi
iti
ete ha vai jīvā jyotiraśnuvate ye saṃvatsarasyodṛcamaśnuvate
mā no ajñātā vṛjanā durādhyo māśivāso ava kramuḥ
tvayā vayaṃ pravataḥ śaśvatīrapo ati śūra tarāmasi
ityetā ha vai pravataḥ śaśvatīrāpo yatsaṃvatsara ṛtavo māsā ardhamāsā
ahorātrāṇyuṣasaḥ
tā evaitenātitaranti

Therefore, two wings are set upon the self.
Regarding this they say: 'Surely they fall away from this world who undertake these forward six-day periods, forward stomas, forward pṛṣṭhas, and forward meters.'
When they undertake the returning six-day periods beyond the viṣuvant day, they firmly establish themselves in this very world.
'Today, today, tomorrow, tomorrow, we [approach] him,' 'Now, yesterday, you, now, yesterday, O men,' 'Whither have you gone? Whither are you?', 'Indra, three-layered refuge'—[these] are connecting pragāthas for the continuity of today and tomorrow.
They connect today and tomorrow.
And they sit through an unexhausted year.
Regarding this they say: 'Indra, bring us discernment,' with this much, one should praise according to the form of the day,
'as a father to his sons; / grant us help, O much-invoked one, on this journey; may we, living, attain the light.'
Indeed, they attain the light alive who reach the completion of the year.
'Let not unknown, malevolent strongholds tread us down, nor unpropitious ones; / through you, O hero, may we cross over the everlasting rushing waters.'
These everlasting rushing waters are the year, the seasons, the months, the fortnights, the days and nights, the dawns.
By this, they cross over them.

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2-8.391.p1

śaktiṃ ha vāsiṣṭhaṃ saudāsā agnau prāsuḥ

The descendants of Sudās threw Śakti, the son of Vasiṣṭha, into the fire.

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sa ha prāsyamāna uvācendra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yatheti

While being thrown, he said: 'Indra, bring us discernment, as a father to his sons.'

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etāvaddhaivāsya vyāhṛtamāsa

Only so much was uttered by him.

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atha hainamagnau prāsuḥ

Then they threw him into the fire.

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atha ha vasiṣṭha ājagāma

Then Vasiṣṭha arrived.

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2-8.391.p6

sa hovāca kiṃ me putraḥ prāsyamāno'bravīditi

He said: 'What did my son say when he was being thrown?'

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tasmai hocurindra kratuṃ na ā bhara pitā putrebhyo yathetyetāvadevāsya

They said to him: '"Indra, bring us discernment, as a father to his sons"—only this much

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2-8.391.p8

vyāhṛtamāsīdathainamagnau prāsyanniti

was uttered by him, and then they threw him into the fire.'

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sa hovāca śikṣā ṇo'sminpuruhūta yāmani jīvā jyotiraśīmahīti yanma

He said: '"Grant us help, O much-invoked one, on this journey; may we, living, attain the light"—if only my son had reached this latter half-verse,

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etamuttaramardharcaṃ putraḥ prāpsyanna caivainamagnau prāsiṣyansarvamu cāyurayiṣyat

they would not have thrown him into the fire, and he would have reached a full life-span.

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2-8.391.p11

yaiva kurutamā devatānāmabhūttāmupāsarat

He approached whichever deity was the most active among the deities.

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ṛdhnavaṃste satriṇo ye ma etena putrasya pragāthena stavāntā iti

'May those sacrificial performers prosper who praise me with this pragātha of my son!'

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sa eṣa ṛddhiprāgubhitaḥ pragāthaḥ

That is this pragātha, adorned with prosperity.

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ṛddhiṣṇavo ha bhavantyenena tuṣṭuvānāḥ

Prospering indeed are they who praise with this.

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gauścāyuśca stomau bhavataḥ pratiṣṭityai

The Gau and Āyus stomas are for firm establishment.

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ūnātiriktau bhavataḥ prajananāya

They are deficient and redundant for the sake of procreation.

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