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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.423

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2-8.423

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Sanskrit

2-8.423

astyeva parastarāmityekaviṃśaḥ
śrānta enadgacchediti triṇavaḥ
āsāyainaditi trayastriṃśaḥ
atha yathaikāṃ vā dve vāntaroṣyaiva tadyacchandomāḥ
kṣatraṃ vā ete sāmnāṃ yadbṛhadrathantare
kṣatriya u vā araṇyasyātinetā
tadyatra vai kṣatreṇāraṇyenaiti yo vai tatra taṃ dasyurjānāti yadyatsyālvaṃ vā madhu vā
bhavati tenāsmā āvirbhavati
atha ye'nye naṃṣṭrāḥ paripanthinaḥ parāñcaste kakṣaṃ gahanānyabhyavayanti
sa yathā kṣatriyeṇa sahābibhyadaraṇyamatīyādevamevaitadbṛhadrathantarābhyāmatiyanti
atho eṣa vāva devayānaḥ panthā yatpṛṣṭhyaṣṣaḍahaḥ
te devā etena devayānena pathaitaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ gatvānvāgamānmanuṣyāṇāmabibhayuḥ
te hocurupa tajjānīta yathā no manuṣyā nānvāgacchāniti
ta etānyajñamuho rakṣāṃsi pratyauhan
tadyaddīkṣito mīyate yadrudhyate ete haiva tatkurvanti
tadbṛhadrathantare evātinayataḥ
tānyānete ghnantyanetrānhaiva tānghnanti ye bṛhadrathantare avasṛjanti
tasmādbṛhadrathantare nāvasṛjye

'There is indeed further beyond'—that is the Ekaviṃśa. 'Wearied, one may reach it'—that is the Triṇava. 'Let it sit down'—that is the Trayastriṃśa. Then just as one would lodge for one or two nights, such are the Chandomas. These two, the Bṛhat and the Rathantara, are the royal power (kṣatra) among the sāmans; and a kṣatriya is a leader across a wilderness. So when one goes through a wilderness with a royal power, whatever robber recognizes him there, whatever small cake or honey he has, with that he appears before him. But the others, fanged beasts and waylayers, turn away into the bush and thickets. Just as one would cross a wilderness without fear together with a kṣatriya, even so do they cross over by means of the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. And further, this indeed is the path of the gods, namely the Pṛṣṭhya-ṣaḍaha. The gods, having gone to this heavenly world by this path of the gods, feared the following of humans. They said: 'Consider this, so that humans may not follow us!' They drove back those sacrifice-confusing demons. When a consecrated person dies, when he is obstructed, it is these [demons] that do that. The Bṛhat and the Rathantara lead [the sacrificers] across. They slay those [demons] having leaders, and they slay those without leaders who discard the Bṛhat and the Rathantara. Therefore the Bṛhat and the Rathantara are not to be discarded.

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2-8.423.p1

atha ha smāha nagarī jānaśruteyo vṛkasya caratassarpaṇamiti

Now Nagarī Jānaśruteya used to say: 'It is the crawling of a roaming wolf.'

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2-8.423.p2

ko vṛka iti

'Who is the wolf?'

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2-8.423.p3

prajāpatiriti

'Prajāpati.'

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2-8.423.p4

kaḥ prajāpatiriti

'Who is Prajāpati?'

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2-8.423.p5

saṃvatsara iti

'[On what?]' 'On the year.'

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2-8.423.p6

tasya kiṃ sarpaṇamiti

'What is its movement?'

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2-8.423.p7

ahorātre iti

'Day and night.'

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2-8.423.p8

ke ahorātre iti

'What are the day and night?'

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2-8.423.p9

bṛhadrathantare iti

'The Bṛhat and the Rathantara.'

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2-8.423.p10

etābhyāṃ ha vā eṣa etatsarpati

'By these two indeed it moves here.'

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2-8.423.p11

tau prāṇāpānau tāvimau lokau yaddaivyaṃ mithunam

'Those two are out-breath and in-breath; those two are these two worlds, which are the divine pair.'

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