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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.235

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.235

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Sanskrit

2.235

puruṣasaṃpaddha khalu vā eṣā daśākṣarā virāṭ
daśa puruṣe prāṇāḥ
sā vā eṣaitāsāmeva navatiśatasya stotriyāṇāṃ praśaṃsā
navatiśataṃ hyevaiṣo'gniṣṭomaḥ saṃstuto bhavati
kṛtaṃ tadyadaśītiśatam
kṛtamidu daśa kṛtaṃ sat
tadu ha kurava āhurdvāpara eṣa yannavatiśataṃ stotriyāstrayāṇāmayānāmadhamaḥ
kṛtaṃ vai tretādvāparam
dve stotriye upaprastutye
sa kṛtastomaḥ saṃpadyate
kṛtena tajjayati yajjigīṣati
kṛtenodbhinatti
atho pakṣāvetau yatpavamānau
tāveva tatsamau karoti
atho viśvajyotireva yajñakraturbhavati
atho dvyatiṣṭutaḥ
tāveva virājaḥ stanau
sa dvipādyajamānaḥ pratiṣṭhityai

This ten-syllabled virāj is indeed the measure of man. / There are ten breaths in man. / That indeed is the praise of these one hundred and ninety stotriya verses. / For this Agniṣṭoma is praised as having one hundred and ninety [verses]. / That which is one hundred and eighty is the kṛta [throw]. / Ten also is a kṛta, being a kṛta. / Regarding this, the Kurus say: 'This is a dvāpara, since one hundred and ninety stotriya verses are the lowest of the three throws: / kṛta, tretā, dvāpara.' / Two stotriya verses are to be praised over and above. / That stoma turns out to be a kṛta. / By the kṛta he wins that which he wishes to win. / By the kṛta he breaks forth. / Moreover, these two wings are the two pavamāna [lauds]. / He makes them equal. / Moreover, the sacrificial rite becomes all-shining. / Moreover, it is over-praised by two. / Those two are the two breasts of the virāj. / That two-footed sacrificer [stands] for firm support.

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