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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.244

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.244

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Sanskrit

2.244

yā hi tisro gāyatryaste dve bṛhatyau
na tāṣṣaṭcatvāriṃśadbṛhatyaḥ saṃpadyante
tadetadāyadeva prātaḥsavanaṃ bṛhatīmabhisaṃpadyate
yasmādāyadeva prātaḥsavanaṃ bṛhatīmabhisaṃpadyate tasmādbrāhmaṇo jāyamāna eva
lokī jāyate
taṃ vā tvai caraṇena bhūyāṃsaṃ kurute taṃ vā kanīyāṃsam
athaitaddvau mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ saṃpādayata udgātā ca hotā ca
catvāri chandāṃsyudgātā yunakti
tāni ca hotānuśaṃsatyupa ca trīṇyāharatyanuṣṭubhaṃ paṅktīṃ jagatīm
gāyatrī ca jagatī ca te dve bṛhatyau
uṣṇikca triṣṭupca te dve bṛhatyau
anuṣṭupca paṅktiśca te dve bṛhatyau
bṛhatyeva bṛhatī
yasmādetaddvau mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanaṃ saṃpādayatastasmādrājanyasya kāryo loka
iṣṭāpūrtena śraddhayā brahmaṇyatayā
atha yasmādyathaiva purā tṛtīyasavanaṃ tasmādu brāhmaṇācca rājanyācca vaiśyo
lokī
itaro na hi tathā lokī yathā brāhmaṇaśca rājanyaśca

For what are three Gāyatrīs are two Bṛhatīs. These do not amount to forty-six Bṛhatīs. It is this: the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī. Because the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī, therefore the Brahmin is born already possessing a world. Through his conduct he makes it greater or he makes it smaller. Now, two [priests] bring this midday pressing to completion: the Udgātṛ and the Hotṛ. The Udgātṛ yokes four meters. And the Hotṛ recites after them and brings in three: Anuṣṭubh, Paṅkti, and Jagatī. A Gāyatrī and a Jagatī: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Uṣṇih and a Triṣṭubh: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Anuṣṭubh and a Paṅkti: they are two Bṛhatīs. The Bṛhatī is indeed the Bṛhatī. Because two [priests] bring this midday pressing to completion, therefore a world is to be made by a nobleman through sacrifices, charitable works, faith, and devotion to the brahman. Now, because the third pressing is just as before, therefore the Vaiśya also has a world from the Brahmin and the nobleman; the other [caste does] not indeed have a world like the Brahmin and the nobleman.

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2.244.p1

kḷhaptaṃ ha vai lokaṃ yajamāno'bhijāyate

The sacrificer is born into an arranged world.

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2.244.p2

apa eva prathamasya tṛcasya prathamayā stotriyayā jayati bhūmiṃ dvitīyāgniṃ

He wins the waters by the first stoma verse of the first triplet, the earth by the second, [and] fire by the third;

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