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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.249

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.249

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Sanskrit

2.249

tasya na śremṇo'lpikeva canāśāsti
etā u evainaṃ devatā dhūrvanti ya evaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ dhūrvatīti
atha ha smāha śvetaketurāruṇeyo yathāśvasya śvetasya kṛṣṇakarṇasyetthādānītasya
rūpaṃ syādevamevāhametasya stomasya rūpaṃ veda
tāvaddṛśenyaṃ tāvadvapuṣeṇyam
tasmānmāṃ ya eva pūrvāhṇe didṛkṣante te'parāhṇe didṛkṣante naiva sudṛśenyamiva
santam
nāha kadā cana cakṣuṣmantaṃ paryemīti
tadu hovāca śāṭyāyaniḥ ko'śvaśśvetaḥ kimekamiti
yathaivāsyāgne rūpaṃ yathā tviṣiryathāsya vāyoryathāmuṣyādityasyaivamevaitasya
stomasya rūpamevaṃ tviṣiḥ
tadevaitatprajā abhiparivārya didṛkṣamāṇāstiṣṭhanti
tasmādbahiṣpavamāne ye ca vijānanti ye ca na te sarve'nīśānā abhiparivārya
didṛkṣamānāstiṣṭhantīti
atho haitā yaśa evāpyanyāsāṃ devatānām
tāsāmetadindriyaṃ vīryaṃ rasastejaḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ yadetā bahiṣpavamānyaḥ
sa ya evametaddevatānāmindriyaṃ vīryaṃ rasaṃ tejaḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ vedendriyavāneva
vīryavānyaśasvī tviṣimānbhavati

There is not even a slight hope of eminence for him.
These very deities harm the one who harms him who knows thus.
Now, Śvetaketu Āruṇeya used to say: 'Just as the appearance of a white horse with black ears, brought here in such a manner, would be, so indeed do I know the appearance of this stoma,
so worthy to be seen, so wondrously beautiful.
Therefore, those very people who wish to see me in the forenoon wish to see me in the afternoon, even though I am not particularly good to look upon.
Never indeed do I walk around [with people merely] possessing eyes.'
Regarding this, Śāṭyāyani said: 'What white horse? What is this unique thing?'
'Just as is the form of this fire, just as its brightness, just as that of this wind, just as that of yonder sun, so indeed is the form of this stoma, so is its brightness.
It is that which creatures stand around, wishing to see.
Therefore, at the Bahiṣpavamāna, both those who understand and those who do not, all powerless, stand around wishing to see.'
Moreover, these [verses] are indeed also the glory of the other deities.
That faculty, vital power, essence, and brilliance of theirs is gathered together, which are these Bahiṣpavamāna verses.
He who thus knows this faculty, vital power, essence, and brilliance of the deities gathered together becomes possessed of faculty, possessed of vital power, glorious, and brilliant.

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2.249.p1

tadāhuryatpuruṣo yoṣāṃ saṃbhaviṣyanparokṣaṃ nilayanamicchate'nta evānye

Regarding this they say: 'Since a man, about to mate with a woman, seeks a secret hiding place, while other

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2.249.p2

paśavo'nyonyasya skandanti kiṃ tadyajñe kriyate yasmāttattatheti

beasts mount one another in the open, what is done in the sacrifice because of which that is so?'

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