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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.252

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.252

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Sanskrit

2.252

sa haivaṃ vidvānahorātrayorardhamāsaśo māsaśa ṛtuśaḥ saṃvatsaraśa
etasminsarvasminnātmānamupasaṃdhāya taṃ mṛtyuṃ tarati yaḥ svarge loke
na haivaṃvitpunarmriyate
tasya harṅmayānyasthāni bhavanti sāmamayāni māṃsāni
sa eṣo'pahatapāpmā dhūtaśarīro'tītyaitaṃ mṛtyuṃ śarīraṃ dhūnute
athaite daivī ca mānuṣī ca virājau
tayoreṣa etadādityo'dhyūḍhastapati
catasro diśaścatvāro'vāntaradeśā dvāvimau lokau
eṣā daivī virāṭ
atha mānuṣī
catvāro'ttāraṣṣaḍādyāḥ
brāhmaṇaśca rājanyaśca vaiśyaśca śūdraścaite'ttāraḥ
gauścāśvaścājāścāviśca vrīhiśca yavaścaita ādyāḥ
etayoreṣa etadādityo'dhyūḍhastapati
tanna śoko na himo nāśanāyati na pipāsati nāsya kā canāvṛttirasti
na ha vā aśanāyati na pipāsati nāsya kā canāvṛttirbhavati ya evaṃ veda

Knowing thus, having joined his self together in day and night, in half-months, in months, in seasons, in years, in all this, he crosses over that death which is in the heavenly world.
He who knows thus does not die again.
His bones become composed of verses, his flesh composed of sāmans.
Having struck off evil, with his body shaken free, transcending that death, he shakes off his body.
Now these two are the divine and the human Virājs.
Mounted upon these two, this sun burns:
The four quarters, the four intermediate quarters, and these two worlds—
this is the divine Virāj.
Now the human [Virāj]:
Four are the eaters, six are the foods.
The Brahmin, the nobleman, the commoner, and the servant—these are the eaters.
The cow, the horse, the goat, the sheep, rice, and barley—these are the foods.
Mounted upon these two, this sun burns.
There is no heat, no cold; he hungers not, he thirsts not; there is no turning back for him.
Neither does he hunger nor does he thirst, nor is there any turning back for him, who knows thus.

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2.252.p1

yajamānaṃ ha vā etadudgātā reto bhūtaṃ siñcati yadbahiṣpavamānaṃ gāyati

Indeed, as semen does the Udgātṛ pour the sacrificer out when he sings the Bahiṣpavamāna.

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2.252.p2

mana eva retasyayā samīrayati prāṇaṃ gāyatryā cakṣustriṣṭubhā śrotraṃ jagatyā

He stirs up mind with the seed-bearing verse, breath with the Gāyatrī, eye with the Triṣṭubh, ear with the Jagatī,

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2.252.p3

vācamanuṣṭubhā

speech with the Anuṣṭubh.

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2.252.p4

ātmānameva paṅktyā pratyupadadhāti

He establishes the self with the Paṅkti.

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2.252.p5

atha yadetaduttamaṃ tṛcaṃ janmaiva tat

Then, as for this final triplet, that is birth itself.

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2.252.p6

praiva tena janayati

He brings forth [the sacrificer] through it.

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2.252.p7

yasmādetadghoṣīvopabdimadiva gāyate tasmādghoṣīvopabdimadiva garbhā jāyante

Because this is sung with a sound as it were, with a commotion as it were, therefore embryos are born with a sound as it were, with a commotion as it were.

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2.252.p8

taduvā āhuraghoṣameva geyam

Regarding this they say: 'It should be sung without sound.'

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2.252.p9

yadā vai vijāyamānā krūrikurute'tha sā ghoṣaṃ karoti

When [a woman] giving birth experiences severe pain, then she makes a sound.

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