Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.257

2.257

api yadidaṃ puruṣe divyaṃ tatparimaṇḍalam
etasyaiva nyaṅgamanunyañjānaḥ parimaṇḍalāṃ mahatīmanantāṃ śriyaṃ jayati ya evaṃ
veda
sa eṣa yajña ūrdhva eva puruṣamanvāyattaḥ
tasya pādāveva bahiṣpavamānam
imānyeva catvāryūrvaṣṭhīvānyājyāni
yadarvācīnaṃ nābheḥ sa trichandā mādhyaṃdinaḥ
pṛṣṭhānyeva pṛṣṭhāni
ayamārbhava idamagniṣṭomasāma
taddha nagariṇaṃ dālbhyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ papraccha kadryaṅyajña iti
sa hovācordhva eva puruṣamanvāyatta iti
evaṃ ha taduvāca
sa ya evametadūrdhvamātmanyajñaṃ tāyamānaṃ vedordhva eva prajayā paśubhī rohanneti
ya u enaṃ pratyañcaṃ veda pratyaṅbhūtirbhavati
tasyedameva bahiṣpavamānamimānyājyānyayaṃ mādhyaṃdinaḥ pṛṣṭhānyeva
pṛṣṭhānyayamārbhavaḥ pratiṣṭhaiva yajñāyajñīyam
pratyaṅbhūtirbhavati
ya evametāvātmanyajñau tāyamānau vedopa hainaṃ yajñau namataḥ

Following the mark of this one, he who knows thus wins circular, great, endless fortune.
This sacrifice extends upward along with man.
His feet are the Bahiṣpavamāna;
these four thighs and knees are the Ājya chants;
what is below the navel is the midday [pressing] consisting of three meters;
the pṛṣṭha chants are the sides;
this Ārbhava is this, and the Agniṣṭoma-sāman is this.
A Brahmin asked Nagarin Dālbhya about this: 'In which direction does the sacrifice go?'
He said: 'It extends upward along with man.'
Thus indeed he spoke.
He who knows this sacrifice being stretched out upward in himself climbs upward with offspring and cattle.
And he who knows it as facing backward, he achieves prosperity directed backward.
His Bahiṣpavamāna is this; these Ājya chants; this midday [pressing]; the pṛṣṭha chants are the sides; this is the Ārbhava; the Yajñāyajñīya is the foundation.
He achieves prosperity directed backward.
For him who knows these two sacrifices being stretched out in himself, the two sacrifices bow down to him.

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tasyaiṣa ślokaḥ

Concerning this, there is this verse:

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yadasya pūrvamaparaṃ tadasya

'What is its front is its rear;

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yadvasyāparaṃ tadvasya pūrvam

and what is its rear is its front;

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aheriva sarpaṇaṃ śākalasya

like the slithering of a snake, or of Śākala,

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na vijānāmi yataratpurastāt

I do not discern which is in front.'

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iti

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śakalo ha gaupāyano yajñaṃ mimāna iyāya

Śakala Gaupāyana went along, measuring out the sacrifice.

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sa ha smaitanna vijānāti kataradyajñasya pūrvaṃ kataradaparaṃ kataradaṇīyaḥ

He did not discern which was the front of the sacrifice, which the rear, which the more slender,

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kataradsthavīya iti

which the thicker.

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tadāhuḥ kuto yajñasyāniṣṭhamiti

Regarding this, they say: 'From where is the thinnest part of the sacrifice?'

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yato variṣṭhamiti

'From where it is the thickest.'

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kuto variṣṭhamiti

'From where is the thickest part?'

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yato'ṇiṣṭhamiti

'From where it is the thinnest.'

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bahiṣpavamānaṃ vāva prati yajño'ṇiṣṭhaḥ

With respect to the Bahiṣpavamāna, the sacrifice is indeed thinnest.

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tadidaṃ pādāvavocat

It spoke this regarding the two feet.

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pādau vai prati puruṣo'ṇiṣṭhaḥ

A man is indeed thinnest with respect to the two feet.

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tadvai variṣṭhaḥ

Then indeed it is thickest.

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pataṃ hyeti

For it goes flying.

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kuto variṣṭha iti

'From where is it the thickest?'

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yato'ṇiṣṭha iti

'From where it is the thinnest.'

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yajñāyajñīyaṃ vāva prati yajño'ṇiṣṭhaḥ

With respect to the Yajñāyajñīya, the sacrifice is indeed thinnest.

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tadidaṃ śiro'vocat

It spoke this regarding the head.

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śiro vai prati puruṣo'ṇiṣṭhaḥ

A man is indeed thinnest with respect to the head.