Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.269
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.269
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- Sanskrit
2.269
tadāhuḥ kiṃ tadyajñe kriyate yasmājjīvata evānye prāṇā apakrāmanti na prāṇa
iti
sa brūyādyasmātsva āyatane gāyatrīṃ gāyati tasmādyāvajjīvati tāvatprāṇo
nāpakrāmatīti
atha ha vai dhurāṃ vijñāśca saṃjñāśca
mano vai retasyā prāṇo gāyatrī cakṣustriṣṭupśrotraṃ jagatī vāganuṣṭup
manasā suhārdasaṃ ca durhārdasaṃ ca vijānāti
prāṇena surabhi cāsurabhi ca vijānāti
cakṣuṣā darśanīyaṃ cādarśanīyaṃ ca vijānāti
śrotreṇa śravaṇīyaṃ cāśravaṇīyaṃ ca vijānāti
vācā svādu cāsvādu ca vijānāti
etā iha vijñāḥ
vi ha vai jñāyate śreyānbhavati ya evaṃ veda
tā u eva saṃjñāḥ
mano vai retasyā prāṇo gāyatrī cakṣustriṣṭupśrotraṃ jagatī vāganuṣṭup retasyāyāṃ
prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta -
Regarding this they say: 'What is done in the sacrifice because of which the other breaths depart even during life, but not the breath [itself]?' He should say: 'Because he sings the Gāyatrī in its own resting-place, therefore as long as one lives, so long the breath does not depart.' Now indeed [concerning] the discriminative knowledges and the agreements of the yoke-pins: mind is the seed-[verse], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. By the mind one discerns goodwill and ill will; by breath one discerns fragrant and unfragrant; by the eye one discerns sightly and unsightly; by the ear one discerns hearable and unhearable; by speech one discerns sweet and unsweet. These are the discriminative knowledges here. He is well-known and becomes superior who knows thus. Now these indeed are the agreements: mind is the seed-[verse], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. When the seed-[verse] is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish—
2.269.p1
tasya manasā mano dhyāyet
he should contemplate his mind with his mind.
2.269.p2
gāyatryāṃ prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya prāṇena prāṇaṃ dhyāyet
When the Gāyatrī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his breath with his breath.
2.269.p3
triṣṭubhi prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya cakṣuṣā cakṣurdhyāyet
When the Triṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his eye with his eye.
2.269.p4
jagatyāṃ prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya śrotreṇa śrotraṃ dhyāyet
When the Jagatī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his ear with his ear.
2.269.p5
anuṣṭubhi prastutāyāṃ yasya kāmayeta tasya vācā vācaṃ dhyāyet
When the Anuṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his speech with his speech.
2.269.p6
etā u ha saṃjñāḥ
These indeed are the agreements.
2.269.p7
saṃ ha vai tena jānīte yena kāmayate'nena saṃjānīyeti ya evaṃ veda
He indeed agrees with him with whom he wishes, 'May I agree with him,' who knows thus.
2.269.p8
athaitā devadhuraśca manuṣyadhuraśca saṃdadhāti
Now he unites these divine yoke-pins and human yoke-pins.
2.269.p9
mano vai manuṣyadhūrāpo devadhūḥ
Mind is the human yoke-pin, the waters are the divine yoke-pin.
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