Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.279
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 2.279
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2.279
eta evāpi sarve devā yatstotrāṇi
tadyanmitāni stotrāṇi bhavanti tasmānmitā devāḥ
aṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityāḥ
atha yasmādamitāni śastrāṇi tasmādvamitāḥ prajāḥ
na tānvidma yāvanto brāhmaṇā yāvanto rājanyā yāvanto vaiśyā yāvantaḥ śūdrā
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etadvai mitaṃ cāmitaṃ ca
mitaṃ hāsyāmitaṃ ca bahu bhavati ya evaṃ veda
ye arvāñcastaṃ u parāca āhurye parāñcastaṃ u arvāca āhuḥ | indraśca yā
cakrathuḥ soma tāni dhurā na yuktā rajaso vahanti iti
pavamānā vai parāñcaḥ
teṣāṃ camasā arvāñcaḥ
te ha te prāṇā eva
tasmātprāṇyāpānituṃ śaknoti
abhyāvartā arvāñcaḥ
teṣāṃ parāñcaścamasāḥ
te ha te'pānā eva
tasmādvapānya prānituṃ śaknoti
These very stotras are all the gods.
Because the stotras are measured, therefore the gods are measured:
eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas.
Now, because the recitations are unmeasured, therefore creatures are unmeasured.
We do not know how many Brahmins there are, how many nobles, how many Vaiśyas, how many Śūdras.
This indeed is the measured and the unmeasured.
Both his measured and unmeasured become abundant, who knows thus.
"Those which are turned backward, they call turned forward; and those which are turned forward, they call turned backward. Those which you two, Indra and Soma, have made, yoked like poles, carry across the space."
The pavamānas are turned forward.
Their cups are turned backward.
They are indeed the in-breaths.
Therefore, having inhaled, one is able to exhale.
The recurring [chants] are turned backward.
Their cups are turned forward.
They are indeed the out-breaths.
Therefore, having exhaled, one is able to inhale.
2.279.p1
yo vai savanānāṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ veda gacchati jyaiṣṭhyaṃ na jyaiṣṭhyādavarohati
He who knows the seniority of the soma pressings reaches seniority, does not fall from seniority.
2.279.p2
gāyatrī vai prātaḥsavanasya jyaiṣṭhyam
The Gāyatrī is indeed the seniority of the morning pressing.
2.279.p3
tadyattatrānyadanyacchandaḥ kriyate'tha tadgāyatramityākhyāyate
Because whatever other meter is performed there, it is designated as Gāyatra.
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