Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 20.114
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 20.114
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20.114
tadyā ha vai prācīrāpo dhāvantyetameva tā udyantamabhīpsantīrdhāvanti
atha yāḥ pratīcīrdhāvantyetameva tā astaṃ yantamabhīpsantīrdhāvanti
tadyatpṛccheyuryā imā āpo'harahardhāvanti kametā abhīpsantīrdhāvantīti
etamityeva tatra prativacanam
atho āhurvāyurvai mahānāmnīnāṃ vatsaḥ
eṣa hīmām̐llokānimā diśaḥ pratāpayata iti
ima u lokā mahānāmnayaḥ
tasmātpurovāte vāti | vṛṣṭyāmāśāsante
yathā ha prattā na duhīta tādṛktadyatpurovāte vātyatha na varṣati
paśavo vai mahānāmnayaḥ
goṣṭha eva purīṣam
tadāhuḥ purīṣeṇāgre stotavyamatha mahānāmnībhiḥ
āyatanaṃ vā agre'tha paśavaḥ
āyatanaṃ hi paśavo'bhisamāyantīti
tadu vā āhuḥ paśūnāṃ vai purīṣaṃ bhavati
yadvai paśavo na syurna purīṣaṃ syāt
yado vai puruṣaḥ paśūnvindate'tha sa goṣṭhaṃ paryasyate guptyai
tasmānmahānāmnībhireva pūrvābhi stotavyamiti
So the waters that run eastward run desiring to reach this [sun] as it rises;
and those that run westward run desiring to reach this [sun] as it sets.
If they should ask: "These waters that run day after day, desiring to reach whom do they run?"
"This one!" is the only answer to that.
Moreover, they say: "Vāyu is the calf of the Mahānāmnīs;
for he warms these worlds, these directions."
And these worlds are the Mahānāmnīs.
Therefore, when the east wind blows, they hope for rain.
Like a cow given away that would not yield milk, such is it when the east wind blows and then it does not rain.
Cattle, indeed, are the Mahānāmnīs;
the cowpen is the Purīṣa.
Regarding this they say: "One should praise first with the Purīṣa, then with the Mahānāmnīs;
for the dwelling place is first, then the cattle;
for cattle gather toward the dwelling place."
And regarding this they also say: "The cow-dung (purīṣa) belongs to the cattle;
if there were no cattle, there would be no cow-dung.
When a man finds cattle, then he builds a cowpen around them for protection.
Therefore, one should sing praise with the Mahānāmnīs first."
20.114.p1
tadāhussakṛdeva saṃstutāsūpariṣṭātpurīṣeṇa stotavyamuta vai bahutayāḥ paśavo
Regarding this they say: "One should sing praise with the Purīṣa only once, after [all of them] have been praised together; or indeed cattle of many kinds,
20.114.p2
nānātyāssamānameva goṣṭhamabhisamāyantīti
coming from various directions, gather at one and the same cowpen."
20.114.p3
yaddvayīru ha tathā prajā bhavanti
Since creatures are twofold in that manner,
20.114.p4
anuparyāyameva purīṣeṇa stotavyam
one should sing praise with the Purīṣa course by course.
20.114.p5
tathā ha sarvā vrajavatīrbhavanti
Thus indeed all of them come to have a pen.
20.114.p6
ṣaḷāni purīṣāṇi bhavanti
There are six Purīṣas.
20.114.p7
anuparyāyameva purīṣeṇa stotavyam
One should sing praise with the Purīṣa course by course.
20.114.p8
tathā ha sarvā vrajavatīrbhavanti
Thus indeed all of them come to have a pen.
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