Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.315
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.315
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58.315
yā ha khalu vai sapadā chandassā prathamamaharudyacchati | vipadā dvitīyaṃ
nānāpadā tṛtīyam | anupadā caturtham | atipadā pañcamam | abhipadā
ṣaṣṭham
gāyatrī vai sapadā
tripadā vai gāyatrī
traya ime lokāḥ
triṣṭubvipadā | ekādaśākṣarāṇi hi tasyai padāni
jagatī nānāpadā dvādaśākṣarāṇi hi tasyai padāni
anuṣṭubanupadā
anupadā hi sā gāyatryā akṣaraiḥ
aṣṭākṣarāṇi vai gāyatryai padānyaṣṭākṣarāṇyanuṣṭubhaḥ
paṃktiratipadā | pañcapadā hi sā
aticchandā abhipadāḥ
na hi etāvanti kasyai canākṣarāṇi
That meter which has equal feet sustains the first day; that which has different feet, the second; that which has diverse feet, the third; that which has matching feet, the fourth; that which has redundant feet, the fifth; that which has comprehensive feet, the sixth.
Gāyatrī is having equal feet.
For Gāyatrī has three feet.
These worlds are three.
Triṣṭubh has different feet, for its feet have eleven syllables.
Jagatī has diverse feet, for its feet have twelve syllables.
Anuṣṭubh has matching feet,
for it matches Gāyatrī in syllables:
eight syllables are the feet of Gāyatrī, eight syllables those of Anuṣṭubh.
Paṅkti has redundant feet, for it has five feet.
The Aticchandas meters have comprehensive feet,
for no other [meter] has so many syllables.
58.315.p1
prajāpatiryadbṛhadrathantare'sṛjata | sa mana evāgre bṛhadapaśyad | vācaṃ
When Prajāpati created the Bṛhat and Rathantara, he saw the mind first as the Bṛhat; he [saw]
58.315.p2
rathantaramabhi vyāharat
Speech and addressed it as the Rathantara.
58.315.p3
tadyadvācaṃ rathantaramabhi vyāharattasmādrathantaraṃ pūrvaṃ yogamānaśe
Because he addressed Speech as the Rathantara, therefore the Rathantara attained the earlier yoking.
58.315.p4
atha yanmano'gre bṛhadapaśyattasmādu bṛhadrathantare ityākhyāyate
And because he saw Mind first as the Bṛhat, therefore they are designated as 'Bṛhat and Rathantara'.
58.315.p5
mano vai pūrvamatha vāk
Mind is indeed prior, then Speech.
58.315.p6
mano vai bṛhad | vāgrathantaram
Mind is the Bṛhat; Speech is the Rathantara.
58.315.p7
brahma vai rathantaraṃ | kṣatraṃ bṛhat
The Rathantara is the priesthood; the Bṛhat is the nobility.
58.315.p8
tadidaṃ mano vācamatyamanyata | kṣatraṃ brahma
This Mind thought itself above Speech; the nobility [thought itself above] the priesthood.
58.315.p9
tadidaṃ rathantaramavedati vai mā manyateti
Then the Rathantara realized: 'It thinks itself above me!'
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