Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.317
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.317
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58.317
sā gāyatryanuṣṭubhamasṛjata
sā caturthamaharudayacchat
tayā caturthamaharakalpata
triṣṭuppaṃktimasṛjata
sā pañcamamaharudayacchat
tayā pañcamamaharakalpata
jagatyatichandasamasṛjata
sā ṣaṣṭhamaharudayacchat
tayā ṣaṣṭhamaharakalpata
tāni ṣaṭpṛṣṭhānyāsan | ṣaṭchanāṃsi
tāni dvandvamakalpanta
dvandvamasmai prajāḥ paśavaḥ kalpante ya evaṃ veda
gāyatryā vai prathamamahastāyate | triṣṭubhā dvitīyaṃ | jagatyā tṛtīyam
anuṣṭubhā caturthaṃ | paṃktyā pañcamam | atichandasā ṣaṣṭham
tasmādatichandasaṣṣaṣṭhe'hani śasyante
tadyathā varṣiṣṭhena gambhiṣṭhe gādhamicchetaivameva taddevā atichandobhiṣ
ṣaṣṭhe'hani gādhamaicchanta
atho vai tarhīcchante'tho ṣaṣṭhasyaivāhno vyāptyā | uttarasyo eva tryahasya
santatyā avyavacchedāya
Gāyatrī created the Anuṣṭubh.
It sustained the fourth day;
by means of it, the fourth day was arranged.
Triṣṭubh created the Paṅkti.
It sustained the fifth day;
by means of it, the fifth day was arranged.
Jagatī created the Aticchandas.
It sustained the sixth day;
by means of it, the sixth day was arranged.
These became six pṛṣṭhas, six meters.
They formed pairs.
Offspring and cattle form pairs for him who knows thus.
The first day is performed with Gāyatrī, the second with Triṣṭubh, the third with Jagatī,
the fourth with Anuṣṭubh, the fifth with Paṅkti, the sixth with Aticchandas.
Therefore Aticchandas verses are recited on the sixth day.
Just as one would seek a shallow place in the deepest water with the tallest [staff], so indeed the gods sought a shallow place on the sixth day with the Aticchandas meters.
And so they seek it then, both for the pervasion of the sixth day and for the continuity of the subsequent three-day period, without interruption.
58.317.p1
āpo vā idamagre mahatsalilamāsīta
In the beginning this [universe] was the waters, a great flood.
58.317.p2
tasminprajāpatiḥ pratiṣṭhāmaicchat
In it Prajāpati desired a firm foundation.
58.317.p3
sa etaṃ vaiśvānaraṃ prāyaṇīyamatirātramapaśyat
He saw this Vaiśvānara introductory Atirātra.
58.317.p4
tamupādadhāt
He established it.
58.317.p5
imameva lokamasminsalile'dhi tamaprathayat
He spread this very world over this flood.
58.317.p6
yadaprathayattasmātpṛthivī
Because he spread it (aprathayat), therefore it is the earth (pṛthivī).
58.317.p7
tasminnadhi pratyatiṣṭhat
Upon it he stood firmly.
58.317.p8
tadvai tama ivāsīt
It was indeed like darkness.
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