Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.341
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.341
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58.341
ekā ha vāva devatā svayaṃbhūḥ prajāpatireva
so'kāmayata bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti
so'smim̐lloke trivṛtā stomena devānasṛjata vasūn
tamabhi samapatan
svādu svāduriti tamādan
tamadhayanyathā vatso jāto mātaraṃ dhayedevam
sa ṣakṣata yadi vā iha bhaviṣyāmi kṣeṣyanti mā | hantordhva utkrāmāṇīti
sa u vā ṣakṣata hanto nu saṃsṛjeya yaṃ māṃ manyamānā yaṃ paśyantīrimā
ihoparameranniti
so'gnimasṛjata
There was indeed only one self-existent deity, Prajāpati alone. He desired: 'May I be more; may I reproduce.' In this world, with the threefold stoma, he created the gods, the Vasus. They rushed upon him. Saying 'Sweet, sweet!', they ate him. They sucked him just as a newborn calf would suck its mother. He considered: 'If I remain here, they will destroy me. Come, let me ascend upward.' He also considered: 'Come, let me now create something thinking of which as me, seeing which, these [creatures] will rest here.' He created Agni.
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