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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.346

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.346

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Sanskrit

58.346

tadyatparjanyasya varṣiṣyataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ tannīlam
atha yadapsvantarvidyotate tatsuvarṇam
tābhyo'varṣat
tata odano'jāyata
tamaśitvodānan
sa udano'bhavat
tadudanasyodanatvam
udano ha vai nāmaiṣa
tamodana iti parokṣamācakṣate
dvitīyaṃ jyāyo'nnādyamajāyata
tadabhisaṃpadya vyamathnata
sa mantho'bhavat
tanmanthasya manthatvam
tadetaddvayamevānnādyasya rūpaṃ yaccaivāśnāti yacca pibati
yadaśnātyodanasya tadrūpaṃ | yatpibati manthasya tat
ubhayaṃ hāsyaitadgṛhe'dhigamyate ya evaṃ veda
tau haitau prajāpatereva stanau yadvrīhiśca yavaśca
tābhyāmimāḥ prajā bibharti

Now, that which is black in Parjanya when about to rain, that is the dark-blue; then that which flashes within the waters, that is the gold. For them he rained. Then rice-gruel (odana) was born. Having eaten it, they breathed upward (udānan). It became the upward-breather (udana). That is the rice-gruel's nature as upward-breather. He is indeed named Udana; him they obliquely call odana. A second, greater food was born. Gathering it together, they churned it. It became the churned drink (mantha). That is the churned drink's nature as churned drink. These two are the only forms of food: what one eats and what one drinks. What one eats is the form of the rice-gruel; what one drinks is that of the churned drink. Both of these are obtained in the house of him who knows thus. These two are indeed Prajāpati's breasts: rice and barley. With them he nourishes these creatures.

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