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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.355

Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.355

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Sanskrit

58.355

prajāpatirvā imām̐llokānimā diśo'sṛjata
tānsṛṣṭvobhayāndevānasurānasṛjata
tānsamadavindat
te prajāpatau brahma saṃnyadadhata
tatprajātirnodayacchat
tadapsu prāveśayat
te devā asurānajayan
te jitvā punaretyābruvanprajāpate yannastvayi brahma tannaḥ prayacchati
so'bravīnna vā ahaṃ tadudayaccham
tadapsu prāveśayamiti
tānapsvanvabhyavānayat
tadapsvantaḥ paryapaśyanyathā pṛṣṭhātkakududīṣitā syādevam
te'bruvansṛjāmahā ita iti
ta omityetenākṣareṇāsyai

Prajāpati created these worlds, these directions.
Having created them, he created both the gods and the asuras.
Dispute arose between them.
They deposited the brahman with Prajāpati.
Prajāpati could not bear it up;
he caused it to enter into the waters.
The gods conquered the asuras.
Having conquered them, they returned and said, 'O Prajāpati, give us back the brahman of ours that was with you.'
He said, 'I could not bear it up;
I caused it to enter into the waters.'
He led them along into the waters.
Inside the waters, they looked upon it as if a hump were raised up from a back.
They said, 'Let us produce from here.'
With this syllable 'om', for this

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58.355.p1

prācyai diśo rathantaraṃ bhā asṛjanta

eastern direction they produced the luster of the Rathantara.

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tadagnerghoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of fire was produced.

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58.355.p3

tasmādrathantarasya stotrā agnīnmanthanti

Therefore, at the chanting of the Rathantara, they churn out fires.

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ta omityetenaivākṣareṇāsyai dakṣiṇāyai diśo bṛhadbhā asṛjanta

With that very syllable 'om', for this southern direction they produced the luster of the Bṛhat.

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58.355.p5

tatparjanyasya ghoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of the rain-cloud was produced.

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tasmādbṛhata stotre dundubhīnudvādayanti

Therefore, at the chanting of the Bṛhat, they beat the drums.

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58.355.p7

varṣukaḥ parjanyo bhavati

The rain-cloud becomes likely to rain.

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ta omityetenaivākṣareṇāsyai pratīcyai diśo vairūpaṃ bhā asṛjanta

With that very syllable 'om', for this western direction they produced the luster of the Vairūpa.

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tadvāyorghoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of the wind was produced.

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58.355.p10

tasmādvairūpasya stotra ādhavairādhūnvanti

Therefore, at the chanting of the Vairūpa, they fan with fans.

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58.355.p11

adhovāta āgāmukaḥ

The downward wind becomes likely to come.

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ta omityetenaivākṣareṇāsyā udīcyai diśo vairājaṃ bhā asṛjanta

With that very syllable 'om', for this northern direction they produced the luster of the Vairāja.

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tadvayasāṃ ghoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of birds was produced.

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tasmādyathā vayāṃsi punarādāyaṃ vācaṃ vadantyevaṃ vairājena punarādāyamiva stuvate

Therefore, just as birds utter speech by repeatedly taking up [their sound], so with the Vairāja they praise as if repeatedly taking it up.

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ta omityetenaivākṣareṇāsyā ūrdhvāyai diśaśśākvaraṃ bhā asṛjanta

With that very syllable 'om', for this upward direction they produced the luster of the Śākvara.

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tadapāṃ ghoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of the waters was produced.

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tasmācchākvarasya stotre'pa upanidhāya stuvanti

Therefore, at the chanting of the Śākvara, having placed water nearby, they chant praise.

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ta omityetenaivākṣareṇāsyai diśo raivataṃ bhā asṛjanta

With that very syllable 'om', for this direction they produced the luster of the Raivata.

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tatpaśughoṣo'nvasṛjyata

Along with that, the sound of cattle was produced.

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tasmādraivatasya stotra paśughoṣaṃ kurvanti | vatsānmātṛbhissaṃvāśayanti

Therefore, at the chanting of the Raivata, they make the sound of cattle; they make the calves bellow together with their mothers.

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te'bruvaṃstadvedāma yata ime'sṛkṣmahīti

They said, 'Let us know that from where these [pṛṣṭhas] were produced.'

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te'psveva vāmadevyaṃ paryapaśyan

In the waters themselves they looked upon the Vāmadevya.

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tadādadata

They took it.

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tatsarvā vāco'nvasṛjyantaikaiketarāṇi pṛṣṭhāni

Along with that, all voices were produced, one by one the other pṛṣṭhas.

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58.355.p25

tānīmāni pṛṣṭhāni sṛṣṭāni digbhya ātapan

These pṛṣṭhas, being created, shone forth from the directions.

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etāni ha tarhyāteṣuḥ

They indeed shone then.

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ātapati svebhya | ātapatītyenamāhurya evaṃ veda

'He shines forth for his own; he shines forth,' so they say of him who knows thus.

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