Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.355
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.355
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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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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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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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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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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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tasmādvairūpasya stotra ādhavairādhūnvanti
Therefore, at the chanting of the Vairūpa, they fan with fans.
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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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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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