Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.367
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.367
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58.367
tasminnāpassiṃsimāyatparyapaśyat
so'bravī sa vai nu me prayacchemā nu ma apaḥ prayacchātha janiṣya iti
tasmai ṣaṭsahasrāṇyapāṃ prāyacchat
tasyaiṣa śloko
na tā anyaḥ pra tarati naināviṣṇātumarhati
vahantyasminsarvato madhu kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ dadhi ṣaṭsahasrāṇyambayāḥ
iti
imā ha vai tā ambayā nāmaitā eva diśaḥ
etā evāsmai sahasraṃ sahasraṃ kṣaranty | etā evainaṃ tarpayanti
so'jāyata
taṃ jātamupāmadat
tejo'janīndriyamajani vīryamajani brahmājani kṣatramajani saptānāṃ paśūnāṃ
yantājani saptānī diśāṃ dhartājani jāto'jani janitājani jānitrirajanī
ti
api hātmānamupāmādayajjānitrirityuvāca
upamādyo ha bhavati ya evaṃ veda
tasmai jātāyaitāṃ rājāsandīṃ nyadadhuḥ
tasyāmenamabhyaṣñcanta
He looked around at the waters that were hissing in it.
He said: 'Now give them to me, give me these waters now, and then I will be born!'
To him [Prajāpati] gave six thousand [streams] of water.
Concerning this there is this verse:
'No other crosses them; nor can anyone explore them;
into him from all sides bear honey, milk, ghee, and curd the six thousand mothers.'
These indeed are those named 'mothers', these very quarters [of space].
They flow for him each by a thousand; they satisfy him.
He was born.
When he was born, [Prajāpati] exulted over him:
'Luster has been born, faculty has been born, vital power has been born, brahman has been born, royal power has been born, the ruler of the seven cattle has been born, the supporter of the seven armies of the quarters has been born, the born one has been born, the begetter has been born, the mother has been born!'
He even exulted over himself: 'The mother has been born!' he said.
He who knows this becomes exultant.
For him when he was born they placed this royal throne.
On it they consecrated him:
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vasavo rājyāya rudrā vairājyāyādityā svārājyāya viśve devā sāmrājyāya
the Vasus for kingship, the Rudras for paramount rule, the Ādityas for self-rule, the All-Gods for supreme rule,
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marutassārvavaśyāya sādhyāścāptyāśca pārameṣṭhyāya
the Maruts for all-encompassing sovereignty, and the Sādhyas and Āptyas for highest station.
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tamevaṃ santaṃ pitā prajāpatirabhyevāśayat
As he was such, his father Prajāpati lay down on him.
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sa vasūnabravīdimaṃ me prayacchateti
He said to the Vasus: 'Hand this [father] over to me!'
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te'bruvanna śakṣyāmaḥ pitaraṃ prajāpatiṃ hiṃsitumiti
They said: 'We cannot harm our father Prajāpati.'
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rudrānabravīn | nākāmayanta
He spoke to the Rudras; they did not desire [to do so].
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ādityānabravīn | naivākāmayanta
He spoke to the Ādityas; they did not desire [it] at all.
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atha maruto'bravītkimasmākaṃ tata syāditi
Then he spoke to the Maruts. [They asked:] 'What would be ours from that?'
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yanma idaṃ niṣkevalyaṃ mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ tanme yuṣmābhissādhāraṇaṃ bhaviṣyatīti
'This Midday Pressing of mine, which is [my] exclusive [share], that shall be shared by me with you.'
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tatheti
'So be it,' [they said].
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tamasmā abhipradya prāyacchan
Having overpowered him, they handed him over to him.
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tasyaitaccandraṃ me candraṃ ma ityeva vadata etatteja ādatta yenaiṣa etattapati
As he kept saying, 'Pleasant to me! Pleasant to me!' he took this luster from him with which he shines here.
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sa yaccandraṃ ma ityabravīttasmāccandramāḥ
Because he said 'Pleasant to me!' (candraṃ me), therefore [he is] Candramas (the Moon).
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tasya ha sma yatsa punaḥ punarādatte sa ha sma tādṛśa eva pariśiṣyate
Whenever he took from him again and again, just so much remained over.
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tasmādetasyāpyadyāstyevābhā
Therefore, even today, there is a glow belonging to this one.
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yathaiṣa etaddivā tapatyevameṣa rātriṃ bhāti
Just as this one shines by day, so that one shines at night.
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