Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.381
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.381
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58.381
virājamabhyakrandat
tato'psaraso'sṛjata tvaṣṭṛmukhāḥ
kakubhamabhyakrandat
tatassarpānasṛjatāṅgirasomukhān
uṣṇihamabhyakrandat
tato'ṅgiraso'sṛjatātharvamukhān
akṣarapaṃktimabhyakrandat
tato'surānasṛjatāsitamukhān
viṣṭārapaṃkrimabhyakrandat
tataḥ pitṝnasṛjata yamamukhān
dvipadāmabhyakrandat
tato manuṣyānasṛjata mṛtyumukhān
ekapadāmabhyakrandat
tato vayāṃsyasṛjata mṛtyumukhānyu eva
amitacchando'bhyakrandat
tataḥ paśūnasṛjata dhātṛmukhān
sa idaṃ sarvaṃ sṛṣṭvordhva udakrāmat
so'gacchadyatrainametadupari vedayante
He cried toward the Virāj; from that, he created the Apsarases, with Tvaṣṭṛ as their head. He cried toward the Kakubh; from that, he created the serpents, with the Aṅgirases as their head. He cried toward the Uṣṇih; from that, he created the Aṅgirases, with the Atharvans as their head. He cried toward the Akṣarapaṅkti; from that, he created the Asuras, with Asita as their head. He cried toward the Viṣṭārapaṅkti; from that, he created the Fathers, with Yama as their head. He cried toward the Dvipadā; from that, he created humans, with Mṛtyu as their head. He cried toward the Ekapadā; from that, he created the birds, likewise with Mṛtyu as their head. He cried toward the boundless meter; from that, he created cattle, with Dhātṛ as their head. Having created all this, he strode upward. He went to where they know him above.
58.381.p1
tamasyāṃ prācyāṃ diśi vasavo'nvaicchannagnimukhāḥ
The Vasus, with Agni as their head, sought him in this eastern direction.
58.381.p2
te'nvavindanyadarciṣo rūpaṃ tat
They found that which is the form of the flame.
58.381.p3
tadevāsya ta upāsate
That very form of his they worship.
58.381.p4
tamasyāṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ diśi rudrā anvaicchannindramukhāḥ
The Rudras, with Indra as their head, sought him in this southern direction.
58.381.p5
te'nvavindanyadādityasya rūpaṃ tat
They found that which is the form of the sun.
58.381.p6
tadevāsya ta upāsate
That very form of his they worship.
58.381.p7
tamasyāṃ pratīcyāṃ diśyādityā anvaicchanvaruṇamukhāḥ
The Ādityas, with Varuṇa as their head, sought him in this western direction.
58.381.p8
te'nvavindanyaccandramaso rūpaṃ tat
They found that which is the form of the moon.
58.381.p9
tadevāsya ta upāsate
That very form of his they worship.
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