Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 58.383
Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa 58.383
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58.383
tasmātte parābhūtāḥ
te hyasya pāpiṣṭhamupāsate
taṃ pitaraḥ pitṛloke'nvaicchanyamamukhāḥ
te'nvavindanyatkṣīraudanasya rūpaṃ tat
tadevāsya ta upāsate
tadetaddha vā etadagre'nnasya rūpamāsa yatkṣīraudanaḥ
tasyeyaṃ vikṛtiryadidaṃ manuṣyā upāsate
taṃ vayāṃsyanvaicchanmṛtyumukhānyu eva
tānyanvavindanhiraṇyapakṣaścakuna iti
tattadevāsya tānyupāsate
taṃ paśavo'nvaicchandhātṛmukhāḥ
te'nvavindanhiraṇyaśṛṅgo hiraṇyaśaphaḥ kṛṣṇa ṛṣabha iti
tattadevāsya ta upāsate
tadetaddha vā etasyai devatāyai sātyayajñayo rūpamupāsate hiraṇyaśṛṅgo
hiraṇyaśaphaḥ kṛṣṇa ṛṣabha iti
sa ya etadevaṃ veda ṛṣabha eva svānāṃ bhavati
atho yo'yaṃ tapati
Therefore they were defeated, for they worship the worst [form] of his. The Fathers, with Yama as their head, sought him in the world of the Fathers. They found that which is the form of milk-rice porridge. That very form of his they worship. For that indeed was the form of food at the beginning, namely milk-rice porridge; of that, this which humans worship is a modification. The birds, likewise with Mṛtyu as their head, sought him. They found him as a golden-winged bird. That very form of his they worship. The cattle, with Dhātṛ as their head, sought him. They found him as a black bull with golden horns and golden hooves. That very form of his they worship. That indeed is the form of this deity which the Sātyayajñyas worship: a black bull with golden horns and golden hooves. He who knows this thus becomes the bull (chief) of his own people. Now as for that one who burns here—
58.383.p1
so'syāmūrdhvāyaṃ diśyanvaicchat
He sought in this upward direction.
58.383.p2
tametaissarvai rūpaissahāsīnamanvavindat
He found him seated together with all these forms.
58.383.p3
tānyetasmā eva sarvāṇi rūpāṇi prāyacchat
He bestowed all these forms upon him alone.
58.383.p4
tadyadidamiha kalyāṇaṃ rūpamājāyate yadevaiṣa prayacchati tadidamihājāyate
Therefore, whatever beautiful form is produced here, that which he bestows is what is produced here.
58.383.p5
sa yad
When he—
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