Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.3
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.3
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- Sanskrit
1.3.1
ovā ovā ovā hum bhā ovā iti karoty eva
etābhyāṃ sarvam āyur eti /
He indeed makes [the sounds]: 'ovā ovā ovā hum bhā ovā'.
By these two, he attains a full lifespan.
1.3.2
sa yathā vṛkṣam ākramaṇair ākramamāṇa iyād evam evaite dve-dve devate saṃdhāyemāṁl lokān rohann eti /
Just as one would ascend a tree by climbing-steps, just so, joining these deities two by two, he goes mounting these worlds.
1.3.3
eka u eva mṛtyur anvety aśanayaiva /
And one death alone pursues: hunger alone.
1.3.4
atha hiṅkaroti
candramā vai hiṅkāro 'nnam u vai candramāḥ
annenāśanayāṃ ghnanti /
Then he makes the hiṅkāra.
The Moon indeed is the hiṅkāra, and food indeed is the Moon.
By food they slay hunger.
1.3.5
tāṃ-tām aśanayām annena hatvom ity etam evādityaṃ samayātimucyate
etad eva divaś chidram /
Having slain that very hunger with food, he is released straight through Āditya with 'om'.
This alone is the aperture of heaven.
1.3.6
yathā khaṃ vānasas syād rathasya vaivam etad divaś chidram
tad raśmibhis saṃchannaṃ dṛśyate /
Just as there might be the opening of a cart or of a chariot, just so is this aperture of heaven.
It is seen covered with rays.
1.3.7
yad gāyatrasyordhvaṃ hiṅkārāt tad amṛtam
tad ātmānaṃ dadhyād atho yajamānam
atha yad itarat sāmordhvaṃ tasya pratihārāt /
What of the gāyatra is above the hiṅkāra, that is immortal.
Therein he should place himself, and also the sacrificer;
and as for any other sāman, [he should place them] above its pratihāra.
1.3.8
sa yathādbhir āpas saṃsṛjyeran yathāgnināgnis saṃsṛjyeta yathā kṣīre kṣīram āsicyād evam evaitad akṣaram etābhir devatābhis saṃsṛjyate /
prathame 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Just as waters would blend with waters, as fire would blend with fire, as one would pour milk into milk, just so this syllable blends with these deities.
Third khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (5)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- The Hindu Temple — Kramrisch 1946, English
- Elements of Buddhist Iconography — Coomaraswamy 1935, English