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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.4

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.4

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Sanskrit

1.4.1

taṃ vā etaṃ hiṅkāraṃ him bhā iti hiṅkurvanti
śrīr vai bhāḥ
asau vā ādityo bhā iti /

They indeed make this hiṅkāra as 'him bhā'.
Prosperity indeed is radiance (bhāḥ).
That Āditya indeed is radiance.

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1.4.2

etaṃ ha vā etaṃ nyaṅgam anu garbha iti
yad bha iti strīṇām prajananaṃ nigacchati tasmāt tato brāhmaṇa ṛṣikalpo jāyate 'tivyādhī rājanyaś śūraḥ /

Following this very inserted syllable, the embryo [comes into being].
When it reaches the generative organ of women with 'bha', from that is born a brāhmaṇa equal to a ṛṣi, or a nobleman who is an archer and a hero.

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1.4.3

etaṃ ha vā etaṃ nyaṅgam anu vṛṣabha iti
yad bha iti nigacchati tasmāt tataḥ puṇyo balīvardo duhānā dhenur ukṣā daśavājī jāyante /

Following this very inserted syllable, the bull [comes into being].
When it reaches [the cow] with 'bha', from that are born an excellent draft-ox, a milking cow, a bull, or a stallion that mates ten times.

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1.4.4

etaṃ ha vā etaṃ nyaṅgam anu gardabha iti
yad bha iti nigacchati tasmāt sa pāpīyāñ chreyasīṣu carati tasmād asya pāpīyasaś śreyo jāyate 'śvataro vāśvatarī vā /

Following this very inserted syllable, the donkey [comes into being].
When it reaches [the female] with 'bha', therefore he, being baser, goes upon superior females; therefore from him, the baser one, superior offspring is born: a he-mule or a she-mule.

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1.4.5

etaṃ ha vā etaṃ nyaṅgam anu kubhra iti
yad bha iti nigacchati tasmāt so 'nāryas sann api rājñaḥ prāpnoti /

Following this very inserted syllable, the hunchback [comes into being].
When it reaches with 'bha', therefore he, though of non-noble stock, reaches kings.

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1.4.6

taṃ haitam eke hiṅkāraṃ him bhā ovā iti bahirdheva hiṅkurvanti
bahirdheva vai śrīḥ
śrīr vai sāmno hiṅkāra iti /

Now some make this hiṅkāra outside, as it were: 'him bhā ovā'.
Prosperity indeed is outside, as it were;
prosperity indeed is the hiṅkāra of the sāman.

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1.4.7

sa ya enaṃ tatra brūyād bahirdhā nvā ayaṃ śriyam adhita pāpīyān bhaviṣyati
sa yadā vai mriyate 'thāgnau prāsto bhavati
kṣipre bata mariṣyaty agnāv enam prāsiṣyantīti tathā haiva syāt /

If someone were to say of him there: 'This one has indeed placed prosperity outside; he will become poorer.
When he dies, then he is cast into the fire.
Alas, he will soon die; they will cast him into the fire'—it would indeed be so.

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1.4.8

tasmād u haitaṃ hiṅkāraṃ hiṃ vo ity antar ivaivātmann arjayet
tathā ha na bahirdhā śriyaṃ kurute sarvam āyur eti /
prathame 'nuvāke caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //

Therefore, he should procure this hiṅkāra within the self, as it were, with 'hiṃ vo'.
Thus he does not put prosperity outside; he attains a full lifespan.
Fourth khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.

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