Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.40
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.40
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.40.1
catvāri vāk parimitā padāni tāni vidur brāhmaṇā ye manīṣiṇaḥ
guhā trīṇi nihitā neṅgayanti turīyaṃ vāco manuṣyā vadantīti /
'Speech is measured in four quarters; wise brahmins know them. / Three, placed in secret, do not stir; mortals speak the fourth of speech.'
1.40.2
vāg eva sāma
vācā hi sāma gāyati
vāg evoktham
vācā hy ukthaṃ śaṃsati
vāg eva yajuḥ
vācā hi yajur anuvartate /
Speech is the sāman, for with speech one sings the sāman. Speech is the uktha, for with speech one recites the uktha. Speech is the yajus, for with speech one follows along with the yajus.
1.40.3
tad yat kiṃ cārvācīnam brahmaṇas tad vāg eva sarvam
atha yad anyatra brahmopadiśyate
naiva hi tenārtvijyaṃ karoti
parokṣeṇaiva tu kṛtam bhavati /
Whatever is on this side of brahman, all that is speech alone. Now, as for brahman being taught elsewhere: one does not perform the priestly office with it, but it is done only indirectly.
1.40.4
tasyā etasyai vāco manaḥ pādaś cakṣuḥ pādaś śrotram pādo vāg eva caturthaḥ pādaḥ /
Of this speech, the mind is a quarter, the eye is a quarter, the ear is a quarter, speech itself is the fourth quarter.
1.40.5
tad yad vai manasā dhyāyati tad vācā vadati
yac cakṣuṣā paśyati tad vācā vadati
yac chrotreṇa śṛṇoti tad vācā vadati /
For what one thinks with the mind, that one speaks with speech; what one sees with the eye, that one speaks with speech; what one hears with the ear, that one speaks with speech.
1.40.6
tad yad etat sarvaṃ vācam evābhisamayati tasmād vāg eva sāma
sa ha vai sāmavit sa sāma veda ya evaṃ veda /
Since all this merges into speech alone, therefore speech is the sāman. He is indeed a knower of the sāman, he knows the sāman, who knows thus.
1.40.7
tasyā etasyai vācaḥ prāṇā evāsuḥ
eṣu hīdaṃ sarvam asūteti /
trayodaśe 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Of this speech, the breaths are the vital life, for in them all this was brought forth. // First khaṇḍa in the thirteenth anuvāka
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English