[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad) › 1.46 # Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.46 Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.1) prajāpatir vā veda agra āsīt so 'kāmayata bahus syām prajāyeya bhūmānaṃ gaccheyam iti / > Prajāpati, truly, was this \[universe\] in the beginning. He desired: "May I be many; may I reproduce; may I attain abundance." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.2) sa ṣoḍaśadhātmānaṃ vyakuruta bhadraṃ ca samāptiś cābhūtiś ca sambhūtiś ca bhūtaṃ ca sarvaṃ ca rūpaṃ cāparimitaṃ ca śrīś ca yaśaś ca nāma cāgraṃ ca sajātāś ca payaś ca mahīyā ca rasaś ca / > He modified himself sixteenfold: the auspicious, completion, power to become, becoming, being, the all, form, the limitless, prosperity, fame, name, the summit, kin, milk, greatness, and essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.3) tad yad bhadraṃ hṛdayam asya tat tatas saṃvatsaram asṛjata tad asya saṃvatsaro 'nūpatiṣṭhate / > Now, that which is the auspicious, that is his heart. From that he created the year. The year attends upon that of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.4) samāptiḥ karmāsya tat karmaṇā hi samāpnoti tata ṛtūn asṛjata tad asya rtavo 'nūpatiṣṭhante / > Completion, that is his action. For through action one completes \[a task\]. From that he created the seasons. The seasons attend upon that of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.5) ābhūtir annam asya tat \[tac\] caturdhā bhavati tato māsān ardhamāsān ahorātrāṇy uṣaso 'sṛjata tad asya māsā ardhamāsā ahorātrāṇy uṣaso 'nūpatiṣṭhante / > Power to become, that is his food. It becomes fourfold. From that he created the months, the half-months, the days and nights, and the dawns. The months, the half-months, the days and nights, and the dawns attend upon that of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46.6) sambhūtī reto 'sya tad retaso hi sambhavati / pañcadaśe 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ // > Becoming, that is his semen. For from semen one comes into being. > First khaṇḍa in the fifteenth anuvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad~en-mt.1.46.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.2-8.391) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.1.46) · Pramāṇa