Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.47
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.47
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1.47.1
tataś candramasam asṛjata
tad asya candramā anūpatiṣṭhate
tasmāt sa retasaḥ pratirūpaḥ /
From that he created the Moon. The Moon attends upon that of his. Therefore it is the counterpart of semen.
1.47.2
bhūtam prāṇo 'sya saḥ
tato vāyum asṛjata
tad asya vāyur anūpatiṣṭhate /
Being, that is his breath. From that he created Vāyu. Vāyu attends upon that of his.
1.47.3
sarvam apāno 'sya saḥ
tataḥ paśūn asṛjata
tad asya paśavo 'nūpatiṣṭhante /
The all, that is his out-breath. From that he created beasts. Beasts attend upon that of his.
1.47.4
rūpaṃ vyāno 'sya saḥ
tataḥ prajā asṛjata
tad asya prajā anūpatiṣṭhante
tasmād āsu prajāsu rūpāṇy adhigamyante /
Form, that is his diffused breath. From that he created creatures. Creatures attend upon that of his. Therefore forms are perceived among these creatures.
1.47.5
aparimitam mano 'sya tat
tato diśo 'sṛjata
tad asya diśo 'nūpatiṣṭhante
tasmāt tā aparimitāḥ
aparimitam iva hi manaḥ /
The limitless, that is his mind. From that he created the quarters. The quarters attend upon that of his. Therefore they are limitless, for the mind is, as it were, limitless.
1.47.6
śrīr vāg asya sā
tatas samudram asṛjata
tad asya samudro 'nūpatiṣṭhate /
Prosperity, that is his speech. From that he created the ocean. The ocean attends upon that of his.
1.47.7
yaśas tapo 'sya tat
tato 'gnim asṛjata
tad asyāgnir anūpatiṣṭhate
tasmāt sa mathitād iva saṃtaptād iva jāyate /
Fame, that is his ascetic heat. From that he created Agni. Agni attends upon that of his. Therefore it is born as if churned out, as if heated through.
1.47.8
nāma cakṣur asya tat /
pañcadaśe 'nuvāke dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Name, that is his sight.
Second khaṇḍa in the fifteenth anuvāka.
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