Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.48
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.48
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1.48.1
tata ādityam asṛjata
tad asyādityo 'nūpatiṣṭhate /
From that he created Āditya. Āditya attends upon that of his.
1.48.2
agram mūrdhāsya saḥ
tato divam asṛjata
tad asya dyaur anūpatiṣṭhate /
The summit, that is his head. From that he created heaven. Heaven attends upon that of his.
1.48.3
sajātā aṅgāny asya tāni
aṅgair hi saha jāyate
tato vanaspatīn asṛjata
tad asya vanaspatayo 'nūpatiṣṭhante /
Kin, those are his limbs. For one is born together with limbs. From that he created the trees of the forest. The trees of the forest attend upon that of his.
1.48.4
payo lomāny asya tāni
tata oṣadhīr asṛjata
tad asyauṣadhayo 'nūpatiṣṭhante /
Milk, that is his body-hairs. From that he created the plants. The plants attend upon that of his.
1.48.5
mahīyā māṁsāny asya tāni
māṁsair hi saha mahīyate
tato vayāṁsy asṛjata
tad asya vayāṁsy anūpatiṣṭhante
tasmāt tāni prapatiṣṇūni
prapatiṣṇūnīva mahāmāṁsāni /
Greatness, that is his flesh. For through flesh one thrives. From that he created birds. Birds attend upon that of his. Therefore they fly forth; great pieces of flesh, as it were, fly forth.
1.48.6
raso majjāsya saḥ
tataḥ pṛthivīm asṛjata
tad asya pṛthivy anūpatiṣṭhate /
Essence, that is his marrow. From that he created the earth. The earth attends upon that of his.
1.48.7
sa haivaṃ ṣoḍaśadhātmānaṃ vikṛtya sārdhaṃ samait
tad yat sārdhaṃ samaitat tat sāmnas sāmatvam /
Having thus modified himself sixteenfold, he came together. In that he came together, that is the sāman-nature of the sāman.
1.48.8
sa evaiṣa hiraṇmayaḥ puruṣa udatiṣṭhat prajānāṃ janitā /
pañcadaśe 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
That very golden person arose, the begetter of creatures.
Third khaṇḍa in the fifteenth anuvāka.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English