Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.7
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.7.1
tā etā aṣṭau devatāḥ
etāvad idaṃ sarvam
te [ ] karoti /
These are the eight deities. This whole [universe] is so much. […] makes for them.
1.7.2
sa naiṣu lokeṣu pāpmane bhrātṛvyāyāvakāśaṃ kuryāt
manasainaṃ nirbhajet /
He should not leave any room in these worlds for an evil rival. With the mind he should exclude him.
1.7.3
tad etad ṛcābhyanūcyate
catvāri vāk parimitā padāni tāni vidur brāhmaṇā ye manīṣiṇaḥ
guhā trīṇi nihitā neṅgayanti turīyaṃ vāco manuṣyā vadantīti /
About this it is said in a ṛc:
'Speech has been measured into four quarters; the wise brāhmaṇas know them.
Three, hidden in secret, do not stir; the fourth [quarter] of speech human beings speak.'
1.7.4
tad yāni tāni guhā trīṇi nihitā neṅgayantī[tī]ma eva te lokāḥ /
As to those three which, 'hidden in secret, do not stir,' these worlds indeed are they.
1.7.5
turīyaṃ vāco manuṣyā vadantīti
caturbhāgo ha vai turīyaṃ vācaḥ
sarvayāsya vācā sarvair ebhir lokais sarveṇāsya kṛtam bhavati ya evaṃ veda /
'The fourth [quarter] of speech human beings speak'—the fourth part of speech is indeed a quarter. Everything is accomplished for him with all speech, with all these worlds, with all, who knows thus.
1.7.6
sa yathāśmānam ākhaṇam ṛtvā loṣṭo vidhvaṁsata evam eva sa vidhvaṁsate ya evaṃ vidvāṁsam upavadati /
prathame 'nuvāke saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
prathamo 'nuvākas samāptaḥ //
Just as a lump of earth striking a solid stone is shattered, so indeed is he shattered who reviles one who knows thus.
Seventh khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.
The first anuvāka is completed.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English