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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 1.8

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 1.8

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Sanskrit

1.8.1

prajāpatir vā idaṃ trayeṇa vedenājayad yad asyedaṃ jitaṃ tat /

Prajāpati indeed conquered with the threefold Veda this [world] that is here conquered by him.

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1.8.2

sa aikṣatetthaṃ ced vā anye devā anena vedena yakṣyanta imāṃ vāva te jitiṃ jeṣyanti ye 'yam mama /

He considered: 'If other gods sacrifice with this Veda in this manner, they will win this very conquest which is mine.'

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1.8.3

hantemaṃ trayaṃ vedam pīḷayānīti /

'Come, let me squeeze this threefold Veda.'

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1.8.4

sa imaṃ trayaṃ vedam apīḷayat
tasya pīḷayann ekam evākṣaraṃ nāśaknot pīḷayitum om iti yad etat /

He squeezed this threefold Veda. While squeezing it, one syllable alone he could not squeeze: this one, namely om.

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1.8.5

eṣa u ha vāva sarasaḥ
sarasā ha vā evaṃvidas trayī vidyā bhavati /

This indeed is full of essence. Full of essence indeed becomes the threefold knowledge of one who knows thus.

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1.8.6

sa imaṃ rasam pīḷayitvāpanidhāyordhvo 'dravat /

Having squeezed this essence [and] put it aside, he ran upward.

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1.8.7

taṃ dravantaṃ catvāro devānām anvapaśyann indraś candro rudras samudraḥ
tasmād ete śreṣṭhā devānām
ete hy enam anvapaśyan /

As he was running, four among the gods saw him: Indra, Moon, Rudra, [and] the Ocean. Therefore these are the best of the gods, for they saw him.

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1.8.8

sa yo 'yaṃ rasa āsīt tad eva tapo 'bhavat /

This essence which there was, that became austerity (tapas).

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1.8.9

ta imaṃ rasaṃ devā anvaikṣanta
te 'bhyapaśyant sa tapo vā abhūd iti /

The gods looked after this essence. They perceived: 'It has become austerity.'

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1.8.10

imam u vai trayaṃ vedam marīmṛśitvā tasminn etad evākṣaram apīḷitam avindann om iti yad etat /

Having thoroughly examined this threefold Veda, they found in it this very unsqueezed syllable: this one, namely om.

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1.8.11

eṣa u ha vāva sarasaḥ
tenainam prāyuvan
yathā madhunā lājān prayuyād evam /

This indeed is full of essence. With it they mixed it, just as one would mix parched grain with honey.

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1.8.12

te 'bhyatapyanta
teṣāṃ tapyamānānām āpyāyata vedaḥ
te 'nena ca tapasāpīnena ca vedena tām u eva jitim ajayan yām prajāpatir ajayat
ta ete sarva eva prajāpatimātrā ayā3m ayā3m iti /

They performed austerity. As they were performing austerity, the Veda swelled. With this austerity and with the swollen Veda, they won that very conquest which Prajāpati had won. All these [gods] were of the same measure as Prajāpati, [saying]: 'This is I! This is I!'

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1.8.13

tasmāt tapyamānasya bhūyasī kīrtir bhavati bhūyo yaśaḥ
sa ya etad evaṃ vedaivam evāpīnena vedena yajate
yado yājayaty evam evāpīnena vedena yājayati /

Therefore greater fame comes to one who performs austerity, greater glory. He who knows this thus sacrifices with a swollen Veda in this very way. If he officiates for another, he officiates with a swollen Veda in this very way.

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1.8.14

tasya haitasya naiva kā canārtir asti ya evaṃ veda
sa ya evainam upavadati sa ārtim ṛcchati /
dvitīye 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //

There is no distress whatsoever for him who knows thus. Whosoever reviles him meets with distress.
First khaṇḍa in the second anuvāka.

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