Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 2.1
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 2.1
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- Sanskrit
2.1.1
devānāṃ vai ṣaḍ udgātāra āsan vāk ca manaś ca cakṣuś ca śrotraṃ cāpānaś ca prāṇaś ca /
The gods indeed had six udgātṛs: speech, mind, sight, hearing, the downward breath, and breath.
2.1.2
te 'dhriyanta tenodgātrā dīkṣāmahai yenāpahatya mṛtyum apahatya pāpmānaṃ svargaṃ lokam iyāmeti /
They resolved: “Let us consecrate ourselves with that udgātṛ by whom, having struck away death, having struck away evil, we may go to the heavenly world.”
2.1.3
te 'bruvan vācodgātrā dīkṣāmahā iti
te vācodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad eva vācā vadati tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They said: “Let us consecrate ourselves with speech as the udgātṛ.” They consecrated themselves with speech as the udgātṛ. Whatever one speaks with speech, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.4
tām pāpmānvasṛjyata
sa yad eva vācā pāpaṃ vadati sa eva sa pāpmā /
Evil attached itself to it. Whatever evil one speaks with speech, that is that very evil.
2.1.5
te 'bruvan na vai no 'yam mṛtyuṃ na pāpmānam atyavākṣīt
manasodgātrā dikṣāmahā iti /
They said: “This one has indeed carried us beyond neither death nor evil. Let us consecrate ourselves with the mind as the udgātṛ.”
2.1.6
te manasodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad eva manasā dhyāyati tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They consecrated themselves with the mind as the udgātṛ. Whatever one thinks with the mind, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.7
tat pāpmānvasṛjyata
sa yad eva manasā pāpaṃ dhyāyati sa eva sa pāpmā /
Evil attached itself to it. Whatever evil one thinks with the mind, that is that very evil.
2.1.8
te 'bruvan no nvāva no 'yam mṛtyuṃ na pāpmānam atyavākṣīt
cakṣuṣodgātrā dīkṣāmahā iti /
They said: “This one has indeed carried us beyond neither death nor evil. Let us consecrate ourselves with sight as the udgātṛ.”
2.1.9
te cakṣuṣodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad eva cakṣuṣā paśyati tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They consecrated themselves with sight as the udgātṛ. Whatever one sees with sight, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.10
tat pāpmānvasṛjyata
sa yad eva cakṣuṣā pāpam paśyati [sa eva sa pāpmā] /
Evil attached itself to it. Whatever evil one sees with sight, [that is that very evil].
2.1.11
te 'bruvan no nvāva no 'yam mṛtyuṃ na pāpmānam atyavākṣīt
śrotreṇodgātrā dīkṣāmahā iti /
They said: “This one has indeed carried us beyond neither death nor evil. Let us consecrate ourselves with hearing as the udgātṛ.”
2.1.12
te śrotreṇodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad eva śrotreṇa śṛṇoti tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They consecrated themselves with hearing as the udgātṛ. Whatever one hears with hearing, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.13
tat pāpmānvasṛjyata
sa yad eva śrotreṇa pāpaṃ śṛṇoti sa eva sa pāpmā /
Evil attached itself to it. Whatever evil one hears with hearing, that is that very evil.
2.1.14
te 'bruvan no nvāva no 'yam mṛtyuṃ na pāpmānam atyavākṣīt
apānenodgātrā dīkṣāmahā iti /
They said: “This one has indeed carried us beyond neither death nor evil. Let us consecrate ourselves with the downward breath as the udgātṛ.”
2.1.15
te 'pānenodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad evāpānenāpāniti tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They consecrated themselves with the downward breath as the udgātṛ. Whatever one breathes out with the downward breath, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.16
tam pāpmānvasṛjyata
sa yad evāpānena pāpaṃ gandham apāniti sa eva sa pāpmā /
Evil attached itself to it. Whatever bad odour one smells with the downward breath, that is that very evil.
2.1.17
te 'bruvan no nvāva no 'yam mṛtyuṃ na pāpmānam atyavākṣīt
prāṇenodgātrā dīkṣāmahā iti /
They said: “This one has indeed carried us beyond neither death nor evil. Let us consecrate ourselves with breath as the udgātṛ.”
2.1.18
te prāṇenodgātrādīkṣanta
sa yad eva prāṇena prāṇiti tad ātmana āgāyad atha ya itare kāmās tān devebhyaḥ /
They consecrated themselves with breath as the udgātṛ. Whatever one breathes with breath, that he sang for himself, but whatever other desires there were, those [he sang] for the gods.
2.1.19
tam pāpmā nānvasṛjyata
na hy etena prāṇena pāpaṃ vadati na pāpaṃ dhyāyati na pāpam paśyati na pāpaṃ śṛṇoti na pāpaṃ gandham apāniti /
Evil did not attach itself to it. For with this breath one speaks no evil, thinks no evil, sees no evil, hears no evil, and smells no bad odour.
2.1.20
tenāpahatya mṛtyum apahatya pāpmānaṃ svargaṃ lokam āyan
apahatya haiva mṛtyum apahatya pāpmānaṃ svargaṃ lokam eti ya evaṃ veda /
prathame 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Having struck away death by it, having struck away evil, they went to the heavenly world.
Striking away death indeed, striking away evil, he goes to the heavenly world who knows thus.
First khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.
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Linked texts (2)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English