Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 2.11
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 2.11
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2.11.1
sa yathā hatvā pramṛdyātīyād evam evaitam mṛtyum atyāyan /
Just as one would pass beyond [an enemy] having slain and crushed him, so indeed did they pass beyond this death.
2.11.2
sa vācam prathamām atyavahat
tām pareṇa mṛtyuṃ nyadadhāt
so 'gnir abhavat /
It carried speech beyond first. It deposited it beyond death; that became Agni.
2.11.3
atha mano 'tyavahat
tat pareṇa mṛtyuṃ nyadadhāt
sa candramā abhavat /
Then it carried mind beyond. It deposited it beyond death; that became the Moon.
2.11.4
atha cakṣur atyavahat
tat pareṇa mṛtyuṃ nyadadhāt
sa ādityo 'bhavat /
Then it carried sight beyond. It deposited it beyond death; that became Āditya.
2.11.5
atha śrotram atyavahat
tat pareṇa mṛtyuṃ nyadadhāt
tā imā diśo 'bhavan
tā u eva viśve devāḥ /
Then it carried hearing beyond. It deposited it beyond death; they became these directions; they are indeed the Viśve Devas.
2.11.6
atha prāṇam atyavahat
tam pareṇa mṛtyuṃ nyadadhāt
sa vāyur abhavat /
Then it carried breath beyond. It deposited it beyond death; that became Vāyu.
2.11.7
athātmane kevalam evānnādyam āgāyata /
Then for itself alone, it sang out food.
2.11.8
sa eṣa evāyāsyaḥ
āsye dhīyate
tasmād ayāsyaḥ
yad v evā[yam] āsye ramate tasmād v evāyāsyaḥ /
That very one is Ayāsya: it is placed in the mouth (āsya), therefore it is Ayāsya; or because it delights (ramate) in the mouth, therefore it is Ayāsya.
2.11.9
sa eṣa evāṅgirasaḥ
ato hīmāny aṅgāni rasaṃ labhante
tasmād āṅgirasaḥ
yad v evaiṣām aṅgānāṃ rasas tasmād v evāṅgirasaḥ /
That very one is Āṅgirasa: for from it these limbs (aṅgāni) obtain essence (rasam), therefore it is Āṅgirasa; or because it is the essence of these limbs, therefore it is Āṅgirasa.
2.11.10
taṃ devā abruvan kevalaṃ vā ātmane 'nnādyam āgāsīḥ
anu na etasminn annādya ābhaja
etad asyānāmayatvam astīti /
The gods said to it: 'You have sung out food for yourself alone. Grant us a share in this food; thus may this [body] be free from disease.'
2.11.11
taṃ vai praviśateti
sa vā ākāśān kuruṣveti
sa imān prāṇān ākāśān akuruta /
[It said:] 'Enter into me, then.' [They said:] 'Then make spaces [for us].' It made these vital breaths into spaces.
2.11.12
taṃ vāg eva bhūtvāgniḥ prāviśan mano bhūtvā candramāś cakṣur bhūtvādityaś śrotram bhūtvā diśaḥ prāṇo bhūtvā vāyuḥ /
Becoming speech, Agni entered it; becoming mind, the Moon; becoming sight, Āditya; becoming hearing, the directions; becoming breath, Vāyu.
2.11.13
eṣā vai daivī pariṣad daivī sabhā daivī saṃsat /
This indeed is the divine assembly, the divine gathering, the divine council.
2.11.14
gacchati ha vā etāṃ daivīm pariṣadaṃ daivīṃ sabhāṃ daivīṃ saṃsadaṃ ya evaṃ veda /
caturthe 'nuvāke dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
He indeed goes to this divine assembly, divine gathering, divine council, who knows thus. / The second khaṇḍa in the fourth anuvāka.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English