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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 2.11

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 2.11

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Sanskrit

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2.11.7

athātmane kevalam evānnādyam āgāyata /

Then for itself alone, it sang out food.

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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.

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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.

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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.'

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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.

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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.

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2.11.13

eṣā vai daivī pariṣad daivī sabhā daivī saṃsat /

This indeed is the divine assembly, the divine gathering, the divine council.

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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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