[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad) › 2.3 # Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 2.3 Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.1) eṣa evedam agra āsīd ya eṣa tapati sa eṣa sarveṣām bhūtānāṃ tejo hara indriyaṃ vīryam ādāyordhva udakrāmat / > He indeed who burns here was this \[universe\] in the beginning; > he, having taken the fiery brilliance, glow, faculty, and vigor of all beings, stepped upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.2) so 'kāmayataikam evākṣaraṃ svādu mṛdu devānāṃ vanāmeti / > He desired: 'May I win the one syllable, sweet and gentle, of the gods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.3) sa tapo 'tapyata sa tapas taptvaikam evākṣaram abhavat / > He performed heat \[of austerity\]; > having performed heat, he became the one syllable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.4) taṃ devāś ca rṣayaś copasamaipsan athaiṣo 'surān bhūtahano 'sṛjataitasya pāpmano 'nanvāgamāya / > The gods and ṛṣis desired to reach it; > then he created the asuras, slayers of beings, so that this evil should not pursue \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.5) taṃ vācopasamaipsan te vācaṃ samārohan teṣāṃ vācam paryādatta tasmāt paryādattā vāk satyaṃ ca hy enayā vadaty anṛtaṃ ca / > They desired to reach it through speech; > they mounted speech; > he took hold around their speech; > therefore speech is taken hold of around; > for with it one speaks both truth and untruth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.6) tam manasopasamaipsan te manas samārohan teṣām manaḥ paryādatta tasmāt paryādattam manas puṇyaṃ ca hy enena dhyāyati pāpaṃ ca / > They desired to reach it through mind; > they mounted mind; > he took hold around their mind; > therefore mind is taken hold of around; > for with it one thinks both good and evil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.7) taṃ cakṣuṣopasamaipsan te cakṣus samārohan tesāṃ cakṣuḥ paryādatta tasmāt paryāttaṃ cakṣuḥ darśanīyaṃ ca hy enena paśyaty adarśanīyaṃ ca / > They desired to reach it through sight; > they mounted sight; > he took hold around their sight; > therefore sight is taken hold of around; > for with it one sees both what is worthy to be seen and what is unworthy to be seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.8) taṃ śrotreṇopasamaipsan te śrotraṃ samārohan teṣāṃ śrotram paryādatta tasmāt paryāttaṃ śrotram śravaṇīyaṃ cainena śṛṇoty aśravaṇīyaṃ ca / > They desired to reach it through hearing; > they mounted hearing; > he took hold around their hearing; > therefore hearing is taken hold of around; > for with it one hears both what is worthy to be heard and what is unworthy to be heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.9) tam apānenopasamaipsan te 'pānaṃ samārohan teṣām apānam paryādatta tasmāt paryātto 'pānaḥ surabhi ca hy enena jighrati durgandhi ca / > They desired to reach it through downward breath; > they mounted downward breath; > he took hold around their downward breath; > therefore downward breath is taken hold of around; > for with it one smells both fragrant and foul odors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.10) tam prāṇenopasamaipsan tam prāṇenopasamāpnuvan / > They desired to reach it through breath; > they reached it through breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.11) athāsurā bhūtahana ādravan mohayiṣyāma iti manyamānāḥ / > Then the asuras, slayers of beings, ran up, thinking: 'We will cause confusion.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.12) sa yathāśmānam ṛtvā loṣṭo vidhvaṁsetaivam evāsurā vyadhvaṁsanta sa eṣo 'śmākhaṇo yat prāṇaḥ / > Just as a clod of earth having struck a stone would shatter, so indeed the asuras shattered; > that breath is this solid stone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3.13) sa yathāśmānam ākhaṇam ṛtvā loṣṭo vidhvaṁsata evam eva sa vidhvaṁsate ya evaṃ vidvāṁsam upavadati / dvitīye 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ // > Just as a clod of earth having struck a solid stone shatters, so indeed shatters he who speaks ill against one who knows thus. > First khaṇḍa in the second anuvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad~en-mt.2.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya.58.345) — Sanskrit - [Jaiminīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.jaiminiyopanisad.64.1) — Sanskrit - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2759) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7778) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.jaiminiya_upanisad.2.3) · Pramāṇa