Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 2.9
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.9.1
taṃ ha brūyād dūraṃ gaccheti
sa yam eva lokam asurā agacchaṁs taṃ haiva gacchati /
He should say to him: “Go far away!”
To the very world to which the asuras went, he indeed goes.
2.9.2
chandobhir eva vācā yajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ gamayati /
Through the metres, through speech alone, he causes the sacrificer to reach the heavenly world.
2.9.3
tā etā vyāhṛtayaḥ prety eti vāg [iti] bhūr bhuvas svar ity [ud iti] /
These are the mystic utterances: “pra”, “iti”, “vāc”, “bhūr bhuvas svaḥ”, “ud”, “iti”.
2.9.4
tad yat preti tat prāṇas tad ayaṃ lokas tad imaṃ lokam asmiṁl loka ābhajati /
As for that “pra”, that is breath, that is this world, that shares this world in this world.
2.9.5
ety apānas tad asau lokas tad amuṃ lokam amuṣmiṁl loka ābhajati /
“iti” is out-breath, that is that world, that shares that world in that world.
2.9.6
vāg iti tad brahma tad idam antarikṣam /
“vāc”—that is brahman, that is this intermediate space.
2.9.7
bhūr bhuvas svar iti sā trayī vidyā /
“bhūr bhuvas svaḥ”—that is the threefold knowledge.
2.9.8
ud iti so 'sāv ādityaḥ
tad yad ud ity ud iva śleṣayati /
“ud”—that is yonder sun.
Now, as for “ud”, it attaches as it were upwards.
2.9.9
tad yad ekam evābhisampadyate tasmād ekavīraḥ
eko ha tu san vīro vīryavān bhavati
ā hāsyaiko vīro vīryavān jāyate ya evaṃ veda /
Because it attains only one, therefore it is the sole hero.
Being indeed one, he becomes a hero possessing heroism.
To him who knows thus, a single hero possessing heroism is born.
2.9.10
tad u hovāca śāṭyāyanir bahuputra eṣa udgītha ity evopāsitavyam
bahavo hy eta ādityasya raśmayas te 'sya putrāḥ
tasmād bahuputra eṣa udgītha ity evopāsitavyam iti /
tṛtīye 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ /
tṛtīyo 'nuvākas samāptaḥ //
And regarding this, Śāṭyāyani said: 'One should meditate on this udgītha simply as "rich in sons". For many are these rays of Āditya; they are his sons. Therefore one should meditate on this udgītha simply as "rich in sons".' / The third khaṇḍa in the third anuvāka. / The third anuvāka is concluded.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English