Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.11
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.11
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- Sanskrit
3.11.1
trir ha vai puruṣo mriyate trir jāyate /
Three times indeed a man dies, three times he is born.
3.11.2
sa haitad eva prathamam mriyate yad retas siktaṃ sambhūtam bhavati
sa prāṇam evābhisambhavati
āśām abhijāyate /
He dies this first [death] when the semen emitted becomes unified;
he enters into breath;
he is born into hope.
3.11.3
athaitad dvitīyam mriyate yad dīkṣate
sa chandāṁsy evābhisambhavati
dakṣiṇām abhijāyate /
Then he dies this second [death] when he is consecrated;
he enters into the metres;
he is born into the sacrificial fee.
3.11.4
athaitat tṛtīyam mriyate yan mriyate
sa śraddhām evābhisambhavati
lokam abhijāyate /
Then he dies this third [death] when he dies;
he enters into faith;
he is born into the world.
3.11.5
tad etat tryāvṛd gāyatraṃ gāyati
tasya prathamayāvṛtemam eva lokaṃ jayati yad u cāsmiṁl loke
tad etena cainam prāṇena samardhayati yam abhisambhavaty etāṃ cāsmā āśām prayacchati yām abhijāyate /
Therefore he sings this gāyatra chant in three turns.
With its first turn, he wins this very world and whatever is in this world;
thereby he enriches him with that breath into which he enters, and bestows upon him that hope into which he is born.
3.11.6
atha dvitīyayāvṛtedam evāntarikṣaṃ jayati yad u cāntarikṣe
tad etaiś cainaṃ chandobhis samardhayati yāny abhisambhavati
etāṃ cāsmai dakṣiṇām prayacchati yām abhijāyate /
Then with the second turn, he wins this intermediate space and whatever is in the intermediate space;
thereby he enriches him with those metres into which he enters,
and bestows upon him that sacrificial fee into which he is born.
3.11.7
atha tṛtīyayāvṛtāmum eva lokam jayati yad u cāmuṣmiṁl loke
tad etayā cainaṃ śraddhayā samardhayati yayaivainam etac chraddhayāgnāv abhyādadhati sam ayam ito bhaviṣyatīti
etaṃ cāsmai lokam prayacchati yam abhijāyate /
tṛtīye 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Then with the third turn, he wins that world and whatever is in that world;
thereby he enriches him with that faith with which they place him into the fire [thinking], 'He will exist whole from here,'
and bestows upon him that world into which he is born.
First khaṇḍa in the third anuvāka.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German