Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.13
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.13
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- Sanskrit
3.13.1
hum bhā iti brahmavarcasakāmasya
bhatīva hi brahmavarcasam /
'hum bhā'—for one who desires spiritual lustre;
for spiritual lustre shines [bhāti], as it were.
3.13.2
hum bo iti paśukāmasya
bo iti ha paśavo vāśyante /
'hum bo'—for one who desires cattle;
for cattle low as 'bo'.
3.13.3
hum bag iti śrīkāmasya
bag iti ha śriyam paṇāyanti /
'hum bag'—for one who desires prosperity;
for people praise prosperity as 'bag'.
3.13.4
hum bhā ovā ity etad evopagītam /
'hum bhā ovā'—this is the accompanying singing.
3.13.5
mahad ivābhiparivartayan gāyed iti ha smāha nāko mahāgrāmo mahāniveśo bhavatīti
sa yathā sthāṇum arpayitvetareṇa vetareṇa vā pariyāyāt tādṛk tat /
'One should sing bringing it around as if large,' said Nāka, 'one becomes of a great community, of a great settlement.'
That is just as if one, having fixed a post, should go around on this side or that side.
3.13.6
tad u hovāca śāṭyāyaniḥ kasmai kāmāya sthāṇum arpayet
athopagītam evaitat
naivaitad ādriyeteti /
And regarding this, Śāṭyāyani said: 'For what desire would he fix a post?
This is merely accompanying singing;
he should pay no heed to this.'
3.13.7
[iti] nu hiṅkārānāṃ
atha vā ato nidhanam eva
ovā iti dve akṣare
anto vai sāmno nidhanam antas svargo lokānām anto bradhnasya viṣṭapam /
So much for the hiṅkāras.
Now then concerning the finale [nidhana] alone:
'ovā'—these are two syllables.
The finale is the end of the sāman, heaven is the end of the worlds, the highest region of the sun is the end.
3.13.8
tam etad udgātā yajamānam om ity etenākṣareṇānte svarge loke dadhāti /
By this syllable om, the udgātṛ places that sacrificer at the end, in the heavenly world.
3.13.9
ya u ha vā apakṣo vṛkṣāgraṃ gacchaty ava vai sa tataḥ padyate
atha yad vai pakṣī vṛkṣāgre yad asidhārāyāṃ yat kṣuradhārāyām āste na vai sa tato 'vapadyate
pakṣābhyāṃ hi saṃyata āste /
Whoever, being wingless, goes to the top of a tree, falls down from there;
but when a winged [bird] sits on a treetop, on the edge of a sword, on the edge of a razor, it does not fall down from there,
for it sits held firmly by its two wings.
3.13.10
tam etad udgātā yajamānam om ity etenākṣareṇa svarapakṣaṃ kṛtvānte svarge loke dadhāti
sa yathā pakṣy abibhyad āsītaivam eva svarge loke 'bibhyad āste 'thācarati /
By this syllable om, having given him wings of sound [svara], the udgātṛ places that sacrificer at the end, in the heavenly world.
Just as a winged [bird] would sit without fear, even so he sits without fear in the heavenly world, and then moves about.
3.13.11
te ha vā ete akṣare devalokaś caiva manuṣyalokaś ca
ādityaś ca ha vā ete akṣare candramāś ca /
These two syllables are the world of the gods and the world of human beings;
and these two syllables are the sun and the moon.
3.13.12
āditya eva devalokaś candramā manuṣyalokaḥ
om ity ādityo vāg iti candramāḥ /
The sun is the world of the gods; the moon is the world of human beings.
Om is the sun; 'vāc' is the moon.
3.13.13
tam etad udgātā yajamānam om ity etenākṣareṇādityaṃ devalokaṃ gamayati /
tṛtīye 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
By this syllable om, the udgātṛ makes that sacrificer reach the sun, the world of the gods.
Third khaṇḍa in the third anuvāka.
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Discussed in (5)
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- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Acharya 1927, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra — Chakladar 1929, English