Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.14
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.14
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3.14.1
taṃ hāgatam pṛcchati kas tvam asīti
sa yo ha nāmnā vā gotreṇa vā prabrūte taṃ hāha yas te 'yam mayy ātmābhūd eṣa te sa iti /
He asks him when he has arrived: 'Who are you?'
If he announces himself by name or by clan [gotra], he says to him: 'This self of yours which was in me, that is yours.'
3.14.2
tasmin hātman pratipat
tam ṛtavas sampadāryapad gṛhītam apakarṣanti
tasya hāhorātre lokam āpnutaḥ /
On that self there is a falling back;
the seasons drag him down, seized by his feet together;
day and night obtain his world.
3.14.3
tasmā u haitena prabruvīta ko 'ham asmi suvas tvam
sa tvāṃ svargyaṃ svar agām iti /
To him he should declare with this: 'Who am I? You are heaven.
Such as I am, I have come to you, the heavenly light [svar].'
3.14.4
ko ha vai prajāpatir atha haivaṃvid eva suvargaḥ
sa hi suvar gacchati /
Who [Ka] indeed is Prajāpati; and one who knows thus is heavenly;
for he goes to heaven.
3.14.5
taṃ hāha yas tvam asi so 'ham asmi yo 'ham asmi sa tvam asy ehīti /
He says to him: 'Who you are, that am I; who I am, that are you. Come!'
3.14.6
sa etam eva sukṛtarasam praviśati
yad u ha vā asmiṁl loke manuṣyā yajante yat sādhu kurvanti tad eṣām ūrdhvam annādyam utsīdati
tad amuṃ candramasam manuṣyalokam praviśati /
He enters this very essence of good deeds.
Whatever human beings sacrifice in this world, whatever good they do, their food-essence rises upward;
it enters that moon, the world of human beings.
3.14.7
tasyedam mānuṣanikāśanam aṇḍam udare 'ntas sambhavati
tasyordhvam annādyam utsīdati stanāv abhi
sa yad ājāyate 'thāsmai mātā stanam annādyam prayacchati /
This human-resembling egg forms within the belly;
its food-essence rises upward toward the breasts;
when he is born, then the mother offers him the breast, the food-essence.
3.14.8
ajāto ha vai tāvat puruṣo yāvan na yajate
sa yajñenaiva jāyate
sa yathāṇḍam prathamanirbhiṇṇam evam eva /
A man is indeed unborn as long as he does not sacrifice;
he is born only through the sacrifice;
just like an egg broken open for the first time, even so is it.
3.14.9
tadā taṃ ha vā evaṃvid udgātā yajamānam om ity etenākṣareṇādityaṃ devalokaṃ gamayati
vāg ity asmā uttareṇākṣareṇa candramasam annādyam akṣitim prayacchati /
Then indeed the udgātṛ who knows thus makes that sacrificer reach the sun, the world of the gods, by this syllable om;
by the subsequent syllable 'vāc' he bestows upon him the moon, food-essence, imperishability.
3.14.10
atha yasyaitad avidvān udgāyati na haivainaṃ devalokaṃ gamayati no enam annādyena samardhayati /
Now for whomsoever an unknowing one sings the udgītha, he neither makes him reach the world of the gods nor does he enrich him with food-essence.
3.14.11
sa yathāṇḍaṃ vidigdhaṃ śayītānnādyam alabhamānam evam eva vidigdhaś śete 'nnādyam alabhamānaḥ /
Just as an egg smeared [with dirt/filth] would lie without obtaining food-essence, even so he lies smeared, without obtaining food-essence.
3.14.12
tasmād u haivaṃvidam evodgāpayeta
evaṃvid ihaivodgātar iti hūtaḥ pratiśṛṇuyāt /
tṛtīye 'nuvāke pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
tṛtīyo 'nuvākas samāptaḥ //
Therefore one should have only one who knows thus sing the udgītha.
Called with 'O udgātṛ who knows thus here!', he should respond.
Fifth khaṇḍa in the third anuvāka.
The third anuvāka is concluded.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English