Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.17
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.17
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- Sanskrit
3.17.1
sa yadi yajña ṛkto bhreṣann iyād brahmaṇe prabrūtety āhuḥ
atha yadi yajuṣṭo brahmaṇe prabrūtety āhuḥ
atha yadi sāmato brahmaṇe prabrūtety āhuḥ
atha yadi anupasmṛtāt kuta idam ajanīti brahmaṇe prabrūtety evāhuḥ /
If the sacrifice should stumble on account of the ṛc, they say: 'Address the brahman priest!'
Then if on account of the yajus, they say: 'Address the brahman priest!'
Then if on account of the sāman, they say: 'Address the brahman priest!'
Then if from an unknown [cause, asking] 'Whence has this arisen?', they indeed say: 'Address the brahman priest!'
3.17.2
sa brahmā prāṅ udetya sruveṇāgnīdhra ājyaṃ juhuyād bhūr bhuvas svar ity etābhir vyāhṛtibhiḥ /
That brahman priest, having stepped forward to the east, should offer melted butter in the Āgnīdhra fire with the dipping spoon, with these mystic utterances: 'bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ.'
3.17.3
etā vai vyāhṛtayas sarvaprāyaścittayaḥ
tad yathā lavaṇena suvarṇaṃ saṃdadhyāt suvarṇena rajataṃ rajatena trapu trapuṇā lohāyasaṃ lohāyasena kārṣṇāyasaṃ kārṣṇāyasena dāru dāru ca carma ca śleṣmaṇaivam evaivaṃ vidvāṁs tat sarvam bhiṣajyati /
These mystic utterances are indeed the universal atonements.
Just as one would join gold with salt-flux, silver with gold, tin with silver, lead with tin, iron with lead, wood with iron, and wood and leather with glue, even so one who knows thus heals all that.
3.17.4
tad āhur yad ahauṣīn me grahān me 'grahīd ity adhvaryave dakṣiṇā nayanty aśaṁsīn me vaṣaḍ akar ma iti hotra udagāsīn ma ity udgātre 'tha kiṃ cakruṣe brahmaṇe tūṣṇīm āsīnāya samāvatīr evetarair ṛtvigbhir dakṣiṇā nayantīti /
Regarding this they say: 'They lead the sacrificial gift to the adhvaryu, [thinking] "He offered for me, he took the cups for me"; to the hotṛ, [thinking] "He recited for me, he uttered the vaṣaṭ-call for me"; to the udgātṛ, [thinking] "He chanted for me." Now, for what action do they lead to the brahman priest, who sits silently, sacrificial gifts equal to those of the other priests?'
3.17.5
sa brūyād ardhabhāg gha vai sa yajñasyārdhaṃ hy eṣa yajñasya vahatīti
ardhā ha sma vai purā brahmaṇe dakṣiṇā nayantīti
ardhā itarebhya ṛtvigbhyaḥ /
He should say: 'He is indeed entitled to half of the sacrifice, for he carries half of the sacrifice.'
Formerly, indeed, they used to lead half of the sacrificial gifts to the brahman priest,
and half to the other priests.
3.17.6
tasyaiṣa śloko
mayīdam manye bhuvanādi sarvam mayi lokā mayi diśaś catasraḥ
mayīdam manye nimiṣad yad ejati mayy āpa oṣadhayaś ca sarvā iti /
Concerning this there is this verse:
'In me I think is this all, beginning with the world; in me are the worlds, in me the four quarters;
In me I think is this which blinks and moves; in me are the waters and all the plants.'
3.17.7
mayīdam manye bhuvanādi sarvam ity evaṃvidaṃ ha vāvedaṃ sarvam bhuvanam anvāyattam /
As for 'In me I think is this all, beginning with the world', this whole world is indeed dependent on the one who knows thus.
3.17.8
mayi lokā mayi diśaś catasra ity evaṃvidi ha vāva lokā evaṃvidi diśaś catasraḥ /
As for 'In me are the worlds, in me the four quarters', in the one who knows thus are indeed the worlds; in the one who knows thus are the four quarters.
3.17.9
mayīdam manye nimiṣad yad ejati mayy āpa oṣadhayaś ca sarvā ity evaṃvidi ha vāvedaṃ sarvam bhuvanam pratiṣṭhitam /
As for 'In me I think is this which blinks and moves; in me are the waters and all the plants', on the one who knows thus this whole world is indeed established.
3.17.10
tasmād u haivaṃvidam eva brahmāṇaṃ kurvīta
sa ha vāva brahmā ya evaṃ veda /
caturthe 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Therefore one should make only one who knows thus the brahman priest.
He indeed is the brahman priest who knows thus.
Third subsection in the fourth lesson.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Iron in Ancient India — Neogi 1914, English
- Copper in Ancient India — Neogi 1918, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English