Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.19
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.19
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- Sanskrit
3.19.1
athaiṣa vācā vajram udgṛhṇāti
yad āha somaḥ pavata iti vopāvartadhvam iti vā vācaiva tad vāco vajraṃ vigṛhyate vācas satyenātimucyate
tasmād om ity evānumantrayeta /
Now here, he lifts up the thunderbolt with speech.
When he says, 'The soma purifies itself', or 'Turn toward [us]', that thunderbolt of speech is grasped by speech itself; it is released through the truth of speech.
Therefore one should accompany with 'om' alone.
3.19.2
devā vā anayā trayyā [vidyayā] sarasayordhvās svargaṃ lokam udakrāman
te mamuṣyāṇām anvāgamād bibhyatas trayaṃ vedam apīḷayan /
The gods, full of sap, mounted upward to the heavenly world by this threefold [knowledge].
Fearing the following after of human beings, they compressed the threefold veda.
3.19.3
tasya pīḷayanta ekam evākṣaraṃ nāśaknuvan pīḷayitum om iti yad etat /
As they pressed it, there was just one syllable they could not crush: this one, namely om.
3.19.4
eṣa u ha vāva sarasaḥ
sarasā ha vā evaṃvidas trayī vidyā bhavati /
And that indeed possesses the essence. Possessing the essence, truly, becomes the threefold knowledge of one who knows thus.
3.19.5
sa yāṃ ha vai trayyā vidyayā sarasayā jitiṃ jagati yām ṛddhim ṛdhnoti jayati tāṃ jitim ṛdhnoti tām ṛddhiṃ ya evaṃ veda /
Whatever victory one wins by means of the threefold knowledge possessing the essence, whatever prosperity one attains, that victory he wins, that prosperity he attains, who knows thus.
3.19.6
etad dha vā akṣaraṃ trayyai vidyāyai pratiṣṭhā
om iti vai hotā pratiṣṭhita om ity adhvaryur om ity udgātā /
This syllable indeed is the support of the threefold knowledge. With om the hotṛ is supported, with om the adhvaryu, with om the udgātṛ.
3.19.7
etad dha vā akṣaraṃ vedānāṃ triviṣṭapam
etasmin vā akṣara ṛtvijo yajamānam ādhāya svarge loke samudūhanti
tasmād om ity evānumantrayeta /
caturthe 'nuvāke pañcamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
caturtho 'nuvākas samāptaḥ //
This syllable indeed is the summit of the Vedas. Placing the sacrificer in this syllable, the priests carry him up to the heavenly world. Therefore one should recite the responding chant with om alone. / Fifth khaṇḍa in the fourth anuvāka. / The fourth anuvāka is concluded.
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Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English