Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.2
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.2
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- Sanskrit
3.2.1
tau ha bibhikṣe
taṃ ha nādadrāte ko vā ko veti manyamānau /
He begged food of the two. Thinking, 'Who is he, anyway?' the two did not pay attention to him.
3.2.2
tau hopajagau
mahātmanaś caturo deva ekaḥ kas sa jagāra bhuvanasya gopāḥ
taṃ kāpeya na vijānanty eke 'bhipratārin bahudhā niviṣṭam iti /
He sang beside them: / 'Four great-souled ones has the one god swallowed—who is that protector of the world? / Him, O Kāpeya, some do not recognize, O Abhipratārin, who is entered into many places.'
3.2.3
sa hovācābhipratārīmaṃ vāva prapadya pratibrūhīti
tvayā vā ayam pratyucya iti /
Abhipratārin said: 'Go up to this one and answer him; he must be answered by you.'
3.2.4
taṃ ha pratyuvāca-
-ātmā devānām uta martyānāṃ hiraṇyadanto rapaso na sūnuḥ
mahāntam asya mahimānam āhur anadyamāno yad adantam attīti /
He answered him: / 'The self of the gods and of mortals, with golden teeth, not the son of disease, / they speak of his great majesty, that uneaten, he eats the eater.'
3.2.5
mahātmanaś caturo [deva] eka iti
vāg vā agniḥ
sa mahātmā devaḥ
sa yatra svapiti tad vācam prāṇo girati /
'Four great-souled ones has the one god [swallowed]'—speech is Agni; he is a great-souled god; when one sleeps, breath swallows speech.
3.2.6
manaś candramās sa mahātmā devaḥ
sa yatra svapiti tan manaḥ prāṇo girati /
The mind is the moon; he is a great-souled god; when one sleeps, breath swallows the mind.
3.2.7
cakṣur ādityas sa mahātmā devaḥ
sa yatra svapiti tac cakṣuḥ prāṇo girati /
The eye is the sun; he is a great-souled god; when one sleeps, breath swallows the eye.
3.2.8
śrotraṃ diśas tā mahātmāno devāḥ
sa yatra svapiti tac chrotram prāṇo girati /
The ear is the directions; they are great-souled gods; when one sleeps, breath swallows the ear.
3.2.9
tad yan mahātmanaś caturo deva eka ity etad dha tat /
So when it says, 'Four great-souled ones has the one god [swallowed],' that is this.
3.2.10
kas sa jagāreti
prajāpatir vai kaḥ
sa haitaj jagāra /
'Who is that who swallowed them?' Ka is Prajāpati; he swallowed them.
3.2.11
bhuvanasya gopā iti
sa u vāva bhuvanasya gopāḥ /
'The protector of the world'—he indeed is the protector of the world.
3.2.12
taṃ kāpeya na vijānanty eka iti
na hy etam eke vijānanti /
'Him, O Kāpeya, some do not recognize'—for some do not recognize him.
3.2.13
abhipratārin bahudhā niviṣṭam iti
bahudhā hy evaiṣa niviṣṭo yat prāṇaḥ /
'O Abhipratārin, who is entered into many places'—for he is entered into many places, namely breath.
3.2.14
ātmā devānām uta martyānām iti
ātmā hy eṣa devānām uta martyānām /
'The self of the gods and of mortals'—for he is the self of the gods and of mortals.
3.2.15
hiraṇyadanto rapaso na sūnur iti
na hy eṣa sūnuḥ
sūnurūpo hy eṣa san na sūnuḥ /
"Gold-toothed, clean, not born a son":
for he is not a son;
though he has the form of a son, he is not a son.
3.2.16
mahāntam asya mahimānam āhur iti
mahāntaṃ hy etasya mahimānam āhuḥ /
"Great they call his greatness":
for great indeed they call his greatness.
3.2.17
anadyamāno yad adantam attīti
anadyamāno hy eṣo 'dantam atti /
prathame 'nuvāke dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
"Eaten by none, he eats him that eats":
for being eaten by none, he eats him that eats.
[This is] the second khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.
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Linked texts (4)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German