Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.3
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.3
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- Sanskrit
3.3.1
tasyaiṣa śrīr ātmā samudrūḍho yad asāv ādityaḥ
tasmād gāyatrasya stotre ṇāvānyān nec chriyā avachidyā iti /
His prosperous self, risen high, is that sun up there.
Therefore, in the chant of the gāyatra, let him not breathe out, thinking: "Lest I be cut off from prosperity."
3.3.2
sa eṣa evoktham
yat purastād avāniti tad etad ukthasya śiro yad dakṣiṇatas sa dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣo yad uttaratas sa uttaraḥ pakṣo yat paścāt [tat] puccham /
This very one is the uktha.
That which breathes forward in front, that is the head of the uktha; that which is to the right is the right wing; that which is to the left is the left wing; that which is behind is the tail.
3.3.3
ayam eva prāṇa ukthasyātmā
sa ya evam etam ukthasyātmānam ātman pratiṣṭhitaṃ veda sa hāmuṣmiṁl loke sāṅgas satanus [sarvas] sambhavati /
This breath alone is the self of the uktha.
He who knows this self of the uktha thus established in the self, comes into being in yonder world with [all his] limbs, with his body, [complete].
3.3.4
śaśvad dha vā amuṣmiṁl loke yad idam puruṣasyāṇḍau śiśnaṃ karṇau nāsike yat kiṃ cānasthikaṃ na sambhavati /
For indeed, constantly in yonder world, what is in this man the testicles, penis, ears, nostrils, and whatever is boneless, does not come into being.
3.3.5
atha ya evam etam ukthasyātmānam ātman pratiṣṭhitaṃ veda sa haivāmuṣmiṁl loke sāṅgas satanus sarvas sambhavati /
Now he who knows this self of the uktha thus established in the self, comes into being in yonder world with [all his] limbs, with his body, complete.
3.3.6
tad etad vaiśvāmitram uktham
tad annaṃ vai viśvam prāṇo mitram /
This is that Vaiśvāmitra uktha.
Food is indeed all (viśva); breath is friend (mitra).
3.3.7
tad dha viśvāmitraś śrameṇa tapasā vratacaryeṇendrasya priyaṃ dhāmopajagāma /
Through weariness, ascetic heat, and observance of vows, Viśvāmitra approached Indra's beloved domain.
3.3.8
tasmā u haitat provāca yad idam manuṣyān āgatam /
To him he proclaimed that which has reached men here.
3.3.9
tad dha sa upaniṣasāda jyotir etad uktham iti /
He [Viśvāmitra] approached him [saying], "This uktha is light."
3.3.10
jyotir iti dve akṣare prāṇa iti dve annam iti dve
tad etad anna eva pratiṣṭhitam /
"Light" (jyotis) has two syllables; "breath" (prāṇa) has two; "food" (anna) has two.
Thus it is established in food alone.
3.3.11
atha hainaṃ jamadagnir upaniṣasādāyur etad uktham iti /
Then Jamadagni approached him [saying], "This uktha is lifespan (āyus)."
3.3.12
āyur iti dve akṣare prāṇa iti dve annam iti dve
tad etad anna eva pratiṣṭhitam /
"Lifespan" (āyus) has two syllables; "breath" (prāṇa) has two; "food" (anna) has two.
Thus it is established in food alone.
3.3.13
atha hainaṃ vasiṣṭha upaniṣasāda gaur etad uktham iti
tad etad annam eva
annaṃ hi gauḥ /
Then Vasiṣṭha approached him [saying], "This uktha is the cow (go)."
That is just food;
for the cow is food.
3.3.14
tad āhur yad asya prāṇasya puruṣaś śarīram atha kenānye prānāś śarīravanto bhavantīti /
They say: "If the man is the body of this breath, then by what do the other breaths possess a body?"
3.3.15
sa brūyād yad vācā vadati tad vācaś śarīraṃ yan manasā dhyāyati tan manasaś śarīraṃ yac cakṣuṣā paśyati tac cakṣuṣaś śarīraṃ yac chrotreṇa śṛṇoti tac chrotrasya śarīram
evam u hānye prāṇāś śarīravanto bhavantīti /
prathame 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
He should say: "What one speaks with speech, that is the body of speech; what one meditates with mind, that is the body of mind; what one sees with the eye, that is the body of the eye; what one hears with the ear, that is the body of the ear.
Thus indeed do the other breaths possess a body."
[This is] the third khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English