Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.30
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.30
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3.30.1
sa hovāca yad vai te purā rūpam āsīt tat te rūpam
na tu tvā pariṣvaṅgāyopalabha iti /
He said: "That form which was yours of old is your form; but I cannot grasp you in an embrace."
3.30.2
om iti hovāca brāhmaṇo vai me sāma vidvān sāmnodagāyat
sa me 'śarīreṇa sāmnā śarīrāṇy adhūnot
tad yasya vai kila sāma vidvān sāmnodgāyati devatānām eva salokatāṃ gamayatīti /
"Om," he said. "A brāhmaṇa who knew the sāman chanted the udgītha for me with the sāman; with the bodiless sāman he shook off my bodies. For when one who knows the sāman chants the udgītha for a man with the sāman, he causes him to attain sharing the same world with the deities."
3.30.3
pataṅgaḥ prājāpatya iti hovāca prajāpateḥ priyaḥ putra āsa
sa tasmā etat sāmābravīt
tena sa ṛṣīṇām udagāyat
ta eta ṛṣayo dhūtaśarīrā iti /
"Pataṅga Prājāpatya," he said, "was Prajāpati's beloved son. To him he spoke this sāman. With it he chanted the udgītha for the seers. Those seers [yonder] have had their bodies shaken off."
3.30.4
eteno eva sāmneti hovāca prajāpatir devānām udagāyat
ta eta upari devā dhūtaśarīrā iti /
"With this very sāman," he said, "Prajāpati chanted the udgītha for the gods. Those gods above have had their bodies shaken off."
3.30.5
tasmin hainam anuśaśāsa
taṃ hānuśiṣyovāca yas smaivaitat sāma vidyāt sa smaiva ta udgāyatv iti /
In this he instructed him. Having instructed him, he said: "Only he who knows this sāman shall chant the udgītha for you."
3.30.6
sa hānuśiṣṭa ājagāma
sa ha sma kurupañcālānām brāhmaṇān upapṛcchamānaś carati /
ṣaṣṭhe 'nuvāke dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Having been instructed, he returned. He went about inquiring among the brāhmaṇas of the Kuru-Pañcālas.
Second subsection in the sixth anuvāka.
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Discussed in (1)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English