Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.34
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.34
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3.34.1
tad etan mithunaṃ yad vāk ca prāṇaś ca
mithunam ṛksāme
ācaturaṃ vāva mithunam prajananam /
This is the pair: speech and breath; the pair is the ṛc and the sāman; a pair is procreative up to fourfold.
3.34.2
tad yatrāda āha somaḥ pavata iti vopāvartadhvam iti vā tat sahaiva vācā manasā prāṇena svareṇa hiṅkurvanti
tad hiṅkāreṇa mithunaṃ kriyate /
So when yonder [the priest] says, "Soma purifies itself," or "Turn toward [us]," then together with speech, mind, breath, and sound they utter the hiṅkāra. Thus by the hiṅkāra a pair is formed.
3.34.3
sahaiva vācā manasā prāṇena svareṇa nidhanam upayanti
tan nidhanena mithunam kriyate /
Together with speech, mind, breath, and sound, they attain the finale. Thus a pair is formed through the finale.
3.34.4
tat saptavidhaṃ sāmnaḥ
saptakṛtva udgātātmānaṃ ca yajamānaṃ ca śarīrāt prajanayati /
That belongs sevenfold to the sāman. Seven times the udgātṛ engenders both himself and the sacrificer from the body.
3.34.5
yādṛśasyo ha vai reto bhavati tādṛśaṃ sambhavati yadi vai puruṣasya puruṣa eva yadi gor gaur eva yady aśvasyāśva eva yadi mṛgasya mṛga eva
yasyaiva reto bhavati tad eva sambhavati /
Whatever [creature's] semen it is, of such a kind does [the offspring] come into being: if indeed of a human, a human; if of a cow, a cow; if of a horse, a horse; if of a wild beast, a wild beast. Whosever semen it is, that very one comes into being.
3.34.6
tad yathā ha vai suvarṇaṃ hiraṇyam agnau prāsyamānaṃ kalyāṇataraṃ kalyāṇataram bhavaty evam eva kalyāṇatareṇa kalyāṇatareṇātmanā sambhavati ya evaṃ veda /
Now, just as golden gold thrown into the fire becomes ever fairer and fairer, even so he comes into being with an ever fairer and fairer self, who knows thus.
3.34.7
tad etad ṛcābhyanūcyate /
ṣaṣṭhe 'nuvāke ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
Regarding this, it is declared by a verse: / Sixth subsection in the sixth anuvāka.
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- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English