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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.4

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.4

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3.4.1

tad etad ukthaṃ saptavidham
śasyate stotriyo 'nurūpo dhāyyā pragāthas sūktaṃ nivit paridhānīyā /

Now this uktha is sevenfold:
there are recited the stotriya, the anurūpa, the dhāyyā, the pragātha, the sūkta, the nivid, and the paridhānīyā.

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3.4.2

iyam eva stotriyo 'gnir anurūpo vāyur dhāyyāntarikṣam pragātho dyaus sūktam ādityo nivit
tasmād bahvṛcā udite nividam adhīyante
ādityo hi nivit
diśaḥ paridhānīyety adhidevatam /

This [earth] is the stotriya; Agni is the anurūpa; Vāyu is the dhāyyā; the intermediate space is the pragātha; heaven is the sūkta; the sun is the nivid—
therefore the Ṛgvedins recite the nivid when [the sun] has risen;
for the sun is the nivid—
the directions are the paridhānīyā. Thus pertaining to the deities.

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3.4.3

athādhyātmam
ātmaiva stotriyaḥ prajānurūpaḥ prāṇo dhāyyā manaḥ pragāthaś śiras sūktaṃ cakṣur nivic chrotram paridhānīyā /

Now pertaining to the self:
The self alone is the stotriya; offspring is the anurūpa; breath is the dhāyyā; mind is the pragātha; the head is the sūkta; the eye is the nivid; the ear is the paridhānīyā.

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3.4.4

tad dhaitad eke triṣṭubhā paridadhaty anuṣṭubhaike
triṣṭubhā tv eva paridadhyāt /

Some conclude it with a triṣṭubh, some with an anuṣṭubh.
One should indeed conclude it with a triṣṭubh.

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3.4.5

tad dhaitad eka etā vyāhṛtīr abhivyāhṛtya śaṁsanti mahān mahyā samadhatta devo devyā samadhatta brahma brāhmaṇyā samadhatta
tad yat samadhatta samadhatteti /

Some recite [the uktha] after uttering these mystic utterances: "The great joined with the great [female]; the god joined with the goddess; the brahman joined with the brāhmaṇī."
Because [they say], "He joined, he joined."

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3.4.6

tasmād idānīm puruṣasya śarīrāṇi pratisaṃhitāni
puruṣo hy etad uktham /

Therefore now the bodies of a man are joined together;
for the man is this uktha.

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3.4.7

mahān mahyā samadhatteti
agnir vai mahān iyam eva mahī /

"The great joined with the great [female]":
Agni is the great; this [earth] is the great [female].

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3.4.8

devo devyā samadhatteti
vāyur vai devo 'ntarikṣaṃ devī /

"The god joined with the goddess":
Vāyu is the god; the intermediate space is the goddess.

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3.4.9

brahma brāhmaṇyā samadhatteti
ādityo vai brahma dyaur brāhmaṇī /

"The brahman joined with the brāhmaṇī":
the sun is the brahman; heaven is the brāhmaṇī.

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3.4.10

tāsāṃ vā etāsāṃ devatānāṃ dvayor-dvayor devatayor nava-navākṣarāṇi sampadyante
etad ime lokās triṇavā bhavanti /

Of these deities, two deities together make nine syllables;
thus these worlds are ninefold-thrice (triṇava).

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3.4.11

tad brahma vai trivṛt
tad brahmābhivyāhṛtya śaṁsanti
eṣa u eva stomas so 'nucaraḥ /

The brahman is threefold (trivṛt).
Having uttered that brahman, they recite.
This very stoma is that follower.

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3.4.12

yad imam āhur ekastoma ity ayam eva yo 'yam pavate
eṣo 'dhidevatam
prāṇo 'dhyātmam
tasya śarīram anucaraḥ /

What they call this one single-stoma (ekastoma) is this one who purifies here [the wind].
This is pertaining to the deities.
Breath is pertaining to the self.
His body is the follower.

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3.4.13

tad yathā ha vai maṇau maṇisūtraṃ samprotaṃ syād-- /
prathame 'nuvāke caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //

Just as a thread would be strung through a jewel—
[This is] the fourth khaṇḍa in the first anuvāka.

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