Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.6
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.6
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- Sanskrit
3.6.1
yo 'sau sāmnaḥ prattiṃ veda pra hāsmai dīyate /
Whoever knows that gift-giving (pratti) of the sāman, to him [wealth] is given forth.
3.6.2
dadā iti ha vā ayam agnir dīpyate tatheti vāyuḥ pavate hanteti candramā om ity ādityaḥ /
"Give!" (dadā) this Agni blazes forth; "So be it!" (tathā) Vāyu blows; "Come!" (hanta) the Moon; "Om!" the sun.
3.6.3
eṣā ha vai sāmnaḥ prattiḥ
etāṃ ha vai sāmnaḥ prattiṃ sudakṣiṇaḥ kṣaimir vidāṃ cakāra /
This indeed is the gift-giving of the sāman.
Sudakṣiṇa Kṣaimi knew this gift-giving of the sāman.
3.6.4
tāṃ haitāṃ hotur vājye gāyen maitrāvaruṇasya vā tāṃ dadā3 tathā3 hantā3 him bhā ovā iti
pra ha vā asmai dīyate /
One should sing that in the hotṛ's or the maitrāvaruṇa's vājya [śastra], [chanting] it: "dadā3 tathā3 hantā3 him bhā ovā".
To him indeed [wealth] is given forth.
3.6.5
[so] 'py anyān bahūn uparyupari ya evam etāṃ sāmnaḥ prattiṃ veda /
He [surpasses] even many others, higher and higher—he who thus knows this gift-giving of the sāman.
3.6.6
ya u ha vā abandhur bandhumat sāma veda yatra hāpy enaṃ na vidur yatra roṣanti yatra parīva cakṣate tad dhāpi śraiṣṭhyam ādhipatyam annādyam purodhām paryeti /
And he who knows the sāman having relatives though having no relative—even where they do not know him, where they are angry with him, where they speak ill of him—even there he attains pre-eminence, overlordship, abundance of food, and priesthood.
3.6.7
agnir ha vā abandhur bandhumat sāma
kasmād vā hy enaṃ dārvoḥ kasmād vā paryāvṛtya manthanti sa śraiṣṭhyāyādhipatyāyānnādyāya purodhāyai jāyate /
Agni indeed is the sāman having relatives though having no relative.
For why, turning it round and round, do they churn him from two pieces of wood? He is born for pre-eminence, overlordship, abundance of food, and priesthood.
3.6.8
sa yatra ha vā apy evaṃvidaṃ na vidur yatra roṣanti yatra parīva cakṣate tad dhāpi śraiṣṭhyam ādhipatyam annādyam purodhām paryeti /
dvitīye 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
And when they do not recognise such a knower, when they are angry, when they censure him, even then he attains pre-eminence, lordship, eating of food, and the office of domestic priest.
First khaṇḍa in the second anuvāka.
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Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Hindu Temple — Kramrisch 1946, English