Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.8
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.8
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3.8.1
tasya ha jñātikā aśrumukhā ivāsur anyatarāṃ vā ayam upāgād iti /
His kinsmen were as if tearful, thinking: "He has undertaken one or the other [perilous contest]."
3.8.2
atha ha sma vai yaḥ purā brahmavādyaṃ vadaty anyatarām upāgād iti ha smainam manyante
atho ha smainam mṛtam ivaivopāsate /
For in ancient times, when anyone engaged in a theological disputation, they thought: "He has undertaken one or the other [survival or destruction]."
And they treated him as if he were already dead.
3.8.3
taṃ ha saṃgrahītovācātha yad bhagavas te tābhyāṃ na kuśalaṃ kathettham āttheti /
The charioteer said to him: "Sir, since you are not on good terms with them, why do you speak thus?"
3.8.4
om iti hovāca gantavyam ma ācāryas suyamān amanyateti /
"Om," he said, "I must go; my teacher considered me easy to guide."
3.8.5
sa ha ratham āsthāya pradhāvayāṃ cakāra
taṃ ha sma pratīkṣante /
Mounting the chariot, he drove forward.
They looked toward him:
3.8.6
kaṃ jānīteti
sudakṣiṇa iti
na vai nūnaṃ sa idam abhyaveyād iti
sa eveti /
"Whom do you recognise?"
"Sudakṣiṇa."
"Surely he would not come down here!"
"It is he indeed."
3.8.7
sa ha sopānād evāntarvedy avasthāyovācāṅga nv itthaṃ gṛhapatā3 iti
taṃ ha nānūdatiṣṭhāsat
sa hovācānūtthātā ma edhi
kṛṣṇājino 'sī[ti]
tad ime kurupañcālā avidur anūtthātaiva ta iti hocuḥ /
Remaining in his shoes, he stood inside the sacrificial altar ground and said: "Well now, householder!"
He would not stand up for him.
He said: "Rise up for me! You are wearing a black antelope skin."
These Kuru-Pañcālas realised that, and said: "Rise up indeed for him!"
3.8.8
taṃ ha kanīyān bhrātovācānūttiṣṭha bhagava udgātāram iti
taṃ hānūttasthau /
The younger brother said to him: "Sir, rise up for the udgātṛ."
He rose up for him.
3.8.9
sa hovāca trir vai gṛhapate puruṣo jāyate
pitur evāgre 'dhi jāyate 'tha mātur atha yajñāt /
He said: "A person, O householder, is born three times.
First he is born from the father, then from the mother, then from the sacrifice.
3.8.10
trir v eva mriyata iti
sa yad dha vā enam etat pitā yonyāṃ reto bhūtaṃ siñcati -- /
dvitīye 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
And three times indeed he dies.
When the father pours him into the womb as semen—
Third khaṇḍa in the second anuvāka.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Jaiminīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English