Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 3.9
Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 3.9
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- Sanskrit
3.9.1
- tat prathamam mriyate /
—then he dies for the first time.
3.9.2
andham iva vai tamo yoniḥ
lohitastoko vā vai sa tad ābhavaty apāṃ vā stokaḥ
kiṃ hi sa tad ābhavati /
Blind darkness, indeed, is the womb.
A drop of blood or a drop of water he becomes then.
For what does he become then?
3.9.3
sa yas tāṃ devatāṃ veda yāṃ ca sa tato 'nusambhavati yā cainaṃ tam mṛtyum ativahati sa udgātā mṛtyum ativahatīti /
He who knows that deity from whom he is born thereafter, and who carries him across that death, that udgātṛ carries [the sacrificer] across death."
3.9.4
atha ya enam etad dīkṣayanti tad dvitīyam mriyate
vapanti keśaśmaśrūṇi
nikṛntanti nakhān
pratyañjanty aṅgāni
pratyacaty aṅgulīḥ
apavṛto 'paveṣṭita āste
na juhoti
na yajate
na yoṣitaṃ carati
amānuṣīṃ vācaṃ vadati
mṛtasya vāvaiṣa tadā rūpam bhavati /
"Then, when they consecrate him, then he dies for the second time.
They shave his hair and beard;
they cut his nails;
they anoint his limbs;
he bends in his fingers;
he sits uncovered and wrapped up;
he does not offer oblation;
he does not sacrifice;
he does not approach a woman;
he speaks non-human speech;
he is then indeed in the form of a dead man.
3.9.5
sa yas tāṃ devatāṃ veda yāṃ ca sa tato 'nusambhavati yā cainaṃ tam mṛtyum ativahati sa udgātā mṛtyum ativahatīti /
He who knows that deity from whom he is born thereafter, and who carries him across that death, that udgātṛ carries [the sacrificer] across death."
3.9.6
atha ya enam etad asmāl lokāt pretaṃ cityām ādadhati tad tṛtīyam mriyate /
"Then, when they place him, departed from this world, upon the funeral pyre, then he dies for the third time.
3.9.7
sa yas tāṃ devatāṃ veda yāṃ ca sa tato 'nusambhavati yā cainaṃ tam mṛtyum ativahati sa udgātā mṛtyum ativahatīti /
He who knows that deity from whom he is born thereafter, and who carries him across that death, that udgātṛ carries [the sacrificer] across death."
3.9.8
etāvad dhaivoktvā ratham āsthāya pradhāvayāṃ cakāra /
Having said only this much, mounting the chariot, he drove forward.
3.9.9
taṃ ha jābālam pratyetaṃ kanīyān bhrātovāca kām bhavañ chūdrako vācam avādīti
hastinā gādham aiṣīr iti /
When Jābāla returned, the younger brother said to him: "Sir, what words did the little Śūdra speak?"
"You sought a ford by means of an elephant."
3.9.10
pra haivainaṃ tac chaśaṁsa yaḥ katham avocad bhagava iti
yas trayāṇām mṛtyūnāṃ sāmnātivāhaṃ veda sa udgātā mṛtyum ativahatīti /
dvitīye 'nuvāke caturthaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //
He openly praised him for it: "How did he speak, sir?"
"'He who knows the carrying across the three deaths by means of the sāman, that udgātṛ carries [the sacrificer] across death.'"
Fourth khaṇḍa in the second anuvāka.
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Discussed in (4)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — Heesterman 1985, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English