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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 4.20

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 4.20

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Sanskrit

4.20.1

brahma ha devebhyo vijigye
tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta
ta aikṣantāsmākam evāyaṃ vijayaḥ
asmākam evāyam mahimeti /

Brahman indeed won a victory for the gods.
In that victory of brahman the gods grew exultant.
They thought: "Ours alone is this victory;
ours alone is this greatness."

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4.20.2

tad dhaiṣāṃ vijajñau
tebhyo ha prādur babhūva
tan na vyajānanta kim idaṃ yakṣam iti /

It knew this [thought] of theirs.
It appeared to them.
They did not know what this wonder was.

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4.20.3

te 'gnim abruvañ jātaveda etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti
tatheti /

They said to Agni: "Jātavedas, find this out: what is this wonder?"
"So be it."

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4.20.4

tad abhyadravat
tam abhyavadat ko 'sīti
agnir vā aham asmīty abravīj jātavedā vā aham asmīti /

He ran up to it.
It said to him: "Who are you?"
"I am Agni," he said, "or I am Jātavedas."

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4.20.5

tasmiṁs tvayi kiṃ vīryam iti
apīdaṃ sarvaṃ daheyam yad idam pṛthivyām iti /

"In that you, what is the power?"
"I could burn even all this whatever is here on earth."

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4.20.6

tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāv etad daheti
tad upapreyāya sarvajavena
tan na śaśāka dagdhum
sa tata eva nivavṛte nainad aśakaṃ vijñātuṃ yad etad yakṣam iti /

It placed a blade of grass before him: "Burn this!"
He went up to it with all speed.
He was not able to burn it.
He returned right from there: "I was not able to find out what this wonder is."

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4.20.7

atha vāyum abruvan vāyav etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti
tatheti /

Then they said to Vāyu: "Vāyu, find this out: what is this wonder?"
"So be it."

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4.20.8

tad abhyadravat
tam abhyavadat ko 'sīti
vāyur vā aham asmīty abravīn mātariśvā vā aham asmīti /

He ran up to it.
It said to him: "Who are you?"
"I am Vāyu," he said, "or I am Mātariśvan."

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4.20.9

tasmiṁs tvayi kiṃ vīryam iti
apīdaṃ sarvam ādadīya yad idam pṛthivyām iti /

"In that you, what is the power?"
"I could seize even all this whatever is here on earth."

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4.20.10

tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāv etad ādatsveti
tad upapreyāya sarvajavena
tan na śaśākādātum
sa tata eva nivavṛte nainad aśakaṃ vijñātuṃ yad etad yakṣam iti /

It placed a blade of grass before him: "Seize this!"
He went up to it with all speed.
He was not able to seize it.
He returned right from there: "I was not able to find out what this wonder is."

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4.20.11

athendram abruvan maghavann etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti
tatheti
tad abhyadravat
tasmāt tiro 'dadhe /

Then they said to Indra: "Maghavan, find this out: what is this wonder?"
"So be it."
He ran up to it.
It vanished from him.

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4.20.12

sa tasminn evākāśe striyam ājagāma bahu śobhamānām umāṃ haimavatīm
tāṃ hovāca kim etad yakṣam iti /
daśame 'nuvāke tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //

In that very space he came upon a woman, Umā Haimavatī, shining exceedingly.
He said to her: "What is this wonder?"
The third khaṇḍa in the tenth anuvāka.

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