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Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa 4.6

Jaiminīyopaniṣadbrāhmaṇa 4.6

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Sanskrit

4.6.1

bhageratho haikṣvāko rājā kāmapreṇa yajñena yakṣyamāṇa āsa /

Bhageratha, an Aikṣvāka king, was about to sacrifice with a sacrifice that grants all desires.

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4.6.2

tad u ha kurupañcālānām brāhmaṇā ūcur bhageratho ha vā ayam aikṣvāko rājā kāmapreṇa yajñena yakṣyamāṇaḥ
etena kathāṃ vadiṣyāma iti /

Then the brāhmaṇas of the Kuru-Pañcālas said: 'This King Bhageratha Aikṣvāka is about to sacrifice with a sacrifice that grants all desires. Let us engage in a discussion with him.'

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4.6.3

taṃ hābhyeyuḥ
tebhyo hābhyāgatebhyo 'pacitīś cakāra /

They approached him. He showed honor to them when they had arrived.

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4.6.4

atha haiṣāṃ sa bhāga āvavrājoptvā keśaśmaśrūṇi nakhān nikṛtyājyenābhyajya daṇḍopānaham bibhrat /

Then that [king] went to their portion, having shaved his hair and beard, clipped his nails, anointed himself with clarified butter, and holding a staff and sandals.

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4.6.5

tān hovāca brāhmaṇā bhagavantaḥ katamo vas tad veda yathāśrāvitapratyāśrāvite devān gacchata iti /

He said to them: 'Reverend brāhmaṇas, which of you knows how the call and the response reach the gods?'

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4.6.6

atha hovāca katamo vas tad veda yadviduṣas sūdgātā suhotā svadhvaryus sumānuṣavid ājāyata iti /

Then he said: 'Which of you knows by knowing what one becomes a good udgātṛ, a good hotṛ, a good adhvaryu, and a knower of human nature?'

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4.6.7

atha hovāca katamo vas tad veda yac chandāṁsi prayujyante yat tāni sarvāṇi saṃstutāny abhisampadyanta iti /

Then he said: 'Which of you knows that when metres are employed, into what all of them merge when chanted together?'

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4.6.8

atha hovāca katamo vas tad veda yathā gāyatryā uttame akṣare punar yajñam apigacchata iti /

Then he said: 'Which of you knows how the two final syllables of the gāyatrī reach the sacrifice again?'

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4.6.9

atha hovāca katamo vas tad veda yathā dakṣiṇāḥ pratigṛhītā na hiṁsantīti /
ṣaṣṭhe 'nuvāke prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //

Then he said: 'Which of you knows how priestly gifts, when accepted, do not injure?'
First subsection in the sixth anuvāka.

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