Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.131
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1.131
Fivefold is the sacrifice; fivefold are cattle.
He thus finds a firm standing in the sacrifice and in cattle.
He chants six stobha-syllables.
Six indeed are the seasons.
He thus finds a firm standing in the seasons.
Moreover, six indeed are the meters.
He thereby obtains them.
He chants seven stobha-syllables.
Seven-footed indeed are the Śakvarī [verses].
Cattle belong to the Śakvarī meter.
He thus finds a firm standing in cattle, in the Śakvarī meter.
Moreover, seven are the meters increasing by four syllables; seven are the vital breaths in the head.
He thereby obtains them.
He chants eight stobha-syllables.
Eight-syllabled indeed is the Gāyatrī.
The Gāyatrī is brilliance, spiritual luster.
He thus finds a firm standing in brilliance and spiritual luster.
Moreover, [he stands] among eight-hoofed cattle.
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He chants nine stobha-syllables.
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Nine indeed are the breaths in man.
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He thereby deprives the rival enemy of his breaths.
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He places the breaths in himself.
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Moreover, he obtains the praise-song of the threefold stoma.
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He chants ten stobha-syllables.
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Ten-syllabled is the Virāj; food is the Virāj.
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He thus finds a firm standing in the Virāj, in food.
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Moreover, ten are the breaths.
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He thereby obtains them.
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He chants eleven stobha-syllables.
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Eleven-syllabled is the Triṣṭubh.
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Faculty and vital power are the Triṣṭubh.
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He thus finds a firm standing in faculty and vital power.
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He chants twelve stobha-syllables.
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Twelve-syllabled indeed is the Jagatī.
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Cattle are the Jagatī.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit