Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 1.141
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1.141
Whoever reproves him who has acted thus comes to ruin.
The Gāyatrī has eight syllables; the Vasus are eight.
The morning pressing belongs to the Gāyatrī.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
The Triṣṭubh has eleven syllables; the Rudras are eleven.
The midday pressing belongs to the Triṣṭubh.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
The Jagatī has twelve syllables;
the Ādityas are twelve.
The third pressing belongs to the Jagatī.
To each syllable a deity is attached.
Now, how do they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice?
He should say: 'When Prajāpati created the Vāmadevya, he extracted three syllables of it.
He became the three-syllabled Person.
At the stotra of the Vāmadevya he should say: "Person!"'
Thereby they bring the sacrificer into connection with the sacrifice.
Regarding this they say: 'He should not say "Person!"; he should meditate [on it] cryptically, he should fix it only with the mind.'
And regarding this they also say: 'He should neither meditate cryptically nor fix it with the mind; whatever one knows, by that alone it is attained.'
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The gods, going forth to battle against the Asuras, said: 'Having set aside whatever desirable wealth we have, let us fight,'
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'lest we rush today toward some creature [and lose it].'
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The breaths were indeed their desirable wealth.
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Having set that aside, they went forth to battle.
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Having become one, it stood emitting [creations]: verses, sāmans, sacrificial formulas, cow, horse, goat, sheep, rice,
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barley, Brahmin, noble, Vaiśya, Śūdra—whatever there is here, all that.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit