Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 10

English (machine translation) 10

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10.34 — 3 parts
10.37 — 9 parts
10.38 — 2 parts
10.39 — 1 part

10.34

Then there is the Aiḷa [sāman] as the acchāvākasāman.
Cattle, indeed, are iḷā.
They establish themselves in cattle.
Toward iḷā the third day resounds with [its] tone.

this indeed is the form of the Gāyatrī;
"whirling round with beauty", of the Triṣṭubh;
"the bright somas, mixed with milk", of the Jagatī.
Indeed, this is the form of the meters; with the meters the third pressing is performed.
The third day, indeed, is like the third pressing.
These are Gāyatrī verses having the Jagatī color, made complete through the form of the day.
Indeed, where they make [the ritual] complete through the form of the day, there it succeeds.
Things succeed for him who knows thus.
"These juices have been shed":
this is the anurūpa.
Referring to what has already occurred, with "these, these", they refer back to the preceding ones.
They proceed by the course of the Bṛhat and Rathantara, [and] of the ninefold and fifteenfold stomas.
Regarding this they say: 'With the stotriya they begin the form of the sāman, with the anurūpa that of the day.'
There are the stotriya and the anurūpa.
The stotriya is out-breath; the anurūpa is in-breath.
Equipped with out-breath and in-breath they thus proceed.

10.36

They contain [words for] cows, refreshment, horses, and cattle, for the attainment of cattle;
for cattle are this day.
They contain the word "viśva" [all];
for this day belongs to the All-Gods.
They contain [the word] "atmosphere";
for this day is the atmosphere.
They contain blessings;
for this day possesses blessings.
Moreover, in the third pressing they pour in the milk mixture;
this day is a share of the third pressing.
It has five verses; five, indeed, are the directions, [so it is] for the upholding of the directions.
Moreover, the sacrifice is fivefold, [so it is] for the undertaking of the sacrifice.
There is a concluding turn for the stability of offspring, for the presence of cattle.
There is the seventeenfold stoma.
Prajāpati, indeed, is seventeenfold.
It is in Prajāpati that they proceed establishing themselves.

10.37

“Agni is kindled by Agni” — [with this verse] there is the Āgneya Ājya [śastra] connected with the Rathantara; for this day is connected with the Rathantara. When indeed Agni is kindled by Agni, then by the Rathantara the Vairūpa is kindled, or by the Vairūpa the Rathantara. And regarding this, the wife of Saujāta Arāṭi said: “Now, my husband thought there were only two pṛṣṭhas; then who is this donkey braying towards the post of udumbara wood?” Regarding this they say: “This day is connected with the Rathantara; therefore the Rathantara should be made the pṛṣṭha of this day.” But regarding this they also say: “Who indeed would be a person, who indeed, if he were only self, as it were, and not cattle? The Bṛhat and Rathantara are the self; the pṛṣṭhas are cattle. Therefore only the Vairūpa should be made the pṛṣṭha of this day.” Now, that the Vairūpa is the pṛṣṭha of this day, thereby they establish cattle in the self.

10.37.p1

“I call upon Mitra of purified ability,”

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thus [begins the hymn] belonging to Maitrāvaruṇa.

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“Hu” is indeed the characteristic of the Rathantara;

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this day is connected with the Rathantara.

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“and Varuṇa, destroyer of foes, perfecting the prayer rich in ghee” —

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[this is] for accomplishment itself.

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“By cosmic order, Mitra and Varuṇa, increasers of order, touching order,”

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“have attained the great seasonal power” —

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“the wise poets, Mitra and Varuṇa, for us.”

10.38

The word “vī” is the characteristic of the atmosphere; this day belongs to the atmosphere. “For with Indra you will see each other” — [this] belongs to Indra. The words “sam” and “vi” are the characteristic of the atmosphere: upward from here is this world, and yonder [world is] turned hither from over there. And this atmosphere is “sam” and “vi”. “Coming together with the fearless, gladdening, of equal splendor” — the third and fourth days are indeed equal. From the third day, the fourth day was born. “Thereafter according to their own nature they again set into motion the state of an embryo” — thus they again set into motion the state of an embryo on the third day for the birth of the fourth day. “Assuming a sacrificial name / with those who shatter even the firm [stronghold], with the draft-horses, O Indra, even into the hiding-place / you found the cows” — [these verses] contain [the word] “cow” and contain cattle, for the securing of cattle; for this day is cattle.

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“I call upon the two to whom belongs this” —

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thus [begins the hymn] belonging to Indrāgnī.

10.39

Thereby they summon speech, which has conveyed the sacrifice, at the end. “All has extended what was done before” — for at this point it is done, as it were, before. “Indra and Agni do not fail; mighty, they are the slayers of the assailers” — the word “vi” is the characteristic of the atmosphere; this day belongs to the atmosphere. “You slay the Aryan enemies, you slay the Dāsa enemies, O lords of truth; you slay all haters” — [this] relates to the slaying of Vṛtra, for ultimate victory. By this three-day rite, indeed, the gods triumphed in the beginning. Since this ājya relating to the slaying of Vṛtra is performed at the end, it is for victory, for the slaying of the rival. He triumphs, he slays the hateful rival, who knows this. The stoma is seventeenfold. Prajāpati is seventeenfold. In Prajāpati they thus go on establishing themselves.

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“High on behalf of your pressed drink…” — [with this verse] there are Gāyatrī [verses] containing the word “drink” for the midday purifying [laud]; drink is food, [and this is] for the securing of food. “Dwelling in heaven, giving to the earth” — [these verses] belong to Heaven and Earth. Unestablished, as it were, is this day which is Vairūpa. Now, since these verses belong to Heaven and Earth, they establish the day by means of them. “He for us to Indra, worthy of worship, to Varuṇa, to the Maruts” — [these verses] contain [the name of] the Maruts. Accompaniment by the Maruts is indeed the characteristic of the midday; they do not deviate from that characteristic of the midday. “Through these all, belonging to the noble” — [these verses] contain [the word] “all”; for this day belongs to the All-Gods.

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