Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.107
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2-3.107
Of these two [rites], their two trivṛt [stomas] are together, the two fifteen-fold together, the two seventeen-fold together, the two twenty-one-fold together, the two twenty-seven-fold together, and the two thirty-three-fold together. Just as one would walk standing firmly on two [feet] each time, even so one stands firm in the heavenly world by means of these two. Moreover they say: 'These two sacrificial rites belong indeed to the searches.' He who should sacrifice with the fire-altar to be piled, whether maintained for a year or not maintained for a year, should sacrifice with these two. For him, the year is instantly searched out by seasons, by months, and by half-months. Since the stomas of the pṛṣṭhya six-day period are used, and the seasons are the pṛṣṭhas, and the seasons are the year, it is by seasons thereby. And since there are twelve stotras, and twelve months are the year, it is by months thereby. And since there are twenty-four stotra-recitations and sastras, and twenty-four half-months are the year, it is by half-months thereby. The year is instantly searched out for him who knows thus.
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Now this is the Manustoma.
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Manu desired: 'May I multiply with offspring and cattle; may I create human offspring.'
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He saw this sacrifice.
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He grasped it.
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He sacrificed with it.
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Thence he multiplied with offspring and cattle.
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He created these human offspring.
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Whoever should desire: 'May I multiply with offspring and cattle; may I create human offspring,' he
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should sacrifice with this.
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He multiplies with offspring and cattle; he creates human offspring.
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Its [stomas] are the stomas of the pṛṣṭhya six-day rite.
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The pṛṣṭhas are the seasons.
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The seasons are the year.
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The year is procreation.
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[He sacrifices thinking:] 'May he who is procreation cause me to procreate.'
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Its stomas are of both kinds: uneven and even.
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That which is both kinds of stomas is indeed a divine pair, a generative power.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit