Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.29
English (machine translation) 2-3.29
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2-3.29
Concerning this they say: What is 'saṃvat'? What is 'sara'? What is 'ayana'? He should say: The threefold knowledge indeed is 'saṃvat', for all the gods blow together into it. Day and night indeed are 'sara', for these two glide over all this. Āditya indeed is 'ayana', for he moves among these worlds. Thus regarding the divine. Now regarding the self: Food indeed is 'saṃvat', for into it all this blows together. Speech indeed is 'sara', for by speech a person glides along. Breath indeed is 'ayana', for it moves in this whole [body]. He who knows thus this course of the year with respect to the divine and with respect to the self reaches the end of the year uninjured. Concerning this they say: How does the year become consisting of a single meter, Bārhati? —
2-3.29.p1
"By the days," he should say.
2-3.29.p2
"How by the days?"
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