Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.43
English (machine translation) 2-3.43
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2-3.43
Śāṭyāyani said to Gobala Vārṣṇa: 'Revered sir, you possess illustrious ancestors and grandfathers. I intend to be consecrated for the year-long rite; instruct me.' He replied: 'So be it. I shall tell you the course knowing which, unafflicted, one reaches the conclusion of the year, and, having risen, becomes prosperous and praiseworthy.' He said: 'They proceed through these twelve months. The four months through which they proceed from there, they proceed through them by Agni's course; by that they attain Agni among the deities and this world. Then the next four months through which they proceed, they proceed through them by Vāyu's course; by that they attain Vāyu among the deities and the intermediate world. The next four months through which they proceed, they proceed through them by Āditya's course; by that they attain Āditya among the deities and that yonder world.'
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'This indeed is the course,' he said.
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As for what they say: 'He has gone by a non-course,'—
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those who, not knowing this, are consecrated for the year-long rite, they proceed by a non-course.
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Now he who knows this thus reaches the conclusion of the year unafflicted, and, having risen, becomes prosperous
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and praiseworthy.
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They come to this heavenly world.
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This is the Mahāvrata day.
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