Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.51
English (machine translation) 2-3.51
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2-3.51
The eye is, as it were, moist; moist, as it were, is the rainy season.
The ear is autumn.
The mind is winter.
The waters here in man, that is the cool season.
Now the divine seasons:
Wind was spring.
Fire was summer.
Parjanya was the rainy season.
Āditya was autumn.
The moon was winter.
Those heavenly waters yonder, that was the cool season.
That breath which was spring, that wind which was spring, that is this spring now.
Then the speech which was summer, the fire which was summer, that is this summer now.
Then the eye which was the rainy season, the Parjanya which was the rainy season, that is this rainy season now.
Then the ear which was autumn, the Āditya which was autumn, that is this autumn now.
Then the mind which was winter, the moon which was winter, that is this winter now.
Then those waters in man which were the cool season, those heavenly waters yonder which were the cool season, that is this cool season now.
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These are the six seasons, the six directions.
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These seasons are paired with the directions: with spring, this eastern direction is paired; with summer, this [southern direction];
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with the rainy season, this [western direction]; with autumn, this [northern direction]; with winter, that [upper direction]; with the cool season, this [lower direction].
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Just as wives look upon their husband without blinking, so indeed do they look upon the one who knows thus as he undergoes consecration.
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Because he is looked upon (īkṣita) by the directions (digbhiḥ), therefore he is the consecrated one (dīkṣita).
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As he is about to be consecrated, he should attend upon Āditya: 'You are the deity who is consecrated.
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As such, you take away the splendor, faculty, vital power, and fame of the one undergoing consecration.
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Do not take away my splendor, faculty, vital power, and fame.
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Following your consecration, I undergo consecration,' so [he says].
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Then he mounts the seasons:
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'The seasons who were above the seasons,
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit