Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.56
English (machine translation) 2-3.56
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2-3.56
When he had proclaimed this arrangement to him, he added the supplementary chanting, assigned the preludes and responses, and then instructed him.
"This indeed is the year," he said.
"This is its path that leads to the gods, these are the two tracks, this is the course."
He who knows this thus goes to the conclusion of the year without suffering.
Prajāpati is the Person.
Prajāpati is the year.
That Person who is—this space which is in the intermediate space, that indeed is that Person.
Now, in that it does not delight visibly in the intermediate space, it does not delight because of fullness.
And in that it gazes within (antarīkṣate) all this, therefore it is the intermediate space (antarikṣa).
And in that it unites (yute) all this, therefore it is the wind (vāyu).
And in that it blows (vāti) through all this, therefore it is the wind (vāta).
The self of this space is gathered up in what that sun is.
That is this Person in the sun.
Then, the space that is beyond it, of it this self is gathered up in what the moon is.
That is this Person in the moon.
"He should not be considered different," Śāṭyāyani used to say;
"this Person who is in the eye is the very one in the sun, this very one in the moon."
One reaches him by this very human form.
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The introductory Atirātra is breath itself.
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For breath makes all this breathe.
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Now, because it made [everything] breathe, therefore it is breath.
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Speech is indeed the introductory day.
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For by speech the entire year and all sacrificial rites are begun.
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Therefore, on the introductory day, all forms are performed.
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For all forms are in speech.
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This is one Abhiplava [six-day rite], this is one, this is one, this is one.
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This is the first day of this Abhiplava.
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This is its morning pressing, this is its midday pressing, this is its third pressing.
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This is the second day.
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This is its morning pressing, this is its midday pressing, this is its third pressing.
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This is the third Vairūpa day.
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This is its morning pressing, this is its midday pressing, this is its third pressing.
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This is the fifth Śākvara day.
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Therefore, seizing by means of this, one is able.
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This is its morning pressing, this is its midday pressing, this is its third pressing.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit