Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-3.97
English (machine translation) 2-3.97
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2-3.97
Prajāpati is the summit, preeminence.
[Thinking:] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.'
Its stotras have verses following upon verses.
They lead him to fortune having subsequent [glory], to the heavenly world having subsequent [glory].
Its pṛṣṭha is the Bṛhat.
The Bṛhat is fortune, preeminence.
Yonder is the Bṛhat, yonder is preeminence.
They thereby establish him in fortune right in the middle, in preeminence.
It has twelve stotras.
The year has twelve months.
The year is the summit, preeminence.
[Thinking:] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.'
It has twenty-four chanted and recited hymns.
The year has twenty-four half-months.
The year is the summit, preeminence.
[Thinking:] 'May he who is the summit, preeminence, lead me to the summit, preeminence.'
He who is the eldest, born of the eldest wife, [yet] equal to the foremost, should sacrifice with this; he attains preeminence, he does not fall from preeminence.
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Now this is the Durāśa.
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Having sacrificed with the sacrificial offering of the full moon, he offers a caru to Āditya.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit