Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-7.223
English (machine translation) 2-7.223
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2-7.223
"O Agni, with all fires..."—this is the ājyastotra to all the fires.
The All-Gods are indeed the fires.
Through this, they reach all the gods.
It is in the anuṣṭubh meter, [thinking:] "May we flourish through speech at the opening of each pressing."
It is nine-fold (trivṛt); brahman indeed is the trivṛt.
Those who run the vrātyā course are deprived of brahman,
for they are called "sons of kings."
In that it is nine-fold, they flourish precisely through brahman.
The maitrāvaruṇa's [stotra] is fifteen-fold;
the fifteen-fold is royal power (kṣatra);
royal power is indeed an offshoot of brahman;
they flourish through royal power itself.
The brāhmaṇācchaṃsin's [stotra] is seventeen-fold;
Prajāpati is seventeen-fold;
they flourish through Prajāpati himself.
The acchāvāka's [stotra] is sixteen-fold;
the sixteen-fold is faculty and vital power;
they flourish precisely through faculty and vital power.
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Now, they fetch these two, the uṣṇih and the kakubh, towards the midday pressing.
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The uṣṇih and kakubh are indeed the offspring among meters.
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On them are the two sāmans of Bṛhat and of Marut,
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or the Dyautāna and the Devasāma.
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The meters are indeed the heavenly world.
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Just as one might take hold of a dear son and make a request, or a friend with a friend in mutual understanding, so indeed
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they take hold of all meters and go across in the middle.
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On one of the two is the brahmasāman.
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The brahmasāman is indeed brahman.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit