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Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2-8.429

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2-8.429

Now with reference to the deities: This world is the introductory Atirātra. What is white in it is the form of the day; what is black is of the night; the various [wonders] are of the constellations. The heavenly world is the year. The introductory day is the spiritual power; the Abhiplava is the royal power; the Pṛṣṭhya is Agni; the Abhijit is the All-Gods; the Svarasāmans are the Ādityas; the Viṣuvant is Indra; the Viśvajit is day and night; the Go and Āyus [rites] are the worlds; the days of the twelve-day rite are Prajāpati; the Mahāvrata day is that world; the concluding Atirātra is this world. This is the form of the day; this of the night; the constellations are of the constellations.

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Some are indeed sitting in being; others are sitting in sacrificial sessions.

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Now, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the introductory Atirātra, they dwell in this very world.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in this world.

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And they know: 'We are now in this world; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'

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Then, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the Ārambhaṇīya day, they dwell in the year, in the heavenly world.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in the year, in the heavenly world.

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And they know: 'We are now in the year, in the heavenly world; of us there is no

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misfortune whatsoever.'

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Then, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the Abhiplava, they dwell in brahman itself.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in brahman.

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And they know: 'We are now in brahman; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'

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Then, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the Pṛṣṭhya, they dwell in dominion itself.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in dominion.

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And they know: 'We are now in dominion; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'

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Then, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the Abhijit, they dwell in fire itself.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in fire.

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And they know: 'We are now in fire; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'

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Then, that [night] when they dwell having undertaken the Svarasāmans, they dwell in the All-Gods.

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Thereby they secure whatever food is in the All-Gods.

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And they know: 'We are now in the All-Gods; of us there is no misfortune whatsoever.'

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