Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.244
English (machine translation) 2.244
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2.244
For what are three Gāyatrīs are two Bṛhatīs. These do not amount to forty-six Bṛhatīs. It is this: the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī. Because the morning pressing as it comes amounts to the Bṛhatī, therefore the Brahmin is born already possessing a world. Through his conduct he makes it greater or he makes it smaller. Now, two [priests] bring this midday pressing to completion: the Udgātṛ and the Hotṛ. The Udgātṛ yokes four meters. And the Hotṛ recites after them and brings in three: Anuṣṭubh, Paṅkti, and Jagatī. A Gāyatrī and a Jagatī: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Uṣṇih and a Triṣṭubh: they are two Bṛhatīs. An Anuṣṭubh and a Paṅkti: they are two Bṛhatīs. The Bṛhatī is indeed the Bṛhatī. Because two [priests] bring this midday pressing to completion, therefore a world is to be made by a nobleman through sacrifices, charitable works, faith, and devotion to the brahman. Now, because the third pressing is just as before, therefore the Vaiśya also has a world from the Brahmin and the nobleman; the other [caste does] not indeed have a world like the Brahmin and the nobleman.
2.244.p1
The sacrificer is born into an arranged world.
2.244.p2
He wins the waters by the first stoma verse of the first triplet, the earth by the second, [and] fire by the third;
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