Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.257
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2.257
Following the mark of this one, he who knows thus wins circular, great, endless fortune.
This sacrifice extends upward along with man.
His feet are the Bahiṣpavamāna;
these four thighs and knees are the Ājya chants;
what is below the navel is the midday [pressing] consisting of three meters;
the pṛṣṭha chants are the sides;
this Ārbhava is this, and the Agniṣṭoma-sāman is this.
A Brahmin asked Nagarin Dālbhya about this: 'In which direction does the sacrifice go?'
He said: 'It extends upward along with man.'
Thus indeed he spoke.
He who knows this sacrifice being stretched out upward in himself climbs upward with offspring and cattle.
And he who knows it as facing backward, he achieves prosperity directed backward.
His Bahiṣpavamāna is this; these Ājya chants; this midday [pressing]; the pṛṣṭha chants are the sides; this is the Ārbhava; the Yajñāyajñīya is the foundation.
He achieves prosperity directed backward.
For him who knows these two sacrifices being stretched out in himself, the two sacrifices bow down to him.
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Concerning this, there is this verse:
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'What is its front is its rear;
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and what is its rear is its front;
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like the slithering of a snake, or of Śākala,
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I do not discern which is in front.'
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Śakala Gaupāyana went along, measuring out the sacrifice.
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He did not discern which was the front of the sacrifice, which the rear, which the more slender,
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which the thicker.
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Regarding this, they say: 'From where is the thinnest part of the sacrifice?'
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'From where it is the thickest.'
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'From where is the thickest part?'
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'From where it is the thinnest.'
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With respect to the Bahiṣpavamāna, the sacrifice is indeed thinnest.
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It spoke this regarding the two feet.
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A man is indeed thinnest with respect to the two feet.
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Then indeed it is thickest.
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For it goes flying.
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'From where is it the thickest?'
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'From where it is the thinnest.'
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With respect to the Yajñāyajñīya, the sacrifice is indeed thinnest.
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It spoke this regarding the head.
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A man is indeed thinnest with respect to the head.
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