Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.267
English (machine translation) 2.267
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2.267
He sings on the seed-[verse]; he pours seed thereby. He strengthens that poured seed by the Gāyatrī, an extensive meter; he strengthens it by the Triṣṭubh, an extensive meter; he strengthens it by the Jagatī, an extensive meter indeed. In that he strengthens it by a more and more extensive meter, therefore of a growing [child] the vital power becomes greater and greater. He comes to the end with the Anuṣṭubh, a shorter meter; therefore in later age one grows smaller, as it were. He comes to an end with the Paṅkti; therefore in the fifth month embryos develop. He comes to an end with the Anuṣṭubh, speech; therefore one listens to the speech of an old man. The Bahiṣpavamāna is indeed the head of the sacrifice; that indeed is it. The seed-[verse] is the entire self itself. That in the Bahiṣpavamāna—
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—he sings the Gāyatrī,
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the breath indeed is the Gāyatrī,
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and the head is of Gāyatrī nature.
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The head is indeed that resting-place of the breath.
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He places the breath in its own resting-place.
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He sings the Triṣṭubh.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit