Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.269
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2.269
Regarding this they say: 'What is done in the sacrifice because of which the other breaths depart even during life, but not the breath [itself]?' He should say: 'Because he sings the Gāyatrī in its own resting-place, therefore as long as one lives, so long the breath does not depart.' Now indeed [concerning] the discriminative knowledges and the agreements of the yoke-pins: mind is the seed-[verse], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. By the mind one discerns goodwill and ill will; by breath one discerns fragrant and unfragrant; by the eye one discerns sightly and unsightly; by the ear one discerns hearable and unhearable; by speech one discerns sweet and unsweet. These are the discriminative knowledges here. He is well-known and becomes superior who knows thus. Now these indeed are the agreements: mind is the seed-[verse], breath is the Gāyatrī, the eye is the Triṣṭubh, the ear is the Jagatī, speech is the Anuṣṭubh. When the seed-[verse] is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish—
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he should contemplate his mind with his mind.
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When the Gāyatrī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his breath with his breath.
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When the Triṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his eye with his eye.
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When the Jagatī is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his ear with his ear.
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When the Anuṣṭubh is being praised, in the case of whomever he might wish, he should contemplate his speech with his speech.
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These indeed are the agreements.
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He indeed agrees with him with whom he wishes, 'May I agree with him,' who knows thus.
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Now he unites these divine yoke-pins and human yoke-pins.
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Mind is the human yoke-pin, the waters are the divine yoke-pin.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit