Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 2.270
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2.270
When the seed-[verse] is being praised, he should unite the waters with the mind; between them he should cause the mind of the sacrificer to enter. Breath is the human yoke-pin, wind is the divine yoke-pin; when the Gāyatrī is being praised, he should unite the wind with breath; between them he should cause the breath of the sacrificer to enter. The eye is the human yoke-pin, the sun is the divine yoke-pin; when the Triṣṭubh is being praised, he should unite the sun with the eye; between them he should cause the eye of the sacrificer to enter. The ear is the human yoke-pin, the quarters are the divine yoke-pin; when the Jagatī is being praised, he should unite the quarters with the ear; between them he should cause the ear of the sacrificer to enter. Speech is the human yoke-pin, the earth is the divine yoke-pin; when the Anuṣṭubh is being praised, he should unite the earth with speech; between them he should cause the speech of the sacrificer to enter. In this way indeed he unites the divine yoke-pins and the human yoke-pins. Having thus united the divine yoke-pins and the human yoke-pins, he crosses over that death which is in the heavenly world; one who knows thus does not die again. He unites himself with the deities.
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Now this is the encounter of these great Brahmins: of Āruṇi, of Jīvala Kārīrādi, of Aṣāḍha
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Sāvayasa, and of Indradyumna Bhāllaveya.
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Jīvala Kārīrādi and Indradyumna Bhāllaveya—the two came as fellow students of the teacher Āruṇi.
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They came together.
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They lodged in the house of Aṣāḍha.
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Aṣāḍha said: 'O Āruṇi, since we lived as students of the Veda together, and we studied together, then
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by what have you outstudied us?
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In that you are so beloved of fame, so beloved of the eye, so beloved of gain, by what have you
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attained this?'
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He said: 'I revere it in the yoke-pins.'
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'What do you revere in the yoke-pins?'
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'The beloved.'
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'What does he become who reveres their beloved?'
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'He becomes beloved of fame, beloved of the eye, beloved of gain.'
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'Just so you are,' they said.
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Then they said to Jīvala Kārīrādi: 'In that you alone are the foremost of that region,
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in which you are, and even kings attend upon you from below, by what have you attained this?'
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He said: 'I revere it in the yoke-pins.'
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'What do you revere in the yoke-pins?'
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'Prosperity.'
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'What does he become who reveres their prosperity?'
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit