Jaiminīya (Talavakāra) Brāhmaṇa 6.20
English (machine translation) 6.20
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6.20
The mind is the Bṛhat. Prajāpati is the Bṛhat. He attains identity with Prajāpati who knows thus. "Soma, with wondrous aids, [looking] toward all poetic crafts, you the waters of the ocean"—[the word] "you" (tvam) is the form of the Bṛhat. Belonging to the Bṛhat is this day. "Driving forward the leader of speech"—the leader (agra) is this day. Being the second day, it is called the leader. "For your greatness, O poet, these worlds have stood firm, O Soma"—running away as it were from here is this day which belongs to the Bṛhat; for yonder is the Bṛhat. That [it says], "For your greatness, O Soma, they have stood firm," is for the standing firm of the day. "Toward you run the milch cows"—[this is] for attainment.
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These are Gāyatrī verses having the color of Triṣṭubh, enriched with the form of the day.
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Where they enrich with the form of the day, there they prosper.
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He prospers for whom it is thus known.
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"Flow, O drop, pressed as a bull"—
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thus there is a corresponding verse (anurūpa) containing [the word] "bull" (vṛṣan).
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Belonging to the Bṛhat is this day.
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The Triṣṭubh is the form of dominion (kṣatra).
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Regarding that they say: they take hold of the form of the day with the stotriya verse, and of the sāman with the corresponding verse.
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There are the stotriya and the corresponding verse.
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Breath indeed is [...] they take hold of with the stotriya verse, and of the sāman with the corresponding verse.
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There are the stotriya and the corresponding verse.
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Inhalation (prāṇa) is the stotriya verse, exhalation (apāna) is the corresponding verse.
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- Jaiminīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit