Pañcaviṃśa (Tāṇḍya Mahā) Brāhmaṇa 10.12
Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 10.12
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10.12.1
bharadvājāyanā vai sattram āsata tān apṛcchan kiṃ prathamenāhnā kuruteti praivaimeti kiṃ dvitīyenety avasam evākurmahīti kiṃ tṛtīyeneti pary evāplavāmahīti kiṃ caturtheneti sataiva sad apyadadhmeti kiṃ pañcameneti prāṇān eva vicchindanta aimeti kiṁ ṣaṣṭhenetīdam evāgacchāmeti iti
The Bharadvāyānas held a sacrificial session. People asked them: 'What do you do with the first day?' 'We set out.' 'What with the second?' 'We provide a resting place.' 'What with the third?' 'We float around.' 'What with the fourth?' 'By existence we overlay existence.' 'What with the fifth?' 'Interrupting the vital breaths we go.' 'What with the sixth?' 'We arrive right here.'
10.12.2
yasya padena prastauty atha svāram abhi vāva tena devāḥ paśūn apaśyan yat purastāt stobhaṃ atha svāram ud eva tenāsṛjanata yad ubhayataḥ stobham atha svāram ebhya eva tena lokebhyo devāḥ paśubhyo 'nnādyaṃ prāyacchan yad anutunnam atha svāram upaiva tenāśikṣan yasya madhye nidhanam atha svāraṃ garbhāṁs tenādadhata tāni havatāsvāreṇa prājanayan
[A sāman] whose prastāva is chanted with a foot and then ends in a svāra tone—by that the gods saw cattle. That which has a stobha at the beginning and then ends in a svāra tone—by that they brought forth [cattle]. That which has a stobha on both sides and then ends in a svāra tone—by that the gods gave food to cattle from these worlds. That which is unthrust and then ends in a svāra tone—by that they strove to obtain [cattle]. That which has its cadence in the middle and then ends in a svāra tone—by that they placed embryos [in them]. With that which has 'hāvat' and ends in a svāra tone, they brought them forth.
10.12.3
imaṃ vāva devā lokaṃ padanidhanenābhy ajayann amuṃ bahirṇidhanenāntarikṣaṃ diṅnidhanenāmṛtatvam īnidhanenāgacchan brahmavarcasam athanidhanenāvārundhatāsminn eva loka ihanidhanena pratyatiṣṭhan
By the pada-cadence the gods conquered this world; by the outside cadence, that [world]; by the diś-cadence, the intermediate region; by the ī-cadence they went to immortality; by the atha-cadence they attained brahminical lustre; by the iha-cadence they became established in this very world.
10.12.4
imaṃ vāva devā lokaṃ dravadiḍenābhy ajayann amum ūrdhveḍenāntarikṣaṃ pariṣṭubdheḍena pratiṣṭhām iḍābhir aiḍenāvārundhata pratiṣṭhāyādhyardheḍena vyajayantāsminn eva loka iheḍena pratyatiṣṭhan
By the running-iḍā the gods conquered this world; by the upward-iḍā, that [world]; by the surrounded-iḍā, the intermediate region; by the iḍā-formed [chants] they attained firm standing through iḍās; firmly standing, they conquered by the one-and-a-half-iḍā; by the iha-iḍā they became established in this very world.
10.12.5
na vāk saṃvatsaram ativadatīḍaiva saṃvatsaram ativadati garbheṇa saṃvatsare paryāvṛtya prajāyete tenātivadati
Speech does not over-reach the year; only the iḍā over-reaches the year; turning around with an embryo in a year, offspring are born; thereby it over-reaches.
10.12.6
tā vā etāś catasraḥ ṣaḍahaṃ parācya iḍā atiyanty eṣā nūtaiṣā viṣūcy eṣā pratīcy etad vīḍam
These four forward iḍās cross over the six-day period: this one [turns] hither, this one sideways, this one backwards; this is the iḍā.
10.12.7
saṃvatsaro 'gnir vāk samvatsaro yad agnir vibhajyate vācam eva tad vibhajanti
The year is Agni; speech is the year; when Agni is divided, it is speech that they divide.
10.12.8
dve dve akṣare vibhajanti dvau dvau hi māsāv ṛturatho māsānām eva tad rūpaṃ kriyate
They divide [it] by two syllables each, for two months make a season; thus its form is made that of the months.
10.12.9
ṣaḍ ahāni vibhajanti ṣaḍ ṛtava ṛtūnāṃ dhṛtyā ṛtūnāṃ pratiṣṭhityā atho ṛtūnām eva tad rūpaṃ kriyate ṣaḍ u puruṣā yān agnir anuvihriyate
They divide [it across] six days; there are six seasons, for the upholding of the seasons, for the firm standing of the seasons; thus its form is made that of the seasons; and there are six persons according to whom Agni is distributed.
10.12.10
yad idaṃ bahudhāgnir vihriyate tad asāv ādityaḥ sarvāḥ prajāḥ pratyaṅ tasmād ete devate vibhaktim ānaśāte nāto 'nyā kā cana
That Agni here is distributed in many ways, that is yonder sun facing all creatures; therefore these two deities have attained distribution, no other whatsoever.
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- Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau — Sanskrit