Pañcaviṃśa (Tāṇḍya Mahā) Brāhmaṇa 11.1
Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 11.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
11.1.1
stomo yujyate sattriyebhyo 'harbhyaḥ pratnavatībhiś copavatībhiś ca
The stoma is harnessed for the days of the sacrificial session by means of [verses] containing 'pratna' and containing 'upa'.
11.1.2
yat pratnavatyo upavatībhyaḥ pūrvā yujyante brahma tat pūrvaṃ kṣatrād yujyate brahma hi pūrvaṃ kṣatram
When the pratnavatī [verses] are harnessed before the upavatī [verses], the priesthood is thereby harnessed before the nobility, for the priesthood is prior to the nobility.
11.1.3
manas tat pūrvaṃ vāco yujyate mano hi yad dhi manasābhigacchati tad vācā vadati
Mind is thereby harnessed before speech, for mind [is first]; what one conceives with the mind, that one speaks with speech.
11.1.4
bṛhat tat pūrvaṃ rathantarād yujyate bṛhad dhi pūrvaṁ rathantarād vijityā tu vai rathantaraṃ pūrvaṃ yogam ānaśe
The Bṛhat is thereby harnessed before the Rathantara, for the Bṛhat is prior to the Rathantara; but through conquest the Rathantara attained the prior harnessing.
11.1.5
sambhāryās tṛcā bhavanti yathāśiṣṭhān vahiṣṭhān sambhared evam evaitān sambharanti gatyai
The triplets are to be brought together; just as one would bring together the swiftest and best draught-animals, so indeed they bring these together for progressing.
11.1.6
nava bhavanti navāhasya yuktyā ṛcarcaivāhar yunakti yathāprārthasya śamyā avadadhyād evam evaitan navāhasya śamyā avadadhāti gatyai
There are nine, for the harnessing of the nine-day period; verse by verse, he harnesses the day; just as one would insert the yoke-pins of a chariot, so he inserts the yoke-pins of the nine-day period for progressing.
11.1.7
trivṛd eva stomo bhavati tejase brahmavarcasāya
The stoma is the ninefold stoma, for brilliance, for brahminical lustre.
Translations (1)
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (1)
- Tāṇḍyamahābrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Ārṣeyakalpa (another edition) — Sanskrit
- Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English