Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.11
Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10.11
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- Sanskrit
3.10.11.1
káś cid dha vā́ asmā́l lokā́t prétya /
ātmā́naṃ veda /
āyám ahám asmī́ti /
káś cit sváṃ lokáṃ ná prátiprájānāti /
agnímugdho ha_evá dhumátāntaḥ /
sváṃ lokáṃ ná prátiprájānāti /
átha yó ha_eváitám agním̐ sāvitráṃ véda /
sá evā́smā́l lokā́t prétya /
ātmā́naṃ veda /
ayám ahám asmī́ti /
A certain one, having departed from this world,
knows himself:
"Here I am."
A certain one does not recognise his own world;
bewildered by the fire, choked by smoke,
he does not recognise his own world.
Now, whoever knows this Sāvitra fire,
he, having departed from this world,
knows himself:
"Here I am."
3.10.11.2
sá sváṃ lokáṃ prátiprájānāti /
eṣá u ca_eváinaṃ tát sāvitráḥ /
svargáṃ lokám abhívahati //
ahorātráir vā́ idám̐ sayúgbhiḥ kriyate /
itirātrā́yā_adīkṣiṣata /
itirātrā́ya vratám úpāgur íti /
tā́ni hā́nevaṃ vidúṣaḥ /
amúṣmin_ loké śevadhíṃ dhayanti /
dhītám̐ ha_evá sá śevadhím ánupáraiti /
átha yó ha_eváitám agním̐ sāvitráṃ véda //
He recognises his own world.
And this Sāvitra fire then
carries him up to the heavenly world.
Indeed, this [work] is done by the yoked day-and-nights:
"They have been initiated for so many nights;
they have undertaken the vow for so many nights."
For one who does not know thus,
they suck out his treasure in yonder world;
he goes after a treasure that has been sucked dry.
Now, whoever knows this Sāvitra fire,
3.10.11.3
tásya ha_evā́horātrā́ṇi /
amúṣmin_loké śevadhíṃ ná dhayanti /
ádhītam̐ ha_evá sá śevadhím ánu páraiti //
bharádvājo ha tribhír ā́yurbhir brahmacáryam uvāsa /
tám̐ ha jī́rṇim̐ stháviram̐ śáyānam /
índra upavrájya_uvāca /
bháradvāja /
yát te caturthám ā́yur dadyā́m /
kím enena kuryā íti /
brahmacáryam evá_enena careyam íti ha_uvāca /
for him, the day-and-nights
do not suck out his treasure in yonder world;
he goes after a treasure that has not been sucked dry.
Bharadvāja lived in Vedic studentship for three lifespans.
To him, lying there, worn out and old,
Indra came up and said:
"Bharadvāja,
if I were to give you a fourth lifespan,
what would you do with it?"
"I would practice Vedic studentship with it," he said.
3.10.11.4
tám̐ ha trī́n girírūpān ávijñātān iva darśayā́ṃ cakāra /
téṣām̐ ha_ékaikasmān muṣṭín ādade /
sá ha_uvāca /
bháradvāja_íty āmántrya /
védā vā́ eté /
anantā́ vái védāḥ /
etád vā́ etáis tribhír ā́yurbhir ánvavocathāḥ /
átha ta ítarad ánanūktam evá /
éhīmáṃ viddhi /
ayáṃ vái sarvavidyā_íti //
He showed him three mountain-like shapes, as if unknown.
From each of them he took a handful.
Addressing him,
he said: "Bharadvāja,
these are the Vedas;
infinite indeed are the Vedas.
This is what you have studied through these three lifespans;
now, the rest of yours remains unstudied.
Come, know this;
this indeed is all-knowledge."
3.10.11.5
tásmai ha_etám agním̐ sāvitrám uvāca /
tám̐ sá viditvā́ /
amṛ́to bhūtvā́ /
svargáṃ lokám iyāya /
ādityásya sā́yujyam //
amṛ́to ha_evá bhūtvā́ /
svargáṃ lokám eti /
ādityásya sā́yujyam /
yá eváṃ véda //
eṣó evá tráyī vidyā́ /
To him he spoke this Sāvitra fire.
Having known it,
having become immortal,
he went to the heavenly world,
to union with Āditya.
Having become immortal,
he goes to the heavenly world,
to union with Āditya,
who knows thus.
This indeed is the threefold knowledge.
3.10.11.6
yā́vantam̐ ha vái trayyā́ vidyáyā lokáṃ jayati /
tā́vantaṃ lokáṃ jayati /
yá eváṃ véda //
agnér vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
agnér evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda /
vāyór vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
vāyór evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda /
índrasya vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
As great a world as one wins by the threefold knowledge,
so great a world he wins,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Agni;
he attains union and the same world with Agni,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Vāyu;
he attains union and the same world with Vāyu,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Indra;
3.10.11.7
índrasya_evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda /
bṛ́haspáter vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
bṛ́haspáter evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda /
prajā́pater vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
prajā́pater evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda /
bráhmaṇo vā́ etā́ni nāmadhéyāni /
bráhmaṇa evá sā́yujyam̐ salokátām āpnoti /
yá eváṃ véda //
sá vā́ eṣò 'gnír apakṣapucchó vāyúr evá /
tásyāgnír múkham /
asā́v ādityáḥ síraḥ /
sá yád eté deváte ántareṇa /
tát sárvam̐ sīvyati /
tásmāt sāvitráḥ //
he attains union and the same world with Indra,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Bṛhaspati;
he attains union and the same world with Bṛhaspati,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Prajāpati;
he attains union and the same world with Prajāpati,
who knows thus.
These are the names of Brahman;
he attains union and the same world with Brahman,
who knows thus.
That fire, wingless and tailless, is Vāyu indeed;
Agni is his mouth,
yonder Āditya is his head.
Whatever is between these two deities,
that he stitches together entirely;
therefore is it Sāvitra.
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Commentaries (5)
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- Taittirīyabrāhmaṇakāṭhakabhāṣya — Bhaṭṭa Bhāskara Miśra Cikāeḍamaṇḍana, Sanskrit
- Taittirīyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Jñānayajña on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (Bhaṭṭabhāskara) — Bhaṭṭabhāskara Miśra, Sanskrit
- Yajurbrahmaṇabhāṣya — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
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