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# Taittiriyabrahmana 3.10.9

Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3.10.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.10.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.1)

prajā́patir devā́n asṛjata /  
té pāpmánā sáṃditā ajāyanta /  
tā́n vyadyat /  
yád vyadyát /  
tásmād vidyút /  
tám avṛścat /  
yád ávṛścat /  
tásmād vṛ́ṣṭiḥ /  
tásmād yátra\_eté deváte abhiprā́pnutaḥ /  
ví ca ha\_evā́sya tátra pāpmā́naṃ dyátaḥ /

> Prajāpati created the gods.  
> They were born bound by evil.  
> He unbound them.  
> Because he unbound \[them\] (vyadyat),  
> therefore \[lightning is called\] vidyut.  
> He cut it away.  
> Because he cut it away (avṛścat),  
> therefore \[rain is called\] vṛṣṭi.  
> Therefore, wherever these two deities reach,  
> there they both unbind and  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.2)

vṛścátaś ca //  
sā́\_eṣā́ mīmām̐sā́\_agnihotrá evá sáṃpannā /  
átho āhuḥ /  
sárveṣu yajñakratúṣv íti //  
hóṣyann apá úpaspṛśet /  
vídyud asi vídya me pāpmā́nam íti /  
átha hutvā́\_upaspṛ́śet /  
vṛ́śṭir asi vṛ́śca me pāpmā́nam íti /  
yákṣyámāṇo vā\_iṣṭvā́ vā /  
ví ca ha\_evā́sya\_eté deváte pāpmā́naṃ dyátaḥ /

> cut away his evil.  
> This discussion indeed finds its fulfillment in the Agnihotra.  
> And they also say:  
> "In all sacrificial rites."  
> When about to offer, he should touch water \[saying\]:  
> "You are lightning (vidyut); unbind (vidya) my evil!"  
> Then having offered, he should touch \[water saying\]:  
> "You are rain (vṛṣṭi); cut away (vṛśca) my evil!"  
> Whether about to sacrifice or having sacrificed,  
> these two deities unbind and  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.3)

vṛścátaś ca //  
atyam̐hó ha\_ā́ruṇiḥ /  
brahmacāríṇe praśnā́n prócya prájighāya /  
párehi /  
plakṣáṃ dáiyāmpātiṃ pṛccha /  
véttha sāvitrā́3n ná vetthā́3 íti /  
tám āgátya papraccha /  
ācā́ryo mā prā́ ha\_eṣīt /  
véttha sāvitrā́3n ná vetthā́3 íti /  
sá ha\_uvāca véda\_íti //

> cut away his evil.  
> Atyaṃhas Āruṇi,  
> having taught the questions to a student, sent him forth:  
> "Go;  
> ask Plakṣa Dayyāmpāti:  
> 'Do you know the Sāvitra \[citi\] or do you not know \[it\]?'"  
> Having come to him, he asked:  
> "The teacher has sent me \[saying\]:  
> 'Do you know the Sāvitra or do you not know \[it\]?'"  
> He said: "I know \[it\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.4)

sá kásmin prátiṣṭhita íti /  
parórajasī́ti /  
kás tád yát parórajā íti /  
eṣá vā́vá sá parórajā íti ha\_uvāca /  
yá eṣá tápati /  
eṣò 'rvā́grajā íti /  
sá kásmin tv eṣá íti /  
satyá íti /  
kíṃ tát satyám íti /  
tápa íti /

> "On what is it established?"  
> "Beyond the realm of dust (parorajas)," he said.  
> "What is that which is beyond the realm of dust?"  
> "Truly, that which is beyond the realm of dust," he said,  
> "is this one that burns here.  
> He is \[also\] on this side of the realm of dust (arvāgrajas)."  
> "In what, then, is this one \[established\]?"  
> "In truth."  
> "What is that truth?"  
> "Austerity."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.5)

kásmin nú tápa íti /  
bála íti /  
kíṃ tád bálam íti /  
prāṇá íti /  
mā́ sma prāṇám átipṛccha íti mā\_ācāryò 'bravīd íti ha\_uvāca brahmacārī́ //  
sá ha\_uvāca plakṣó dáiyāmpātiḥ /  
yád vái brahmacārin prāṇám atyáprakṣyaḥ /  
mūrdhā́ te vyàpatiṣyat /  
ahám u ta ācāryā́t\_śréyān bhaviṣyāmi /  
yó mā sāvitré samávādiṣṭa\_íti /

> "In what, now, is austerity \[established\]?"  
> "In strength."  
> "What is that strength?"  
> "Prāṇa."  
> "'Do not ask beyond prāṇa,' the teacher told me," said the student.  
> Plakṣa Dayyāmpāti said:  
> "Truly, student, if you had asked beyond prāṇa,  
> your head would have fallen off.  
> And I shall be better than your teacher,  
> who disputed with me concerning the Sāvitra!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.6)

tásmāt sāvitré ná sáṃvadeta //  
sá yó ha vái sāvitráṃ vidúṣā sāvitré saṃvádate /  
sáhāsmin\_śríyaṃ dadhāti /  
ánu ha vā́ asmā asáu tápan\_śríyaṃ manyate /  
ánv asmai śrī́s tápo manyate /  
ánv asmai tápo bálaṃ manyate /  
ánv asmai bálaṃ prāṇáṃ manyate //  
sá yád ā́ha /  
saṃjñā́naṃ vijñā́naṃ dárśā dṛṣṭā\_íti /  
eṣá evá tát /

> Therefore one should not dispute concerning the Sāvitra.  
> Whoever disputes concerning the Sāvitra with one who knows the Sāvitra,  
> \[the other\] places majesty upon him.  
> Truly yonder burning \[sun\] concedes majesty to him;  
> majesty concedes austerity to him;  
> austerity concedes strength to him;  
> strength concedes prāṇa to him.  
> When he says:  
> "Concord, discernment, seen, beheld,"  
> that is just this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.7)

átha yád ā́ha /  
prástutaṃ víṣṭutam̐ sutā́ sunvatī́ti /  
eṣá evá tát //  
eṣá hy èvá tā́ny áhāni /  
eṣá rā́trayaḥ //  
átha yád ā́ha /  
citráḥ ketúr dātā́ pradātā́ savitā́ prasavitā́\_abhiśāstā́\_anumantā\_íti /  
eṣá evá tát /  
eṣá hy èvá té 'hno muhūrtā́ḥ /  
eṣá rā́treḥ //

> Then when he says:  
> "Praised, distributed, pressed out, pressing,"  
> that is just this.  
> For he is indeed those days;  
> he is the nights.  
> Then when he says:  
> "Bright, banner, giver, bestower, Savitṛ, impeller, commander, assenter,"  
> that is just this.  
> For he is indeed those muhūrtas of the day;  
> he is those of the night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.8)

átha yád ā́ha /  
pavítraṃ pavayiṣyánt sáhasvānt sáhīyān aruṇò 'ruṇárajā íti /  
eṣá evá tát /  
eṣá hy èvá te 'rdhamāsā́ḥ /  
eṣá mā́sāḥ //  
átha yád āha /  
agniṣṭomá ukthyò 'gnír ṛtúḥ prajā́patiḥ saṃvatsará íti /  
eṣá evá tát /  
eṣá hy èvá té yajñakratávaḥ /  
eṣá ṛtávaḥ /

> Then when he says:  
> "Purifier, intending to purify, powerful, most powerful, ruddy, ruddy-dusted,"  
> that is just this.  
> For he is indeed those half-months;  
> he is the months.  
> Then when he says:  
> "Agniṣṭoma, Ukthya, fire, season, Prajāpati, year,"  
> that is just this.  
> For he is indeed those sacrificial rites;  
> he is the seasons;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.9)

eṣá saṃvatsaráḥ //  
átha yád ā́ha /  
idā́nīṃ tadā́nīm íti /  
eṣá evá tát /  
eṣá hy èvá té muhūrtā́nāṃ muhūrtā́ḥ /  
janakó ha váidehaḥ /  
ahorātráiḥ samā́jagāma /  
tám̐ ha\_ūcuḥ /  
yó vā́ asmā́n véda /  
vijáhat pāpmā́nam eti /

> he is the year.  
> Then when he says:  
> "Now, then,"  
> that is just this.  
> For he is indeed the muhūrtas of those muhūrtas.  
> Janaka of Videha  
> met with the Day-and-Nights.  
> They said to him:  
> "Whoever knows us  
> goes on leaving evil behind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.10)

sárvam ā́yur eti /  
abhí svargáṃ lokáṃ jayati /  
nā́syāmúṣmin\_loké 'nnaṃ kṣīyata íti //  
vijáhad dha vái pāpmā́nam eti /  
sárvam ā́yur eti /  
abhí svargáṃ lokáṃ jayati /  
nā́syāmúṣmin\_loké 'nnaṃ kṣīyate /  
yá eváṃ véda //  
áhīnā ha\_ā́śvatthyaḥ /  
sāvitráṃ vidā́ṃcakāra /

> he attains a full lifespan;  
> he wins the heavenly world;  
> his food is not exhausted in yonder world."  
> He indeed goes on leaving evil behind,  
> he attains a full lifespan,  
> he wins the heavenly world,  
> his food is not exhausted in yonder world,  
> who knows thus.  
> Ahīnas Āśvatthya  
> knew the Sāvitra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.11)

sá ha ham̐só hiraṇmáyo bhūtvā́ /  
svargáṃ lokám iyāya /  
ādityásya sā́yujyam //  
ham̐só ha vái hiraṇmáyo bhūtvā́ /  
svargáṃ lokám eti /  
ādityásya sā́yujyam /  
yá eváṃ véda //  
devabhāgó ha śrautarṣáḥ /  
sāvitráṃ vidā́ṃcakāra /  
tám̐ ha vā́g adṛśyamānā́\_abhyuvāca /

> Becoming a golden swan,  
> he went to the heavenly world,  
> to union with Āditya.  
> Becoming a golden swan,  
> he goes to the heavenly world,  
> to union with Āditya,  
> who knows thus.  
> Devabhāga Śrautarṣa  
> knew the Sāvitra.  
> An invisible voice addressed him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.12)

sárvaṃ bata gautamó veda /  
yáḥ sāvitráṃ véda\_íti /  
sá ha\_uvāca /  
kā́\_éṣā́ vā́g asī́ti /  
ayám ahám̐ sāvitráḥ /  
devā́nām uttamó lokáḥ /  
gúhyaṃ máho bíbhrad íti /  
etā́vati ha gautamáḥ /  
yajñopavītáṃ kṛtvā́\_adhó nípapāta /  
námo náma íti /

> "Indeed, the Gautama knows everything,  
> he who knows the Sāvitra!"  
> He said:  
> "What voice are you?"  
> "This am I, the Sāvitra,  
> the highest world of the gods,  
> bearing secret greatness."  
> At this, the Gautama,  
> putting on the sacred thread, fell down low \[saying\]:  
> "Homage, homage!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.13)

sá ha\_uvāca /  
mā́ bhaiṣīr gautama /  
jitó vái te loká íti //  
tásmād yé ké ca sāvitráṃ vidúḥ /  
sárve té jitálokāḥ //  
sá yó ha vái sāvitrásyāṣṭā́kṣaraṃ padám̐ śriyā́\_abhíṣiktaṃ véda /  
śriyā́ ha\_evā́bhíṣicyate /  
ghṛ́ṇir íti dvé akṣáre /  
sū́rya íti trī́ṇi /  
ādityá íti trī́ṇi /

> He said:  
> "Do not fear, Gautama;  
> your world has indeed been won."  
> Therefore whosoever know the Sāvitra,  
> all of them have their world won.  
> Whoever knows the eight-syllabled quarter of the Sāvitra anointed with majesty  
> is anointed with majesty.  
> 'Ghṛṇi' is two syllables;  
> 'sūrya' is three;  
> 'āditya' is three.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.14)

etád vái sāvitrásyāṣṭā́kṣaraṃ padám̐ śriyā́\_abhíṣiktam /  
yá eváṃ véda /  
śriyā́ haivā́\_abhíṣicyate //  
tád etád ṛcā́\_abhyuktam /  
ṛcó akṣáre paramé vyòman /  
yásmin devā́ ádhi víśve niṣedúḥ /  
yás tán ná véda kím ṛcā́ kariṣyati /  
yá ít tád vidús tá imé sámāsata íti //  
ná ha vā́ etásya\_ṛcā́ na yájuṣā ná sā́mnā\_ártho 'sti /  
yáḥ sāvitráṃ véda //

> This is indeed the eight-syllabled quarter of the Sāvitra anointed with majesty.  
> He who knows thus  
> is anointed with majesty.  
> This has been declared by the ṛc:  
> "In the supreme space, the syllable of the ṛc, / in which all the gods have sat down; / he who does not know that, what will he do with the ṛc? / Those who know that sit here together."  
> Neither with ṛc, nor with yajus, nor with sāman does he have any need,  
> who knows the Sāvitra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.10.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.10.9.15)

tád etát pari yád devacakrám /  
ārdráṃ pínvamānam̐ svargé loká eti /  
vijáhad víśvā bhūtā́ni saṃpáśyat //  
ārdró ha vái pínvamānaḥ svargé loká eti /  
vijáhan víśvā bhūtā́ni saṃpáśyan /  
yá eváṃ véda //  
śūṣó ha vái vārṣṇeyáḥ /  
ādityéna samā́jagāma /  
tám̐ ha\_uvāca /  
éhi sāvitráṃ viddhi /  
ayáṃ vái svargyò 'gníḥ pārayiṣṇúr amṛ́tāt sáṃbhūta íti /  
eṣá vā́vá sá sāvitráḥ /  
yá eṣá tápati /  
éhi mā́ṃ viddhi /  
íti ha\_eváinaṃ tád uvāca //

> "This wheel of the gods which around \[the sky\] / goes in the heavenly world, moist, swelling, / leaving behind, observing all beings."  
> Moist, swelling, he goes to the heavenly world,  
> leaving behind, observing all beings,  
> who knows thus.  
> Śūṣa Vārṣṇeya  
> met with Āditya.  
> He said to him:  
> "Come, know the Sāvitra;  
> this is indeed the heavenly fire, carrying across, arisen from the immortal."  
> Truly, that Sāvitra is  
> this one that burns here.  
> "Come, know me,"  
> thus indeed he said to him then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya~en-mt-r.3.10.9.1) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (4)

- [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇakāṭhakabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya!bhatta-bhaskara-misra-cikaedamandana.6.23) — Bhaṭṭa Bhāskara Miśra Cikāeḍamaṇḍana, Sanskrit
- [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya!sayana.204.3.16) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya!taittiriyabrahmanatika.81.1) — Sanskrit
- [Jñānayajña on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (Bhaṭṭabhāskara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya!bhattabhaskara) — Bhaṭṭabhāskara Miśra, Sanskrit

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