Conirihiitious Jroiii the Jaiminiya Braliinaiia. 157 



sai Aa tatra prayaycittih.^^ 9. atha yady anupasmrtat- kuta^ idam^ 

 ajanl^ ti bhur bhuvas'^ svas'' svahe 'ty ahavanlye juhavatha.s sai 

 'va tasya sarvasya ])rayagcittih.9 10. tad 3'atha cirnaih tat parvana 

 parva saiiidha3'aio bhisajyed^i evam evai 'vaiii vidvans tat sarvaiii 

 bhisaj\'aty 1- atha 3"asyai 'tad avidvan prayagcittiih '^ karoti yatha 

 clrnenai-i eirnaih saiiidadhy ac '^•^ chlrnei^ va bharam^' adhyadadh^'at^s 

 tadrk tat. 11. tasmad u liai 'vaiiividam ^9 eva^o prayaccittim karayeta. 

 12. tad ahur yad rca hotrtvam-^ kriyate yajusa "dhvaryavarii^s sam- 

 no23 'dgitho^-i 'tha kena brahmatvam kriyata iti. ana^^a trayya 

 vid3'a3e -^'' "ti ha bray at. tasmad u'^^ yam 27 eva brahmistham'-^^ man3'- 

 eta taiii brahmanaiii^s kurvTta. sa ha vava brahma ya evaiii veda. 



2. Translation. 



357. 1. Prajapati desired to procreate. He performed fervid de- 

 votions.3" 2. He desired : ' Come now, I will create a fomidation so 

 that the creatures which I shall create will firmly stand upon it,3i^ 

 not, walking- without a lirm foundation, stumble.32 He created this 

 world, the world of atsmosphere, [and] yonder world. 4. Having 

 created these three worlds he exerted himself, he thoroughl3' heated 

 them. From them thoroughl3' heated three luminous [bodies] went 

 up : Agni from the earth, Vayu from the atmosphere, Adit3'a from 

 heaven. 5. These luminous [bodies] he again heated up. From 

 them thorough^ heated three luminous [bodies] went up : the Rigveda 

 from Agni, the Yajurveda from Vayu, the Samaveda from Adit3'a. 



1 A.B.C. -ccittiritir. « x.D. -uva- » ^q j^^a * B.C. itim 



^ B.C. ajuiii. * All mss. -^a '' A.D. oin. 



* B.C. -Im- : for -va- see Wliitne\\ Gramviar, §§ 560. e and 650, b. 



" B.C. repeat tasya sarvasj^a praj-agcittih. "^ B.C. -j^a 



^' A.D. ntisaj\'ed '^ A. abhisaj-, B.C. abliisij-, D. abhisuj- 



»» B.C. -ttam >* B.C. om. '^ A.B.C, -dli^^^ i« D. chu-- 



'" This is the reading- of A and D. B.C. read liarani, CB. xi. 5. 8. 6 



garam. see tlie note below. ''^ A.D. adlij^ildrapsvat ^" B.C. -dem 



"« B.C. a 21 A.B.C. -tratv- 2- a.D. dlivaryyuba 



-5 B.C. sameno -* B.C. -tha 25 d_ vi(jye ^e a.D. a 



-" B.C. bbam -'* A. bralimisum, D. brabmisthur, B.C. brahisthani 



-** B.C. brahmanani 

 3" Deussen, Allgemcine Geschichte der Philosophic, I, 1, 1894, p. 182, ' Beide 



Vorstellung-en, die der Bebriitung und die der Selbstkasteiimg werdeii. 



wir immer gegenwartig lialten miissen, wo von dem tapas die Rede ist.' 

 ^^ I cannot parallel the accusative in this cousti'uction. 

 "- See the notes below. 



