yo ha vai jyeṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca veda jyeṣṭhaś ca śreṣṭhaś ca svānāṃ bhavati | prāṇo vai jyeṣṭhaś ca śreṣṭhaś ca | jyeṣṭhaś ca śreṣṭhaś ca svānāṃ bhavati | api ca yeṣāṃ bubhūṣati | ya evaṃ veda ||
3. Breath to air and to the immortal! Then this my body ends in ashes. Om! Mind, remember! Remember thy deeds! Mind, remember! Remember thy deeds 1!
oṃ prāṇo gāyatrītyuktam | kasmātpunaḥ kāraṇātprāṇabhāvo gāyatryā na punarvāgādibhāva iti yasmājjyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca prāṇo na vāgādayo jyaiṣṭhyaśraiṣṭhyabhājaḥ | kathaṃ jyeṣṭhatvaṃ śreṣṭhatvaṃ ca prāṇasyoti tannirdidhārayiṣayedamārabhyate | athavokthayajuḥ sāmakṣattrādibhāvaiḥ prāṇasyaivopāsanamabhihitaṃ satsvapyanyeṣu cakṣurādiṣu | tatra hetumātramihā'nantaryeṇa saṃbadhyate | na punaḥ pūrvaśeṣatā | vivakṣitaṃ tu khilatvādasya kāṇḍasya pūrvatra yadanuktaṃ viśiṣṭaphalaṃ prāṇaviṣayamupāsanaṃ tadvaktavyamiti | yaḥ kaściddha vā ityāvadhāraṇarchai | yo jyeṣṭhaśreṣṭhaguṇaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ yo vedāsau bhavatyeva jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca | evaṃ phalena pralobhitaḥ sanpraśnāyāmukhībhūtastasmai cā'ha-prāṇo vai jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśceti | kathaṃ punaravagamyate prāṇo jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśceti | yasmānniṣekakāla eva śukraśoṇitasaṃmbandhaḥ prāṇādikalāpasyāviśiṣṭaḥ | tathāpi nāprāṇaṃ śukraṃ virohatīti prathamo vṛttilābhaḥ prāṇasya cakṣurādibhyaḥ | ataḥ jyeṣṭho vayasā prāṇaḥ | niṣekakāladārabhya garbhaṃ puṣyati prāṇaḥ | prāṇe hi labdhavṛttau paścāccakṣurādīnāṃ vṛttilābhaḥ | atoyuktaṃ prāṇasya jyeṣṭhatvaṃ cakṣurādiṣu | bhavati tu kaścitkule jyeṣṭho guṇahīnatvāttu na śreṣṭhaḥ | madhyamaḥ kaniṣṭho vā guṇāḍhyatvādbhavecchreṣṭho na jyeṣṭhaḥ | na tu tathehetyāha-prāṇa eva tu jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca | kathaṃ punaḥ śraiṣṭhyamavagamyate prāṇasya tadiha saṃvādenadarśayiṣyāmaḥ | sarvathāpi tu prāṇaṃ jyeṣṭhaśreṣṭhaguṇaṃ yo vedopāste sa svānāṃ jñātīnāṃ jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca bhavati |
jyeṣṭhaśreṣṭhaguṇopāsanasāmarthyātsvavyatirekeṇāpi ca yeṣāṃ madhye jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca bhaviṣyāmīti bubhūṣati bhavitumicchati teṣāmapi jyeṣṭhaśreṣṭhaprāṇadarśī jyeṣṭhaśca śreṣṭhaśca bhavati |
nanu vayenimittaṃ jyeṣṭhatvaṃ tadicchātaḥ kathaṃ bhavatītyucyate |
naiṣa doṣaḥ |
prāṇavadvṛttilābhasyaiva jyeṣṭhatvasya vivakṣitatvāt || 1 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 6,1.1;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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