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Black Yajur-Veda: Taittiriya-Pratisakhya
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Verse: 1    atʰa varṇaviśeṣotpattiḥ //
   Now for the origin of the differences of articulate sounds.

Verse: 2    anupradānātsam̐sargātstʰānātkaraṇavinyayāt / jāyate varṇavaiśeṣyaṃ parimāṇācca pañcamād iti //
   The differentiation of articulate sounds arises from emission, closure, position, disposition of producing organ, and, fifthly, from quantity.

Verse: 3    varṇapr̥ktaḥ śabdo vāca utpattiḥ //
   Sound combined with articulation is the orgin of voice.

Verse: 4    sapta vāca stʰānāni bʰavanti //
   Of voice, there are seven qualities.

Verse: 5    upām̐śudʰvānanimadopabdimanmandramadʰyamatārāṇi //
   Namely, inaudible, murmur, whisper, mumbling, soft, middle, and loud.

Verse: 6    karaṇavadaśabdamamanaḥprayogamupām̐śu //
   "Inaudible" is without sound, without application of mind, but with articulating action.

Verse: 7    akṣaravyañjanānāmanupalabdʰirdʰvānaḥ //
   "Murmur" is inaudibleness of syllables and consonants.

Verse: 8    upalabdʰirnimadaḥ //
   "Whisper" is their audibleness.

Verse: 9    saśabdamupabdimat //
   "Mumbling" is the same, with sound.

Verse: 10    urasi mandraṃ kaṇṭhe madʰyamam̐ śirasi tāram //
   "Soft" is in the chest, "middle" in the throat, "loud" in the head.

Verse: 11    mandrādiṣu triṣuṃ stʰāneṣu saptasapta yamāḥ //
   In the three qualities beginning with "soft," there are seven tones each.

Verse: 12    kr̥ṣṭapratʰamadvitīyatr̥tīyacaturtʰamandrātisvāryāḥ //
   Namely, kr̥ṣṭa, first, second, third, fourth, mandra, and atisvārya.

Verse: 13    teṣāṃ dīptijopalabdʰiḥ //
   Of these, the perception is born of brightness.

Verse: 14    dvitīyapratʰamakr̥ṣṭāstraya āhvārakasvarāḥ //
   "Second," "first," and kr̥ṣṭa are the three tones of the āhvārakas.

Verse: 15    mandrādayo dvitīyāntāścatvārastaittirīyakāḥ //
   The four beginning with mandra and ending with "second" are those of the taittirīyas.

Verse: 16    dvitīyānmandrastaittirīyāṇāṃ tr̥tīyacaturtʰāvanantaraṃ taccaturyamamityācakṣate //
   According to the taittirīyas, the mandra proceeds from the "second," and the "third" and "fourth" come next after: this they style the tone-quaternion.

Verse: 17    tasmindviyamāntarā vr̥ttiḥ //
   In it, progression is by intervals of two tones.

Verse: 18    tāmupadekṣyāmaḥ //
   That progression we will set forth.

Verse: 19    taccaturyamamityuktam //
   That is what is called the quaternion of tones.

Verse: 20    kramivakramasaṃpannāmadrutāmavilambitām / nīcoccasvārasaṃpannāṃ vadeddʰr̥tavatīm̐ samāṃ vadeddʰr̥tavatīm̐ samāmiti //
   It must be uttered with krama and vikrama, not hurried, not delayed, with grave, acute, and circumflex accent, with pracaya, and even.

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