Swaveda

Translation

Yajurveda (White / Śukla)शुक्ल यजुर्वेद

By Multiple Vedic ṛṣis (oral tradition). Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1899. Public domain.

The Veda of sacrificial formulas. The 'White' (Śukla) recension of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā contains mantras and prose passages used in Vedic ritual. The Black (Kṛṣṇa) Yajurveda — a separate recension with interspersed commentary — is not included in this translation.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Adhyāya 1: Darśapūrṇamāsa — New and Full Moon sacrifices

  2. Chapter 2

    Adhyāya 2: Darśapūrṇamāsa, continued

  3. Chapter 3

    Adhyāya 3: Agnihotra and Cāturmāsya

  4. Chapter 4

    Adhyāya 4: Soma Sacrifice — preparation

  5. Chapter 5

    Adhyāya 5: Soma Sacrifice — Agniṣṭoma

  6. Chapter 6

    Adhyāya 6: Soma Sacrifice, continued

  7. Chapter 7

    Adhyāya 7: Soma Sacrifice, continued

  8. Chapter 8

    Adhyāya 8: Soma Sacrifice, continued

  9. Chapter 9

    Adhyāya 9: Vājapeya and Rājasūya

  10. Chapter 10

    Adhyāya 10: Rājasūya, continued

  11. Chapter 11

    Adhyāya 11: Agnicayana — fire-altar construction (1)

  12. Chapter 12

    Adhyāya 12: Agnicayana, continued

  13. Chapter 13

    Adhyāya 13: Agnicayana, continued

  14. Chapter 14

    Adhyāya 14: Agnicayana, continued

  15. Chapter 15

    Adhyāya 15: Agnicayana, continued

  16. Chapter 16

    Adhyāya 16: Śatarudriya — hundred-fold hymn to Rudra

  17. Chapter 17

    Adhyāya 17: Agnicayana, continued

  18. Chapter 18

    Adhyāya 18: Vasoradhārā

  19. Chapter 19

    Adhyāya 19: Sautrāmaṇī

  20. Chapter 20

    Adhyāya 20: Sautrāmaṇī, continued

  21. Chapter 21

    Adhyāya 21: Sautrāmaṇī, continued

  22. Chapter 22

    Adhyāya 22: Aśvamedha — horse sacrifice

  23. Chapter 23

    Adhyāya 23: Aśvamedha, continued

  24. Chapter 24

    Adhyāya 24: Aśvamedha, continued

  25. Chapter 25

    Adhyāya 25: Aśvamedha, continued

  26. Chapter 26

    Adhyāya 26: Khilakāṇḍa (supplementary chapter)

  27. Chapter 27

    Adhyāya 27: Khilakāṇḍa, continued

  28. Chapter 28

    Adhyāya 28: Khilakāṇḍa, continued

  29. Chapter 29

    Adhyāya 29: Khilakāṇḍa, continued

  30. Chapter 30

    Adhyāya 30: Puruṣamedha — symbolic human sacrifice

  31. Chapter 31

    Adhyāya 31: Puruṣasūkta and related hymns

  32. Chapter 32

    Adhyāya 32: Sarvamedha (philosophical)

  33. Chapter 33

    Adhyāya 33: Sarvamedha, continued

  34. Chapter 34

    Adhyāya 34: Śivasaṃkalpa Upaniṣad

  35. Chapter 35

    Adhyāya 35: Pitṛmedha — funeral verses

  36. Chapter 36

    Adhyāya 36: Pravargya

  37. Chapter 37

    Adhyāya 37: Pravargya, continued

  38. Chapter 38

    Adhyāya 38: Pravargya, continued

  39. Chapter 39

    Adhyāya 39: Pravargya, continued

  40. Chapter 40

    Adhyāya 40: Īśā Upaniṣad