Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 1
Adhyāya 1: Darśapūrṇamāsa — New and Full Moon sacrifices
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1899, *The Texts of the White Yajurveda*, public domain), 1899. Public domain.
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Thbe for food. Tbee for vigour. Ye are breezes.
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Strainer of Vasu art thou. Thou ar^ hearea Earth art thou. Thou art Maltarisvan's caldroo. Thou art the All-container. Stand thoa firmly, seonre by Law Supreme, and do not totter. Nor be thy Lord of Sacrifice unsteady, a Thou art the strainer, hundred-streamed^ of Vasu. Thou
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Purify thee : the milk which is to be used in the Agnihotra sacrifice.
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Which didst thou milk 1 This is the cow Visv&yu. This.
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I will observe the vow. Lord of Vows, Agni t May I have
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Who is it that unites thee % He unitea thea For what
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ScorGhed are the fiends, scorched the malignant beings.
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Thou art the yoke. Injure thou him who injures. Harm
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Thou art unbent, receiver of oblations. Stand ' fittnly in thy
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By impuke : prwm, Sawtar: the Impeller and Yivifier. Afvine / twin Light-Gkxls, heralds of Dawn, who are the Adhvaryus of the Oods. PMan: a solar Deity who destributes their respective portions to the^ Gods. Thee : the rice. Agni and the dual Deity Agni-8oma are mentioned because an unaddreased ob&tion would cause doubt and contentipn among the Gods.
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Thee for abundance, not for evil spirit. May mine eye look upon the light of heaven.
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Ye two are strainers that belong to Vishnu, By Savi tar's.
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Indra elected you in fight with Vritra: in fight with Vritra
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Giver art thou of happiness. Rejected are fiends, rejected
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Body of Agni art thou, the releaser of speech. I seize thee
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Thou art a cock whose tongue is sweet with honey. Call to
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Bold art thou. Cast away the Corpse-consumer. Drive off
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Agni, do thou accept our holy service.
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Oi?er of happiness art thou. Rejected are fiends, rejected
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Grain art thou. Please the Gods. Thee for in-breathing*
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By impulse of God Savitar I strew thee, with arms of Asvins,
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For generation's sake I join thee. This is Agni's. This Agni-
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Fear not. Shrink not. Let not the sacrifice be languid, not
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By impuhe' of God Savitar I take thee, with arms of Afivins,
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Earth, whereon men serve the Gods with worship, let me
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May I drive Araru away from Earth, the seat of men's obla-
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I with the metre G&yatri enclose thee. I lay the Trishtup
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Before the oruel foe's secret departure, Mighty One, raising
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Scorched are the demons, scorched the eyil beings. Burnt
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A zone for Aditi art thou. Pervader of Vishnu art thou.
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By Savitar's impulsion do I cleanse thee, with flawless