Swaveda

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

Commentary

Adhyāya 1 of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (White / Śukla Yajurveda), Mādhyandina recension. 31 verses parsed from Griffith's 1899 English translation. The Yajurveda compiles mantras and ritual prose for sacrificial performance; the Black (Kṛṣṇa) recension — which interleaves brāhmaṇa-style commentary with the mantras — is a separate text not included here.