Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 18
Adhyāya 18: Vasoradhārā
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1899, *The Texts of the White Yajurveda*, public domain), 1899. Public domain.
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rMAT my strength and my gain, aixi my iQcHoatioQ aod mj influence, and my thought and my mental power, and my praise and my fame, and my rwiown and my Kght, and my heayen prosper by sacri6oe»
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May my breathing and my out-bi-eathing, and my through-
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May my energy and my force, and ray self and my body,
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May my pre^inence and my overiordship, and my wrath
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May my truth and my faith, and my cattle and my wealth,
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May my religious rite and my immortality, and my freedom
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May my controller and my suppwter^ and my security and
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May my welfare and my comfort, and what I hold dear and
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May my vigour and my pleasantness, and my milk and my
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May my wealth and my property, and my prosperity and
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May my rice-plant« and my barley, and my beans and my
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May my stone and my clay, and my hills and my mountains,
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May mv treasure and my dwelling, and my religious service
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May my Agni and my Indra, and my Soma and my Indra,
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Ma.y my Mitra and my Indra, and my Vanina ani my Indra,
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May my earth and my Indra, and my Air and my Indra,
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May my Aipsu and my Bafmi, and my A()hipati and my
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May my Agrayaria and my Vaisvadeva, and my Dhruva and
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May my ladles and my cups, and my Y&yn vessels and my
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He offers two sets of oblations called Tajftakr^tus or 3ftcrificial Ritec with formult^ enumerating objects connected with certm speqial ceremor nies, Agrd: the Agniohayana or construction of the Fireraltar, or the XgniahVoma (Praise of Agni. See VI. 29, note). Oharma : the Caldron, re- presenting the Frayarg^a ceremony. See 22. 4rka : the offering of a cake to Indra with Arka the Sun. SHrva: tfli oblation to th%t Gkid. Pt-^na ;
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May my Agni and my Gbarma, and my Arka and my SArya, and my Prana and my Afvamedha, and my Prithivi and my Aditi, and my Diti and my Sky, and my ongers, powers, and sky^regions prosper by sacrifice,
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Enumerates the even* verted Stomas, each number after the first inoreas* inj? by four.
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May my six-year bull and my six-year cow, and my bull and my barren ooW, and my young bull and my calfnalipping oow, and my ox and my milch-cow prosper by sacrifice.
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Formulas for the Name Ltbatioo ceremony, fanciful names of the months, etc. being applied to Agai of ^hom the months are manifestations. CI. IX. 20. Strength: meaning March- April (?am ; April-May. After-born: Hty-June, and so on. Cp. IX. 20. PrajdpcUi: as Qenius of the Year. The friend: the Sacrifioer. Thee: I besprinkle and consecrate.
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He offers the Kalpa or Success Libation with formalas, containing |ht verb klfip, to sacoeed, prosper, thnve, repeated from IX. 21.
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la gain of wealth we celebrate, etc. = IX. 5.
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May our strength fill the regions seven, fill the four distant |
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May my Vow and ray seasons, and my austere devotion, and
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May my One and my TJiree, and my Three and my Five,
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May my Four and my Eight and my Twelve (and similarly
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Store milk in eai*th and milk in plants, milk in the sky and
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Thee by the radiant Savitar*s impulsion, with arms of Asvins,
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Maintainor of Law, true by nature, Ajeni is the Gandharva.
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May life succeedi through sacrifice. May life-breath thrive by sacrifice. May the eye thrive by sacrifice. May the ear thrive by sacrifice. May the voice thrive by sacrifice. May the mind thrive by sacrifice. May the self thrive by sacrifice. May Brahma thrive by sacrifice. May light succeed by sacrifice. May heaven succeed by sacrifice.
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The Highlx - Blessed, the Moon whose luys are like the Snn*«,
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The Quick, All-i-eaching, Wind is the Gandharva. The
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The Protecting, Strong- winged. Sacrifice is the Gatidhnrva,
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The Lord of Creatures, Oinnific, Mind is the Gandharva.
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liord of the World, Prajj^pati, whose are the homes ahove
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Thou art the vapoury sea tliat giveth moisture. Blow ou
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Thy lights, Agui, in the Sun, etc., as in XIII. 22.
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Lights of yours in the Sun, Gods, etc., as in XIII. 23.
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Give lustre to our holy pneste, set lustre in omf HiHog chiefs : Lustre to Vaisyas, Silkdras : give^ through lustre; lustrie unto
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I ask this of thee with mj prayer, adoring : thy worshipper
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Heaven-like is Warmth, Hail \ Heaten-like is Arka, Hatl !
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I yoke with power and flowing butter Agni, ditine, stromg-
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With these thy two ne'er-Wasting feathered pinions where-
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The Drop, the powerful, the falcon, righteous, impetaons
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Centre of earth, heaven's head art thou, essence of waters
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Attached thou standest at the head of all the world. Thy
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Bj Bhrigns and hj Vasus hath prayer-granting sacrifice
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May Agni, served with sacrifice and gifts, protect our offered
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He offera eight oblations with the dipping-spoon, With a formula for each. A neient RishU : identified with the Vital Airs. The priests are ad- dressed and told to follow sacrifice, from Whatever source it may have origin- ated, to the heaven, where the first- born Aishis, the earliest existences, are dwelling.
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To thee I trust this man, Celestial Dwelling ! treasure which
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Acknowledge him, ye Gods, in highest heaven. Ye who are
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Wake up, Agni, etc., as in XV. 84.
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Cdrivey our sacrifice to heaven, etc*, fls itl XV. 56.
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With Darbha-bunoh, with fencingj-wood, with spoon, with
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Our gifts, our charitable grants, our pious #orks, our fees to
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There wheie all never-failiug streams of honey and of butter
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Agni am t who know by birth all creatares. Mine eye is
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Praise-verses, sacrificial texts, and chanted hymns am I in nani,e. Thi»u art the best of all the Fires among the fivefold race
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That which hath flowed from purpose or from judgment, or
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Thou, Indra, much-invoked, di<l8t crush to pieces, Kunslrii,
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India, beat our foes away, etc , as in VIIL 44.
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Like some dread wild beast roaujing on the mountain thoa
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To aid us let Vaisvanara come from the distance far away : Come Agiii, to our eulogies !
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Sought in the sky, sought on the earth, sought after, all
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Help lis th.it we may ;^ain this wish, Agni, gain riches.
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Approaching with raised hands and adoration, we have this
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ffome-kider : that is, who frequently changes his dwelKng-plftce.
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Guard thou the Sacriflcer's men, Youthfullest, etc., as in XIII. 52.
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This day come all the Maruts, all to aid us 1 Let all the fired be thoroughly enkindled. May the All-Gods come hither with protection. May we possess all property aiid riches.
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To strength, Hail 1 To Gain, Hail ! To After-born, Hail ! To Power, Hail I To Vasu, Hail ! To the Loidof Days, Hail 1 To the Failing Day, Hail 1 To the Failing Sprung from the Transitory, Hail 1 To the Transitory sprung from the final, Hail 1 To the Final Mundane, Hail 1 To the Lord of the World, Hail 1 To the Sovran Lord, Hail ! To Praja-