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Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 26

Adhyāya 26: Khilakāṇḍa (supplementary chapter)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1899, *The Texts of the White Yajurveda*, public domain), 1899. Public domain.

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    Agni and Prithivi, closely connected, may they bring low for me the boon I mention.

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    Arya: the Vaisya, the man of the people, the agriculturist and trader, of the third class Be tJuU: the special boon prayed for, wealth, kine, sons, or wliatever it may be, is to be declared when the formula is used.

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    Taken from R V. XI. 23. 15. Thefoeman: the ungodly man of alien creed. Son of Law: who ha«t thy being in uccurdance with riia. Right, Truth, or eternal Law and Order. Taken upon a hu^ne : A. H« addri»ses tha cup of Soma juice \irhich he. takes draw* for Brihaspati.

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    Come hither, Indra, rich in kine ! Drink Soma, Lord of Hundred Powers, Effused by braying pressing-stones.

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    Indra, Vritra-slayer, come. Drink Soma, Lord of Hun-

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    Vaisv^nara the righteous One, the Lord of sacrifice and light. The heat that wasteth not, we seek.

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    Still in Vaisvanara's grace may we continue : yea, he is

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    Hitherward come Vaisv&nara to succour us from far away, Agni through laud that brings him near!

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    Agni is Pavamana, Sage, the Tribe-Priest of the Races Five: To him of mighty wealth we pray.

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    May mighty Indra, thunder-armed, may Shodasi protect us

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    As cows low to their calves in stalls so with our sMigs we

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    Agni's is the moat fetching song. Shine mightily, thou rich

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    Come, here, Agni, will I sing rerij^ other songs to thie,

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    There where the mountains downward slope, there by the

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    High is thy juice's brth: though set in heayen, on earth it

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    Finder of room and freedom, flow for Jndra, meet for worship,

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    Striving to win, with him we gain all wealth of the ungodly

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    O Agni, bring thou hitherward the yearning Consorts of tke^ Gods,

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    Taken from R T, I. 16. 9. WU\ the RUut: with tht deified Seasoiw; or in due season, a* above. Wealtk-giver : Agni. ,

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    Come unto us, ye swift to listen', as at home, upoa the

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    In sweetest and most gladdening stream flow pure, Soma,

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    Fiend-quell er. Friend of all men, he hath in the vat attained

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    Taken from R V. IX. 1. 1, with a alight variation. Iron fanhioned home : receptacle that has been hammered or formed with a tool of ayat^ iron or perhaps bronze.

Commentary

Adhyāya 26 of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (White / Śukla Yajurveda), Mādhyandina recension. 23 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.