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Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 32

Adhyāya 32: Sarvamedha (philosophical)

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

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    AoNi is That ; the Sun is That ; V&ju and diandramas are

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    All twiukliugs of the eyelid sprang from Purusha, resplend-

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    There id no counterpart of him whose glory verily is great. In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, etc. Let not him

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    This very God pervadeth all the regions ; yea, born afore-

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    Before whom naught whatever sprang to being ; who with

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    By whom the heavens are strong and earth stands firmly,

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    Two arrnkt embattled look : or peiiiaps better : To whom, supporttd by his favour, Heaven and Earth look up. See M. Milller, Yedic Hymns, Part I. pp. 2, 9. What time, etc. : repeated from XXVII. 25. He in Ait miffht : repeated from XXVII. 26.

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    The Sage beholdeth That mysterious Being wherein this

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    Knowing Eternity, may theGandharva declare that station,

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    He is our kin, our Father and Begetter : he knows all be-

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    Having encompassed round existing creatures, the worlds

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    Having gone swiftly round the e«rth and heayen, around

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    To the A88emblj*8 woudrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend

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    That wisdom which the Companies of Gods, and Fathers,

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    Varuna grant me wisdom ! grant it Agni and Prajalpati ! Wisdom may Iiidra, Vayu grant. May the Creator grant it

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    Let these the Priests and Nobles both enjoy the splendour

Commentary

Adhyāya 32 of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (White / Śukla Yajurveda), Mādhyandina recension. 16 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.