Swaveda

Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 36

Adhyāya 36: Pravargya

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

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    Refuge I take in Speech as Rich ; refuge in Mind as Yajus- text; refugjBi in Breath as S&ina-chaut ; refuge in Hearing and in Sight.

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    £arth ! Erher ! Heaven ! May we attain that excellent, etc., as in III. 35.

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    What genuine, etc., as in XXVII. 40.

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    Do thou who art, eto., as in XXVII. 41.

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    Hero, with what aid dost thou delight us, with what

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    Indra is king of all (hat is : may weal attend our bipeds and

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    Gracious be Mitra unto us, and Varuna and Aryaman ; Indra, Brihaspati be kind, and Vishnu of the mighty stride.

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    Pleasantly blow the wind for us, may S^rya warm us plea-

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    May days pass pleasantly for us, may nights draw neaf* de-

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    May the celestial Waters, our helpers, be sweet for us to dribk, And flow with health and strength to us.

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    Pleanant be thou to us, O £aitb, etc., as in XXXV. 21.

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    Ye, Waters, are, etc., as iu XI. 50.

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    Give us a portion, etc., as iu XL 51,

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    To jo« we gladly come, etc., as in XI. 5?.

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    Sky alleviatioD, Air aUeviation^ £)artb alleviation. Plants

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    Caldron, strengthen me. May all beings regard me witb the

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    Do thou, Caldron, strengthen n^. Long may I live to

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    Qbeisance to thy w^iith apd glow, etc.» as in XXII. 11.

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    Homage to thee the lightning flash, homage to tbee the

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    From whatsoever trouble thou desirest, give U4 safety tbence. Qive to our oiiildreu happiaetut and to our beasts security.

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    To us let Waters and let Plants be frieudly, etc., aa in Vi. 22,

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    Through hundred autumns may we see that bright £ye, God-

Commentary

Adhyāya 36 of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā (White / Śukla Yajurveda), Mādhyandina recension. 22 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.