Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 37
Adhyāya 37: Pravargya, continued
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1899, *The Texts of the White Yajurveda*, public domain), 1899. Public domain.
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Heaven and BArth : the Adhvarya takes up a lump of clay, the moisture of which represents the Vapoury heaven, and the earthy portion th« earth. The head of Makha : according to the legend related in the ^ ttapatha and Pafichaviinsa Br^hmanas, Makha (who appeurs as a malignant demon in B. V. IX.' 101, IS and perhaps X. 371.2) was attending a sacriHcial sessidn With A>;ni, Indra and other Gods who agreed to share among them any glory
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Only so Inrge was it at first. Duly may I prepare for you
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Indra's effective might are ye. Duly may I prepare for you
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May Brahmanaspati draw nigh, etc., as in XXXIIT. 89. For Makh i thee, tbee for the head of Makha, etc., as in
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Heaven and Earth divine, may I duly prepare (ot y<.u this day the head of Makha on the place of earth where the Gods sacrificed, t^'or Makha thee, thee for the head of M«kha 1 \ /4 Ye who were born Uie earliest of Greatioti, Ants divine, may
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Thee on Gods' sacrificial ground with stallion's dung I
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Thee for the True. Thee for the Good. Thee for the place of happy rest.
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For Yanaa thee. For Makha thee. For Surya's fervent ardour thee.
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Unconquerable, eastward, in Agni's overlordship, give qie life. Rich in 8on% southward, in India's overlordship give me offspring.
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They fan the fire, walk reverfiitially round the Mah&vtra, and do obeisance to it i^s the representative of the Suu.
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jiyA*; represented by the Mahft Vila, . •
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He shines on earth upholder of the sky Atid heat, the Gods'
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1 saw the Herdsman, him who never stumbles, ftpprofichiiig
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Lord of all earths, Lord of all mind, Lord of all speech,
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lliee for the heart, thee for the mind, thee for the sky, for
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Thou art our Father, father-like regard us. Obeisance be to
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May Day together with his sheen, fair-lighted with his light,