Yajurveda (White / Śukla) · Chapter 38
Adhyāya 38: Pravargya, continued
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1899, *The Texts of the White Yajurveda*, public domain), 1899. Public domain.
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By tmt>u1se of God Slavitat* I take thee with arms of Aflivins^ ^ with the hands of Pushan. A zone for Aditi att thoa.
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In the first liue he calls the cow by her three sacrificial names. Of. III. 27 ; VIII. 43, note. In the second line he calls her three times by her ordinary name, White, Dapple, or whatever it may be, which is to be supplied accordingly.
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Id4, come hither. Aditi, oome hither. Sarasvatt, come hither.
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He milks the cow, addressing the milk. What belongs to Indra : milk that drops on the ground, regarded as a sacrificial offering.
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He addressee the Part slsa, a duplex implement, probably like a pair of tongs, with which the caldron is lifted from the fire. One leg is said to he CKyAtra metre, and the other Trishtup. Thee : the Mah&vtra, represent- ing the Sun.
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Thee with Svlhi to V&ta the sea. Thee with Sv&h& to Y^ta - the flood.
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Thee with Svdha to Indra Lord of Vasut. Thee with SvaLlia
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Sv^hH to Yama attended by the Angirases, attended bj the
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Lay thou: the Mah&vira is addressed.
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//tift v!*o dru/wtth o%U the tkrem^ : or web, of time, the Sun. aoooidlnff to Mahldhara.
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The Gharma have the Asvius drunk: with Heaven and £arth have they agreed. Here, verily, be their boons bestowed, y 14 Overflow for food. Overflow for energy. Overflow for the Priesthood. Ovei-flow for the Nolnlity. Ovei-flow for Heaven and Earth. Thou, duteous cue, art Duty. In-
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Innocent one: here the Caldron is placed on the hhara w bed of earth prepared to receive it
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He anoints the Mahftvlra with sacrificial butter, and offers oblation. PHihan : reprei»ented by the Mahftvlra. The milk't ikin : raised hy boiliog ou the contents of the Mah&vtra. Of. XXXIX. 6.
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All-hail to Rudra invoked by worshippers! All-hail! Let
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Thy far-spread majesty, instinct with wi&dom, hath surpas-
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Thee: the Ghurma or Mahlvlra ; we follow, beinjc understood. The Sacrificer's wife is brought in and stationed in front of the Gharma.
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S(|nare, fat^ spread is the sriciifice's navel t it Bpreads for us A/ wide, full of ail existence, s^neudti wide for utt full of
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Repeated, with vanation, from 11. 14.
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The taiomf Stallion \ the Caldron representing th«* Sun. Togtiker vntk i . equally with ; as brilliantly as. The iea : the Caldron with it6 liquid con*
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To us let Waters and let Plant* be friendly j to him who
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Looking upon the loftierli<;ht a)>ovethednrkness wehave come ToSArva> God among the Gods, the light that is most excellent^
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Loudly the tawny Stallion neighed, mighty, lilte Mitrafair to see. Together with the Sun the sea, the store shone out with (/ flashing light.
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Seven RiverB : the five rivers of the Panj&b, the Indus, and the Saria- vatt or the Knbhft. Thy cup: the draught from the caldron which the Sacrificer drinks. Unhartned: may it be unharmed, according to Mabidbara.
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The Sacrificer and the priests drink the reinaina of the oout^uts of (hi caldron.