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White Yajurveda, Book IIशुक्लयजुर्वेद अध्याय २
34 verses. Sanskrit beside Ralph T. H. Griffith’s English (1899).
Sanskrit source · English source
Where a verse number appears on one side only, the two editions divide the text differently: Griffith sometimes joins two verses, abridges a repeated passage, or leaves a passage untranslated (shown in his text by rows of dots), and a few verse numbers are missing from the Sanskrit transcription.
Verse: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Sanskrit
वेदिर् असि बर्हिषे त्वा जुष्टां प्रोक्षामि ।
बर्हिर् असि स्रुग्भ्यस् त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि ॥
English Griffith 1899
THOU art a black-buck dwelling in the covert. I sprinkle
thee agreeable to Agni.
Thou art the altar. Thee welcome to the sacred grass I
sprinkle.
Thou art the sacred covering-grass. I sprinkle thee grateful
to the sacrificial ladles.
Sanskrit
विष्णो स्तुपो ऽसि ।
ऊर्णम्रदसं त्वा स्तृणामि स्वासस्थां देवेभ्यः ।
भुवपतये स्वाहा ।
भुवनपतये स्वाहा ।
भूतानां पतये स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou art what giveth Aditi her moisture. Thou art the
hair-tuft on the head of Vishnu. I spread thee, wool-soft,
good for Gods to sit on.
Hail to the Earth's Lord! To the World's Lord Hail! Hail
to the Lord of Beings!
Sanskrit
इन्द्रस्य बाहुर् असि दक्षिणो विश्वस्यारिष्ट्यै यजमानस्य परिधिर् अस्य् अग्निर् इड ऽ ईडितः ।
मित्रावरुणौ त्वोत्तरतः परि धत्तां ध्रुवेण धर्मणा विश्वस्यारिष्ट्यै यजमानस्य परिधिर् अस्य् अग्निर् इड ऽ ईडितः ॥
English Griffith 1899
For safety of this all let the Gandharva Visvâvasu lay thee
round as a protection. Thou art the Sacrificer's guard,
thou, Agni, lauded and worthy to receive laudation.
Indra's right arm art thou. For safety . . . . . . laudation.
For safety of This Ail, with firm law, northward let Mitra.
Varuna lay thee round as keeper. Thou art the Sacrificer's
guard . . . . . . laudation.
Sanskrit
अग्ने बृहन्तम् अध्वरे ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thee, Sage, who offerest to Gods their banquet, we will
enkindle till thou shinest brightly, thee mighty in the
sacrifice, O Agni.
Sanskrit
सूर्यस् त्वा पुरस्तात् पातु कस्याश् चिद् अभिशस्त्यै ।
सवितुर् बाहू स्थः ।
ऽ ऊर्णम्रदसं त्वा स्तृणामि स्वासस्थं देवेभ्यः ।
ऽ आ त्वा वसवो रुद्रा ऽ आदित्याः सदन्तु ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou art a kindler. From the east let Sûrya keep thee
secure from every imprecation.
You are the arms of Savitar. I spread thee as soft as wool,
good for the Gods to sit on. On thee sit Vasus, Rudras,
and Âdityas!
Sanskrit
घृताच्य् अस्य् उपभृन् नाम्ना सेदं प्रियेण धाम्ना प्रियꣳ सद ऽ आ सीद ।
घृताच्य् असि ध्रुवा नाम्ना सेदं प्रियेण धाम्ना प्रियꣳ सदऽ आ सीद ।
प्रियेण धाम्ना प्रियꣳ सद ऽआ सीद ।
ध्रुवा ऽ असदन्न् ऋतस्य योनौ ता विष्णो पाहि ।
पाहि यज्ञं ।
पाहि यज्ञपतिम् ।
पाहि मां यज्ञन्यम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou who art called Juhû art rich in fatness. On this dear
seat, with the dear home, be seated.
Thou, Upabhrit by name, art rich in fatness. On this . . . . . . . .
be seated.
Thou who art called Dhruvâ, art rich in fatness. On this, etc.
In the Law's lap they have sat down in safety
Guard these. Guard thou the Sacrifice, O Vishnu. Keep
thou the Sacrifice's Lord in safety.
Sanskrit
नमो देवेभ्यः ।
स्वधा पितृभ्यः ।
सुयमे मे भूयास्तम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
O Agni, Winner of the Spoil, I cleanse thee, thee who wilt
hasten to the spoil, Spoil-winner.
Obeisance to the Gods! Svadhâ to Fathers! Be both of you
easy for me to handle.
Sanskrit
अङ्घ्रिणा विष्णो मा त्वाव क्रमिषम् ।
वसुमतीम् अग्ने ते छायाम् उप स्थेषं विष्णो स्थानम् असि ।
इत ऽ इन्द्रो वीर्यम् अकृणोद् ऊर्ध्वो ध्वर ऽआस्थात् ॥
English Griffith 1899
May I to-day offer Gods unspilt butter. Let me not with
my foot offend thee, Vishnu.
Agni, may I approach thy shade abounding in store of riches.
Thou art Vishnu's mansion,
Hence Indra wrought his deed of manly vigour. The sacrifice
stood firmly elevated.
Sanskrit
अवतां त्वां द्यावापृथिवी ।
ऽअव त्वं द्यावापृथिवी स्विष्टकृद् देवेभ्यो इन्द्रऽ आज्येन हविषा भूत् स्वाहा ।
सं ज्योतिषा ज्योतिः ॥
English Griffith 1899
O Agni, undertake the Hotar's office, take on thyself the
duty of an envoy.
Heaven and Earth guard thee! Guard thou Earth and Heaven.
May Indra be, by this presented butter, maker to Gods of
fair oblation. Svâhâ! Let light combine with light.
Sanskrit
अस्माकꣳ सन्त्व् आशिषः सत्या नः सन्त्व् आशिषः ।
ऽउपहूता पृथिवी मातोप मां पृथिवी माता ह्वयताम् ।
अग्निर् आग्नीध्रात् स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Indra bestow on me that Indra-power! May wealth in full
abundance gather round us. Let blessings wait on us,
yea, real blessings.
Our Mother, Earth, hath been invited hither. May Earth,
our Mother, in return invite us. I, through my Kindlership,
am Agni. Svâhâ!
Sanskrit
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे ऽश्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् ।
प्रति गृह्णामि ।
अग्नेष् ट्वास्येन प्राश्नामि ॥
English Griffith 1899
The Father Heaven hath been invited hither. May Heaven
the Father in return invite us.
By impulse of God Savitar I receive thee with arms of
Asvins, with the hands of Pûshan. I feed upon thee
with the mouth of Agni.
Sanskrit
तेन यज्ञम् अव तेन यज्ञपतिं तेन माम् अव ॥
English Griffith 1899
God Savitar, this sacrifice of thine have they proclaimed
unto Brihaspati the Brahman Priest.
Therefore protect the sacrifice, protect the sacrifice's lord,
protect thou me.
Sanskrit
अरिष्टं यज्ञꣳ सम् इमं दधातु विश्वे देवासऽ इह मादयन्ताम् ओ3ं प्र तिष्ठ ॥
English Griffith 1899
The butter's rapid flow delight his spirit! Brihaspati extend
this act of worship. May he restore the sacrifice uninjured.
Here let all Gods rejoice. OM! Step thou forward.
Sanskrit
वर्धिषीमहि च वयम् आ च प्यासिषीमहि ।
अग्ने वाजजिद् वाजं त्वा ससृवाꣳसं वाजजितꣳ सं मार्ज्मि ॥
English Griffith 1899
This is the stick for kindling thee, O Agni. By means of
this grow strong and swell to greatness. May we too grow
in strength and swell to greatness.
O Agni, thou who winnest food, I cleanse thee, thee who
hast hastened to the food, Food-winner.
Sanskrit
अग्नीषोमौ तम् अपनुदतां योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मो वाजस्यैनं प्रसवेनापोहामि ।
इन्द्राग्न्योर् उज्जितिम् अनूज्जेषं वाजस्य मा प्रसवेन प्रोहामि ।
इन्द्राग्नी तम् अप नुदतां यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मो वाजस्यैनं प्रसवेनापोहामि ॥
English Griffith 1899
After the victory of Agni Soma may I obtain the victory.
By impulse of sacrificial food I speed me onward.
May Agni-Soma drive off him who hates us, drive off the
man whom we detest. By impulse of sacrificial food away
I drive him.
After the victory of Indra-Agni may I obtain the victory.
By impulse of sacrificial food I speed me forward.
May Indra-Agni . . . . . . I drive him.
Sanskrit
रुद्रेभ्यस् त्वा ।
आदित्येभ्यस् त्वा ।
सं जानाथां द्यावापृथिवी ।
मित्रावरुणौ त्वा वृष्ट्यावताम् ।
व्यन्तु वयो क्तꣳ रिहाणाः ।
मरुतां पृषतीर् गच्छ वशा पृश्निर् भूत्वा दिवं गच्छ ततो नो वृष्टिम् आ वह ।
चक्षुष्पा ऽअग्ने ऽसि चक्षुर् मे पाहि ॥
English Griffith 1899
For Vasus thee. For Rudras thee. Thee for Âdityas.
Be, Heaven and Earth, accordant with each other. With
rain may Mitra-Varuna assist thee.
May the birds go, licking what is anointed.
Go to the Maruts’ speckled mares. Go, having become a
speckled cow thyself, to heaven, and from that place bring
the rain for us hither.
Thou art the eye's guard: guard mine eye, O Agni.
I7 The stick which thou, God Agni, laidest round thee, what
time thou wast kept hidden by the Panis, this do I bring
to thee for thine enjoyment. May it remain with thee
and ne’er be fruitless.
Approach, ye two, the place which Agni loveth.
Sanskrit
तं तऽ एतम् अनु जोषं भराम्य् नेत् त्वद् अपचेतयातै ।
ऽअग्नेः प्रियं पाथोऽपीतम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
No separate verse 17 in Griffith’s English.
Sanskrit
इमां वाचम् अभि विश्वे गृणन्त ऽआसद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयध्वम् ।
स्वाहा वाट् ॥
English Griffith 1899
The residue ye have to be your portion, mighty by food, ye
Gods, ye who are stationed on the grass-bunch, and to be
laid as fences.
All ye, applauding this my speech, be seated on this grass-bunch
and there be joyful. Svâhâ! Vât!
Sanskrit
यज्ञ नमश् च तऽ उप च यज्ञस्य शिवे सं तिष्ठस्व स्विष्टे मे संतिष्ठस्व ॥
English Griffith 1899
Rich in oil are ye. Guard the two yoke-fellows. Ye two
are full of grace, to grace conduct me.
Glory to thee, O Sacrifice, and increase! Stand firm in my
auspicious, righteous worship.
Sanskrit
पाहि प्रसित्यै ।
पाहि दुरिष्ट्यै ।
पाहि दुरद्मन्याऽ अविषं नः पितुं कृणु ।
सुषदा योनौ स्वाहा वाट् ।
अग्नये संवेशपतये स्वाहा ।
सरस्वत्यै यशोभगिन्यै स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
O Agni of unweakened strength, far-reaching, protect me
from the lightning-flash, protect me from bondage. from
defect in sacrificing, from food injurious to health protect
me.
Make thou the food that feeds us free from poison in the
home good to sit in. Svâhâ! Vât!
Hail to the Lord of close embracements, Agni! Hail to Sarasvatî
enriched with glory!
Sanskrit
देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुम् इत ।
मनसस् पतऽ इमं देव यज्ञꣳ स्वाहा वाते धाः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Veda art thou, whereby, O godlike Veda, thou hast become
for Deities their Veda: thereby mayst thou become for
me a Veda.
O Deities, ye knowers of the Pathway, walk on the pathway
having known the Pathway.
God, Lord of Spirit, hail! bestow upon the Wind this sacrifice.
Sanskrit
सम् इन्द्रो विश्वदेवेभिर् अङ्क्तां दिव्यं नभो गच्छतु यत् स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Blest be the Grass with sacred food and butter. Let Indra
be united with the Âdityas, the Vasus, Maruts, and the
Visvedevas. Let Svâhâ-offerings rise to heavenly ether.
Sanskrit
पोषाय ।
रक्षसां भागो ऽसि ॥
English Griffith 1899
Who liberates thee from the yoke? He frees thee. For whom?
For him he looses thee. For plenty.
Thou art the Râkshasas’ allotted portion.
Sanskrit
त्वष्टा सुदत्रो वि दधातु रायोऽ नुमार्ष्टु तन्वो यद् विलिष्टम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
We have combined with lustre, vigour, bodies; we have
united with the blessèd spirit. May Tvashtar, bounteous
giver, grant us riches, and clear each fault and blemish
from the body.
Sanskrit
अन्तरिक्षे विष्णुर् व्यक्रꣳस्त जागतेन छन्दसा ततो निर्भक्तो योऽ स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः ।
पृथिव्यां विष्णुर् व्यक्रꣳस्त जागतेन छन्दसा ततो निर्भक्तो यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः ।
अस्माद् ऽअन्नादस्यै प्रतिष्ठायै ।
ऽ अगन्म स्वः ।
सं ज्योतिषाभूम ॥
English Griffith 1899
By Jagatî metre in the sky strode Vishnu. Therefrom excluded
is the man who hates us and whom we detest.
By Trishtup metre in the air strode Vishnu. Therefrom, etc.
By Gâyatrî upon the earth strode Vishnu. Therefrom, etc.
From this food From this resting-place excluded.
We have reached heaven. We have combined with lustre.
Sanskrit
सूर्यस्यावृतम् अन्व् आवर्ते ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou, noblest ray of light, art Self-existent. Giver art thou
of splendour. Give me splendour.
I move along the path that Sûrya travels.
Sanskrit
अस्थूरि णौ गार्हपत्यानि सन्तु शतꣳ हिमाः ।
सूर्यस्यावृतम् अन्व् आवर्ते ॥
English Griffith 1899
Agni, may I become a good householder, through thee,
Home-master, O Householder Agni. Mayst thou become
an excellent Householder through me the master of the
house, O Agni.
Through hundred winters may our household matters—not
like a one-ox car—be smoothly managed.
I move along the path that Sûrya travels.
Sanskrit
इदम् अहं यऽ एवाऽस्मि सोऽस्मि ॥
English Griffith 1899
I have performed the vow, Lord of Vows, Agni! Full power
was mine, and it has proved successful.
Now am I he I truly am, no other.
Sanskrit
सोमाय पितृमते स्वाहा ।
अपहता ऽ असुरा रक्षाꣳसि वेदिषदः ॥
English Griffith 1899
To Agni Hail! who bears gifts due to Sages. To Soma Hail!
accompanied by Fathers.
Expelled are Asuras and fiends who sate upon the covering
grass.
Sanskrit
परापुरो निपुरो ये भरन्त्य् अग्निष्टाँन् लोकात् प्र णुदात्य् अस्मात् ॥
English Griffith 1899
The Asuras, attracted by oblation, who roam at will assuming
varied figures, from this our world may Agni drive
them, whether they clothe themselves in large or little
bodies.
Sanskrit
अमीमदन्त पितरो यथाभागम् आ वृषायिषत ॥
English Griffith 1899
O Fathers, here enjoy yourselves. Come hither, like bulls,
come each to his allotted portion.
The Fathers have enjoyed themselves, and hither, like bulls,
come each to his allotted portion.
Sanskrit
English Griffith 1899
Obeisance to your genial sap, O Fathers! Fathers, obeisance
unto you for Ardour! Fathers, obeisance Onto you for
Svadhâ! Obeisance unto you for Life, O Fathers!
Fathers, to you obeisance for the Awful! Fathers, obeisance
unto you for Passion! O Fathers, unto you be adoration.
Bestow upon us houses, O ye Fathers, what is ours, O
Fathers, will we give you. With this your raiment clothe
yourselves, O Fathers.
Sanskrit
यथेह पुरुषो ऽसत् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Fathers, bestow on me a babe, a boy enwreathed with
lotuses, so that there may be here a man.
Sanskrit
स्वधा स्थ तर्पयत मे पितॄन् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Bearers of vigour and immortal fatness, milk and sweet beverage
and foaming liquor, ye are a freshening draught.
Delight my Fathers.