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White Yajurveda, Book XXXIIशुक्लयजुर्वेद अध्याय ३२
16 verses. Sanskrit beside Ralph T. H. Griffith’s English (1899).
Verse: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Sanskrit
तद् एव शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म ता ऽ आपः स प्रजापतिः ॥
English Griffith 1899
AGNI is That; the Sun is That; Vâyu and Chandramâs are
That.
The Bright is That; Brahma is That, those Waters, that
Prajâpati.
Sanskrit
नैनमूर्ध्वं न तिर्यञ्चं न मध्ये परि जग्रभत् ॥
English Griffith 1899
All twinklings of the eyelid sprang from Purusha,
resplendent One.
No one hath comprehended him above, across, or in the
midst.
Sanskrit
हिरण्यगर्भ ऽ इत्य् एषः ।
मा मा हिꣳसीद् इत्य् एषा ।
यस्मान् न जात ऽ इत्य् एष ॥
English Griffith 1899
There is no counterpart of him whose glory verily is great.
In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, etc. Let not him
harm me, etc. Than whom there is no other born, etc.
Sanskrit
स ऽ एव जातः स जनिष्यमाणः प्रत्यङ् जनास् तिष्ठति सर्वतोमुखः ॥
English Griffith 1899
This very God pervadeth all the regions; yea, born aforetime,
in the womb he dwelleth.
He verily born and to be born hereafter meeteth his offspring,
facing all directions.
Sanskrit
प्रजापतिः प्रजया सꣳरराणस् त्रीणि ज्योतीꣳषि सचते स षोडशी ॥
English Griffith 1899
Before whom naught whatever sprang to being; who with
his presence aids all living creatures,
Prajâpati, rejoicing in his offspring, he, Shodasî, maintains
the Three great Lustres.
Sanskrit
यो ऽ अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥
English Griffith 1899
By whom the heavens are strong and earth stands firmly,
by whom light's realm and sky-vault are supported;
By whom the regions in mid-air were measured. What
God shall we adore with our oblation?
Sanskrit
यत्राधि सूर ऽ उदितो विभाति कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ।
आपो ह यद् बृहतीः ।
यश् चिद् आपः ॥
English Griffith 1899
To whom, supported by his help, two armies embattled look
while trembling in their spirit,
Where over them the risen Sun is shining. What God shall
we adore with our oblation?
What time the mighty waters, etc. He in his might surveyed, etc.
Sanskrit
तस्मिन्न् इदꣳ सं च वि चैति सर्वꣳ स ऽ ओतः प्रोतश् च विभूः प्रजासु ॥
English Griffith 1899
The Sage beholdeth That mysterious Being wherein this
All hath found one only dwelling.
Therein unites the Whole, and thence it issues: far-spread it
is the warp and woof in creatures.
Sanskrit
त्रीणि पदानि निहिता गुहास्य यस् तानि वेद स पितुः पितासत् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Knowing Eternity, may the Gandharva declare that station,
parted, kept in secret.
Three steps thereof in mystery are hidden: he who knows
these shall be the father's father.
Sanskrit
यत्र देवा ऽ अमृतम् आनशानास् तृतीये धामन्न् अध्य् ऐरयन्त ॥
English Griffith 1899
He is our kin, our Father and Begetter: he knows all beings
and all Ordinances,
In whom the Gods obtaining life eternal have risen upward
to the third high station.
Sanskrit
उपस्थाय प्रथमजाम् ऋतस्यात्मनात्मानम् अभि सं विवेश ॥
English Griffith 1899
Having encompassed round existing creatures, the world;
and all the Quarters and Mid-quarters,
Having approached the first-born Child of Order he with his
Self into The Self hath entered.
Sanskrit
ऋतस्य तन्तुं विततं विचृत्य तद् अपश्यत् तद् अभवत् तद् आसीत् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Having gone swiftly round the earth and heaven, around
the worlds, around the sky, the Quarters,
Having spread out the lengthened thread of Order, he views,
and he becomes and is That Being.
Sanskrit
सनिं मेधाम् अयासिषꣳम् स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
To the Assembly's wondrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend
who gives
Wisdom. have I drawn near in prayer.
Sanskrit
तया माम् अद्य मेधयाग्ने मेधाविनं कुरु स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
That wisdom which the Companies of Gods, and Fathers,
recognize,
Even with that intelligence, O Agni, make me wise to-day.
All-hail!
Sanskrit
मेधाम् इन्द्रस् च वायुश् च मेधां धाता ददातु मे स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Varuna grant me wisdom! grant it Agni and Prajâpati!
Wisdom may Indra, Vâyu grant. May the Creator grant it
me. All-hail!
Sanskrit
मयि देवा दधतु[ दधवु ] श्रियम् उत्तमां तस्यै ते स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Let these the Priests and Nobles both enjoy the splendour
that is mine.
Best splendour may the Gods bestow on me. To thee, that
splendour, hail!