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White Yajurveda, Book VIशुक्लयजुर्वेद अध्याय ६
37 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 35 36 37
Sanskrit
आ ददे नार्य् असि ।
इदम् अहꣳ रक्षसां ग्रीवा ऽ अपि कृन्तामि ।
यवो ऽसि यवयास्मद् द्वेषो यवयारातीः ।
दिवेऽत्वान्तरिक्षाय त्वा पृथिव्यै त्वा ।
शुन्धन्तां लोकाः पितृषदनाः ।
पितृषदनम् असि ॥
English Griffith 1899
BY impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins,
with the hands of Pûshan. Thou art a woman. Here
I cut the necks of Râkshasas away. Barley art thou.
Bar off from us our haters, bar our enemies.
Thee for heaven, thee for earth, thee for the welkin. Pure
be the worlds, the Fathers’ dwelling-places. Thou art the
habitation of the Fathers.
Sanskrit
देवस् त्वा सविता मध्व् आनक्तु ।
सुपिप्पलाभ्यस् त्वौषधीभ्यः ।
द्याम् अग्रेणास्पृक्ष ऽ आन्तरिक्षं मध्येनाप्राः पृथिवीम् उपरेणादृꣳहीः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou art a leader, easy, to Unnetars, of access. Know
this. It will stand upon thee.
Savitar, God, anoint thee with sweet butter. Thee for the
plants laden with goodly fruitage!
Thou with thy top hast touched the sky, hast with thy
middle filled the air, and steadied with thy base the earth.
Sanskrit
अत्राह तद् उरुगायस्य विष्णोः परमं पदम् अव भारि भूरि ।
ब्रह्मवनि त्वा क्षत्रवनि रायस्पोषवनि पर्य् ऊहामि ।
ब्रह्म दृꣳह क्षत्रं दृꣳहायुर् दृꣳह प्रजां दृꣳह ॥
English Griffith 1899
Those seats of thine which we desire to visit, where there
are many-horned and nimble. oxen,
There, of a truth, was mightily imprinted the loftiest step
of widely-striding Vishnu.
I close thee in, the winner of the Brâhmans, winner of
Nobles and abundant riches.
Strengthen the Brâhmans, strengthen thou the Nobles,
strengthen our vital power, strengthen our offspring.
Sanskrit
इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Look ye on Vishnu's works, whereby the Friend of Indra,
close-allied,
Hath let his holy ways be seen.
Sanskrit
English Griffith 1899
The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where
Vishnu is,
Laid as it were an eye in heaven.
Sanskrit
दिवः सूनुर् असि ।
एष ते पृथिव्यां लोक ऽ आरण्यस् ते पशुः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou art invested. Heavenly hosts invest thee! Riches of
men invest this Sacrificer!
Heaven's son art thou. This is thine earthly station. Thine
is the beast whose home is in the forest.
Sanskrit
उप देवान् दैवीर् विशः प्रागुर् उशिजो वह्नितमान् ।
देव त्वष्टर् वसु रम हव्या ते स्वदन्ताम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Encourager art thou. The hosts of heaven have come to
yearning Gods, the best conductors.
God Tvashtar, make the wealth of cattle quiet. Delightful
to the taste be thine oblations.
Sanskrit
ऋतस्य त्वा देवहविः पाशेन प्रति मुञ्चामि धर्षा मानुषः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Joy, wealthy ones! Brihaspati, save our riches.
I bind thee with the noose of holy Order, thou offering to
the Gods. Bold be the Slayer.
Sanskrit
अग्नीषोमाभ्यां जुष्टं नि युनज्मि ।
अद्भ्यस् त्वौषधीभ्योऽनु त्वा माता मन्यताम् अनु पितानु भ्राता सगर्भ्योऽनु सखा सयूथ्यः ।
अग्नीषोमाभ्यां त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि ॥
English Griffith 1899
By impulse of God Savitar I bind thee, with arms of Asvins
and with hands of Pûshan, thee welcome unto Agni and
to Soma.
Thee for the waters, thee for plants. Thy mother grant
thee permission, and thy father, brother born of one dam,
thy friend, thy herd-companion. I sprinkle thee welcome
to Agni-Soma.
Sanskrit
आपो देवीः स्वदन्तु स्वात्तं चित् सद् देवहविः ।
सं ते प्राणो वातेन गच्छताꣳ सम् अङ्गानि यजत्रैः सं यज्ञपतिर् आशिषा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Drinker art thou of water. May the Waters, the Goddesses,
add sweetness to the oblation prepared for Gods, even
though already sweetened.
Thy breath join wind, thy limbs those meet for worship, the
sacrifice's lord the boon he prays for.
Sanskrit
रेवति यजमाने प्रियं धा ऽ आ विश ।
उरोर् अन्तरिक्षात् सजूर् देवेन वातेनास्य हविषस् त्मना यज समस्य तन्वा भव ।
वर्षो वर्षीयसि यज्ञे यज्ञपतिं धाः ।
स्वाहा देवेभ्यः ।
देवेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Balmed, both of you, with butter, guard the cattle. Grant,
Rich! the Sacrificer's prayer. Approach thou.
Meeting with heavenly Wind, from air's mid-region. Be
thou united with this offering's body.
O Great One, lead the sacrifice's master on to a sacrifice of
loftier order. All-hail to Gods! To Gods All-hail!
Sanskrit
नमस् तऽ आतानानर्वा प्रेहि ।
घृतस्य कुल्याऽ उपऽ ऋतस्य पथ्याऽ अनु ॥
English Griffith 1899
Become no serpent, thou, become no viper. To thee,
O widely-spread, be adoration.
Advance, unhindered, on thy way. To rivers of butter
move along the paths of Order.
Sanskrit
सुपरिविष्टा वयं परिवेष्टारो भूयास्म ॥
English Griffith 1899
Bear the oblation to the Gods, ye Waters celestial and pure
and well-provided. May we become providers well-provided.
Sanskrit
प्राणं ते शुन्धामि ।
चक्षुस् ते शुन्धामि ।
श्रोत्रं ते शुन्धामि ।
नाभिं ते शुन्धामि ।
मेढ्रं ते शुन्धामि ।
पायुं ते शुन्धामि ।
चरित्राꣳस् ते शुन्धामि ॥
English Griffith 1899
I cleanse thy voice, thy breath, thine eye, thine ear, thy
navel, and thy feet, thy sexual organ, and thy rump.
Sanskrit
वाक् तऽ आ प्यायताम् ।
प्राणस् तऽ आ प्यायताम् ।
चक्षुस्तऽ आ प्यायताम् ।
श्रोत्रं तऽ आ प्यायताम् ।
यत् ते क्रूरं यद् आस्थितं तत् त ऽआ प्यायतां निष्ट्यायतां तत् ते शुध्यतु ।
शम् अहोभ्यः ।
ओषधे त्रायस्व ।
स्वधिते मैनꣳ हिꣳसीः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Let thy mind, voice, and breath increase in fulness, thine
eye be fuller, and thine ear grow stronger.
Whatever there is in thee sore or wounded, may that be
filled for thee, cleansed and united.
Blest be the days. Plant, guard! Axe, do not harm him.
Sanskrit
निरस्तꣳ रक्षः ।
ऽ इदम् अहꣳ रक्षोऽ भितिष्ठामीदम् अहꣳ रक्षोऽ व बाधऽ इदम् अहꣳ रक्षो ऽधमं तमो नयामि ।
घृतेन द्यावापृथिवी प्रोर्णुवाथाम् ।
वायो वे स्तोकानाम् ।
अग्निर् आज्यस्य वेतु स्वाहा ।
स्वाहाकृते ऽ ऊर्ध्वनभसं मारुतं गच्छतम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou art the demons’ share. Expelled are demons. Here
I tread down; here I repel the demons; here lead the
demons into lowest darkness.
Invest, ye two, the heaven and earth with fatness.
O Vâyu, eagerly enjoy the droppings. Let Agni eagerly
enjoy the butter. All-hail!
Go, both of you, by Svâhâ consecrated, to Ûrdhvanabhas,
offspring of the Maruts.
Sanskrit
यच् चाभिदुद्रोहानृतं यच् च शेपे ऽ अभीरुणम् ।
आपो मा तस्माद् एनसः पवमानश् च मुञ्चतु ॥
English Griffith 1899
Ye Waters, wash away this stain and whatsoever taint be here,
Each sinful act that I have done, and every harmless curse
of mine.
May Waters rid me of that guilt, and Pavamâna set me free.
Sanskrit
रेड् अस्य् अग्निष् ट्वा श्रीणात्व् आपस् त्वा समरिणन् वातस्य त्वा ध्राज्यै पूष्णो रꣳह्या ऽ ऊष्मणो व्यथिषत् ।
प्रयुतं द्वेषः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Be they united, with the Mind thy mind, and with the Breath
thy breath.
Thou quiverest. Let Agni make thee ready. Waters have
washed together all thy juices.
Thee for the Wind's rush, for the speed of Pûshan. From
heated vapour may it reel and totter,—the disconcerted
hatred of our foemen.
Sanskrit
दिशः ।
प्रदिशः ।
ऽ आदिशः ।
विदिशः ।
ऽ उद्दिशः ।
दिग्भ्यः स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Ye drinkers-up of fatness, drink the fatness; drink up the
gravy, drinkers of the gravy! Thou art the oblation of the
air's mid-region. All-hail!
The regions, the fore-regions, the by-regions, the intermediate
and the upper regions,—to all the regions Hail!
Sanskrit
देव त्वष्टर् भूरि ते सꣳ-समेतु सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपं भवाति ।
देवत्रा यन्तम् अवसे सखायो ऽनु त्वा माता पितरो मदन्तु ॥
English Griffith 1899
In every limb is Indra's out-breath seated, in every limb is
Indra's in-breath settled.
God Tvashtar, let thine ample forms be blended, that what
wears different shapes may be one-fashioned.
To please thee let thy friends, mother and father, joy over
thee as to the Gods thou goest.
Sanskrit
ऽ अन्तरिक्षं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
देवꣳ सवितारं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
मित्रावरुणौ गच्छ स्वाहा ।
ऽ अहोरात्रे गच्छ स्वाहा ।
छन्दाꣳसि गच्छ स्वाहा ।
द्यावापृथिवी गच्छ स्वाहा ।
यज्ञं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
सोमं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
दिव्यं नभो गच्छ स्वाहा ।
अग्निं वैश्वानरं गच्छ स्वाहा ।
मनो मे हार्दि यच्छ ।
दिवं ते धूमो गच्छतु स्वर् ज्योतिः पृथिवीं भस्मना पृण स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Go to the sea. All-hail! Go to the air. All-hail! Go to God
Savitar. All hail!
Go thou to Mitra-Varuna. All-hail! Go thou to Day and
Night. All-hail!
Go to the Metres. till-hail! Go to Heaven and Earth. All-hail!
Go to the sacrifice. All-hail! Go to Soma. All-hail!
Go to the heavenly ether. All-hail! Go to Vaisvânara
Agni. All hail! Bestow upon me mind and heart.
Thy smoke mount to the sky, to heaven thy lustre. Fill
thou the spacious earth full with thine ashes.
Sanskrit
धाम्नो-धाम्नो राजꣳस् ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च ।
यद् आहुर् अघ्न्या ऽ इति वरुणेति शपामहे ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च ।
सुमित्रिया न ऽ आप ऽ ओषधयः सन्तु +दुर्मित्रियास् तस्मै सन्तु यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Harm not the Waters, do the Plants no damage. From every
place, King Varuna, thence save us.
Their saying that we swear our oath by sacred cows, by
Varuna,
O Varuna, save us therefrom.
To us let Waters and let Plants be friendly; to him who
hates us, whom we hate, unfriendly.
Sanskrit
हविष्मान् देवो ऽ अध्वरो हविष्माꣳ2 ऽ अस्तु सूर्यः ॥
English Griffith 1899
These waters teem with sacred food: rich in that food, one
longs for them.
Rich be the holy rite therein. In sacred food be Sûrya rich.
Sanskrit
इन्द्राग्न्योर् भागधेयी स्थ ।
मित्रावरुण्योर् भागधेयी स्थ ।
विश्वेषां देवानां भागधेयी स्थ ।
अमूर् या ऽ उप सूर्ये याभिर् वा सूर्यः सह ।
ता नो हिन्वन्त्व् अध्वरम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
I set you down in Agni's seat whose home is indestructible.
Indra-and-Agni's share are ye, Mitra-and-Varuna's share are
ye.
The share of all the Gods are ye.
May waters gathered near the Sun, and those wherewith the
Sun is joined,
Speed on this sacred rite of ours.
23 Thee for the heart, thee for the mind, thee for the heaven,
thee for the Sun.
Bear up erect to heaven, to Gods, this rite these sacrificial
calls.
Sanskrit
ऊर्ध्वम् इमम् अध्वरं दिवि देवेषु होत्रा यच्छ ॥
English Griffith 1899
No separate verse 25 in Griffith’s English.
Sanskrit
विश्वास् त्वां प्रजा उपाव रोहन्तु ।
शृणोत्व् अग्निः समिधा हवं मे शृण्वन्त्व् आपो धिषणाश् च देवीः ।
श्रोता ग्रावाणो विदुषो न यज्ञꣳ शृणोतु देवः सविता हवं मे स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Descend, O Soma, King, to all thy people. Down, unto thee,
go, one and all, thy people!
May Agni with his fuel hear my calling. Hear it the Waters
and the Bowls, Divine Ones! Hear, Stones, as knowing
sacrifice, my calling. May the God Savitar hear mine
invocation. All hail!
Sanskrit
तं देवेभ्यो देवत्रा दत्त शुक्रपेभ्यो येषां भाग स्थ स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
Waters Divine, your wave, the Waters’ offspring, fit for oblation,
potent, most delightful
Upon those Gods among the Gods bestow it, who drink the
pure, of whom ye are the portion. All-hail!
Sanskrit
समुद्रस्य त्वाक्षित्या ऽ उन् नयामि ।
सम् आपो ऽ अद्भिर् अग्मत सम् ओषधीभिर् ओषधीः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Drawing art thou: I draw thee up that Ocean ne’er may
waste or wane.
Let waters with the waters, and the plants commingle with
the plants.
Sanskrit
स यन्ता शश्वतीर् इषः स्वाहा ॥
English Griffith 1899
That man is lord of endless strength whom thou protectest
in the fight,
Agni, or urgest to the fray.
Sanskrit
आ ददे रावासि गभीरम् इमम् अध्वरं कृधीन्द्राय सुषूतमम् ।
उत्तमेन पविनोर्जस्वन्तं मधुमन्तं पयस्वन्तम् ।
निग्राभ्या स्थ देवश्रुतस् तर्पयत मा ॥
English Griffith 1899
By impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins,
with the hands of Pûshan.
Free with thy gifts art thou. Perform for Indra this deep,
most excellently ordered worship.
With the most noble bolt I pay the worship enriched with
strengthening food and milk and sweetness.
Ye are Nigrâbhyâ waters. heard by Deities: make me content.
Sanskrit
English Griffith 1899
Content my mind, content my speech, content my breath,
content mine eye, content mine ear, content my soul, content
my progeny, content my herds, content the troops
of men about me: never may the bands of men about me
suffer thirst.
Sanskrit
ऽ इन्द्राय त्वादित्यवते ।
ऽ इन्द्राय त्वाभिमातिघ्ने ।
श्येनाय त्वा सोमभृते ।
ऽ अग्नये त्वा रायस्पोषदे ॥
English Griffith 1899
For Indra girt by Vasus and accompanied by Rudras, thee.
For Indra with Âdityas, thee. For Indra foe-destroyer,
thee. Thee for the Soma-bringing Hawk. For plenty-giving
Agni, thee.
Sanskrit
तेनास्मै यजमानायोरु राये कृध्य् अधि दात्रे वोचः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Soma, what light there is of thine in heaven, what on the
earth, what in mid-air's wide region,
Therewith give broad space to the Sacrificer for his enrichment:
Comfort thou the giver.
Sanskrit
ता देवीर् देवत्रेमं यज्ञं नयतोपहूताः सोमस्य पिबत ॥
English Griffith 1899
Auspicious are ye, conquerors of Vritra, formed for bestowing
wealth, the Immortal's Consorts.
Lead to the Gods this sacrifice, Divine Ones! and at our invitation
drink of Soma.
Sanskrit
पाप्मा हतो न सोमः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Be not afraid; shake not with terror. Take thou strength.
Ye two Bowls, being firm, stay firm, and take ye strength.
Mishap—not Soma—hath been killed.
Sanskrit
अम्ब नि ष्पर सम् अरीर् विदाम् ॥
English Griffith 1899
East, west, north, south, from every side to meet thee let
the regions run.
Fill him, O Mother, let the noble meet together.
Sanskrit
न त्वद् अन्यो मघवन्न् अस्ति मर्डितेन्द्र ब्रवीमि ते वचः ॥
English Griffith 1899
Thou, verily, O Mightiest, as God shalt gladden mortal man.
O Bounteous Lord, there is no comforter but thou. Indra,
I speak my words to thee.