{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/wyv/wyvbk19.htm","path":"hin/wyv/wyvbk19.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvbk19.htm","text":"The Texts of the White Yajurveda, tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1899]\nSWEET with the sweet, I sprinkle thee with Soma, strong\n with the strong, the nectar with the nectar,\n The honey-sweet with what is sweet as honey.\n Soma art thou. Get dressed for the Asvins. Get dressed\n for Sarasvat\u00ee. Get dressed for Indra the Good Deliverer.\n 2 Hence pour ye forth the flowing juice, Soma, best Sacrificial\n food.\n He who, man's friend, hath run within the waters hath with\n the pressing-stones poured out the Soma.\n 3 Purified by V\u00e2yu's strainer, Soma that has passed away forward\n is Indra's proper friend.\n Purified by V\u00e2yu's strainer, Soma that has passed away\n backward is Indra's proper friend.\n 4 By means of this eternal sieve may S\u00fbrya's Daughter purify\n The Soma that flows forth from thee.\n 5 Soma with Wine, pressed; filtered for the banquet, cleanses\n priest, noble, brilliancy and vigour.\n God, with the Bright give Deities enjoyment: give food with\n flavour to the Sacrificer.\n6 What then? As men whose fields are full of barley, etc., as\n in X. 32.\n Taken upon a base art thou. I take thee for the Asvin Pair.\n Thee for Sarasvat\u00ee. Thee for Indra the Good Deliverer.\n This is thy home. For splendour thee. Thee for mans\u2019\n vigour. Thee for strength.\n 7 For each of you is made a God-appointed place: so grant to\n me a portion in the highest sphere.\n Sur\u00e2 the strong art thou. This here is Soma. Entering\n thine own place do me no mischief.\n 8 Taken upon a base art thou. Splendour of Asvins, Sarasvat\u00ee's\n manly vigour, might of Indra.\n This is thy home. I take thee for enjoyment. I take thee\n for delight, take thee for greatness.\n 9 Thou art lustre: give me lustre, Thou art manly vigour:\n give me manly vigour.\n Thou art strength: give me strength. Thou art energy:\n give me energy.\n Thou art passion: Give me passion. Thou art conquering\n might: give me conquering might.\n 10 My she, Vish\u00fbchik\u00e2, who guards these two, the tiger and\n the wolf,\n The lion and the wing\u00e8d hawk, may she guard this man\n from distress.\n 11 When, a delighted boy, I bruised my mother as I sucked\n her breast,\nFree from my debt, O Agni, I become thereby. My parents\n are by me unharmed.\n United are ye all: with bliss unite me. Parted are ye, keep\n me apart from evil.\n 12 The Asvins, the Physicians, Gods, stretched out the healing\n sacrifice,\n Sarasvat\u00ee with speech was a Physician, all with heroic powers\n investing Indra.\n 13 Symbols of D\u00eeksh\u00e2 are grass buds, of Pr\u00e2yan\u00eeya sprouts of\n corn,\n Of Soma-purchasing fried grains are symbols, Soma-shoots\n and meath.\n 14 \u00c2tithya's sign is M\u00e2sara, the Gharma's symbol Nagnahu.\n Three nights with Sur\u00e2 poured, this is the symbol of the\n Upasads.\n 15 Emblem of purchased Soma is Parisrut, foaming drink effused:\n Indra's balm milked for Indra by the Asvins and Sarasvat\u00ee.\n 16 The Sacrificer's seat is the throne's symbol, the jar containing\n Sur\u00e2 of the Altar.\n The mid-space is the northern Altar's symbol: the cloth for\n filtering is the physician.\n 17 Altar by Altar is produced, power, holy grass by holy grass.\n The stake is by the stake obtained, by Agni\u00a0Agni carried\n forth.\n 18 The Asvins are the Soma store, Sarasvat\u00ee the sacred hearth.\n For Indra formed is Indra s seat, the Matrons' Hall, the\n house-lord's fire.\n19 Orders he gains by orders, by \u00c2pr\u00ees\u00a0\u00c2pr\u00ees of sacrifice,\n Post-offerings by fore-offerings, and by calls of Vashat \u00c2hutis.\n 20 By victims he gains victims, by ground rice-cakes sacrificial\n food,\n By metres kindling-verses, and Vashat-calls by Inviting\n prayers.\n 21 Grain roasted, gruel, barley-meal, grains of rice roasted, milk\n and curd\n Are types of Soma: mingled milk, sweet whey, of sacrificial\n food.\n 22 Type of parched corn is jujube-fruit; wheat of the roasted\n grains of rice; Jujube the type of barley-meal, and Indra-grains\n of gruel-groats.\n 23 Symbol of milk are barley-grains, symbol of curd are\n jujube-fruits.\n Whey is the type of Soma, and milk-mixture type of\n Soma's pap.\n 24 The Strophe is the cry, Bid hear? the answer is the antistrophe.\n Sacrifice! is the Dh\u00e2yy\u00e2's form, Prag\u00e2thas\u2019 the Yaj\u00e2mahas.\n 25 By verse-halves comes the Ukthas\u2019 type, Nivids by Padas he\n obtains.\n The type of Sastras is obtained by Pranavas, Soma by milk.\n26 Gained by the Asvins is the morn's libation, Indra's libation\n of mid-day by Indra.\n Sarasvat\u00ee obtains the third outpouring, the offering sacred\n to the Visve Devas.\n 27 By V\u00e2yu cups he gains the cups of V\u00e2yu, and by the basket\n gains the vat for Soma.\n By the two jars he gains two cleansing-vessels, and by the\n cooking-pot the pot for cooking.\n 23 By sacrificial texts are gained the Grahas, and by the Grahas\n lauds and laud-arrangements.\n By metres are obtained Ukthas and praise-songs, and by the\n S\u00e2ma-chant the Avabhritha.\n 29 Draughts he obtains by pouring out libations, and wishes\n by the utterance of praises,\n By Samyu he obtains Patn\u00eesamy\u00e2jas, and Consummation by\n Samishtayajus.\n 30 He gains by vow of fasting Consecration, by Consecration\n gains the priestly guerdon.\n He gains by priestly guerdon faith: by faith comes knowledge\n of the truth.\n 31 So far the type of sacrifice was formed by Brahma, and the\n Gods.\n All this he gains, when juice is shed, in the Santr\u00e2man\u00ee\n sacrifice.\n 32 The rite with sacred grass, wine, store of heroes, the mighty\n ones speed on with adorations.\n May we, sweet-singing sacrificers, setting Soma mid Gods in\n heaven, give joy to Indra.\n33 All essence of thine own in plants collected, all strength of\n Soma when poured out with Sur\u00e2\u2014\n Therewith impel with joy the sacrifice, Sarasvat\u00ee, the Asvins,\n Indra, Agni.\n 34 That which Sarasvat\u00ee poured out for Indra, by Asvins\n brought from Namuchi the demon,\n This flowing drop, brilliant and full of sweetness, I drink\n and feed on here, the King, the Soma.\n 35 Whatever portion of the savoury fluid is clinging here,\n what Indra drank with powers,\n That drop thereof with pure and holy spirit I drink and\n feed upon, the King, the Soma.\n 36 To Fathers who claim Svadh\u00e2 be Svadh\u00e2 and homage!\n To Grandfathers who claim Svadh\u00e2 be Svadh\u00e2 and homage!\n To Great-grandfathers who claim Svadh\u00e2 be Svadh\u00e2 and\n homage!\n The Fathers have eaten. The Fathers have rejoiced. The\n Fathers have been satisfied, Fathers, be ye purified.\n 37 Cleanse me the Fathers who enjoy Soma! Grandfathers\n make me clean!\n May Great-grandfathers cleanse me with a sieve that brings\n a century.\n May my Grandfathers cleanse me, may my Great-grand-fathers\n make me clean.\n With sieve that brings a century may I obtain full length\n of life.\n 33 Agni, thou poorest life: send down upon us food and vigorous\n strength.\n Drive thou misfortune far away.\n39 Cleanse me the companies of Gods! May thoughts with\n spirit make me clean.\n Cleanse me all things that be! Do thou, O J\u00e2tavedas, make\n me clean.\n 40 Purify me, O Agni, God, refulgent with thy pure bright\n sieve,\n With powers according to thine own.\n 41 O Agni, may the cleansing sieve, diffused through all thy\n fiery glow,\n Holy devotion, make me clean.\n 42 May Pavam\u00e2na with his sieve, Guest of all tribes, cleanse\n us to-day,\n He who is Cleanser make us clean.\n 43 Savitar, God, by both of these, libation, purifying power,\n Purify me on every side.\n 44 Dear to all Gods hath come the cleansing Goddess, she who\n contains these many smooth-backed figures.\n Through her may we in sacrificial banquets taking our pleasure\n be the lords of riches.\n 45 The Fathers who in Yama's realm are equal and unanimous\u2014\n Their world is Svadh\u00e2, reverence. To Gods let sacrifice be\n paid.\n 46 Equals, unanimous, my folk yet living among those who\n live\u2014\n On me be set their glory through a hundred years in this\n our world.\n47 I have heard mention of two several pathways, way of the\n Fathers, way of Gods and mortals.\n On these two roads each moving creature travels, each\n thing between the Father and the Mother.\n 48 May this my sacrifice bring store of children, with ten\n brave sons, full-companied, for welfare\u2014\n Life-winning, winning offspring, winning cattle, winning this\n world of ours and peace and safety.\n May Agni make nay progeny abundant. Do ye confer food,\n milk, and wanly vigour.\n 49 May they ascend, the lowest, highest, midmost, the Fathers\n who deserve a share of Soma.\n May Fathers who have gained the world of spirits, gentle\n and righteous, aid us when we call them.\n 50 Our Fathers are Angirases, Navagvas, Atharvans, Bhrigus,\n who deserve the Soma.\n May these the holy look on us with favour: may we enjoy\n their gracious loving-kindness.\n 51 Our ancient Fathers who deserve the Soma, who came, most\n noble, to our Soma banquet\u2014\n With these let Yama, yearning with the yearning, rejoicing\n eat our offerings at his pleasure.\n 52 Thou, Soma, art preeminent for wisdom: along the straightest\n path thou art our leader.\n Our prudent Fathers by thy wisdom, Soma, dealt out\n among the Gods their share of treasure.\n 53 For our sage Fathers, Soma Pavam\u00e2na, of old performed by\n thee their sacred duties.\n Fighting unvanquished, open the enclosures: enrich us\n with large gifts of steeds and heroes.\n54 Associate with the Fathers thou, O Soma, hast spread thyself\n abroad through earth and heaven.\n So with oblation let us serve thee, Indu, and so let us become\n the lords of riches.\n 55 Fathers who sit on sacred grass, come help us: these offerings\n we have made for you; accept them.\n So come to us with most auspicious favour, and give us\n health and strength without a trouble.\n 56 I have attained the gracious-minded Fathers, have gained\n a son and progeny from Vishnu.\n They who enjoy pressed juices with oblation, seated on\n sacred grass, come oftenest hither.\n 57 May they, the Fathers, worthy of the Soma, invited to their\n favourite oblations\n Laid on the sacred grass, come nigh and listen: may they\n be gracious unto us and bless us.\n 58 May they our Fathers whom the flames have tasted, worthy\n of Soma, come on God-ward pathways.\n Enjoying at this sacrifice their portion, may they be gracious\n unto us and bless us.\n 59 Fathers whom Agni's flames have tasted, come ye nigh:\n ye kindly leaders, take ye each your proper place.\n Eat sacrificial food presented on the grass: grant riches\n with a multitude of hero sons.\n60 For those who, burnt with fire or not cremated, joy in their\n portion in the midst of heaven,\n May the Self-Ruler form the world of spirits and this their\n body as his pleasure wills it.\n 61 We call the Agnishv\u00e2ttas, true to seasons, those who drank\n Soma in the N\u00e2r\u00e2samsa.\n Prompt to give ear to us be they, the sages, and then let\n us be lords of wealth and treasure.\n 62 Bowing the bended knee and seated southward, accept ye,\n all, this sacrifice with favour.\n Injure us not for any sin, O Fathers, which we through\n human frailty have committed.\n 63 Lapped in the bosom of the purple Mornings give riches\n to the man who brings oblation.\n Grant to his sons a portion of your treasure, and, present,\n give us energy, ye Fathers.\n 64 O Agni Kavyav\u00e2hana, cause us to praise before the Gods,\n As our associate meet for lauds, wealth which e\u2019en thou reputest\n wealth.\n 65 May Agni, Kavya-bearer, who hath worshipped Fathers\n true to Law.\n Announce to Gods and Fathers these our sacrificial offerings.\n 66 Thou. Agni Kavya-bearer, when entreated, didst bear the\n offerings which thou madest fragrant,\n And gayest to the Fathers who did eat them with Svadh\u00e2.\n Eat, thou God, the gifts we bring thee.\n67 Thou, J\u00e2tavedas, knowest well the number of Fathers who\n are here and who are absent,\n Of Fathers whom we know and whom we know not. Accept\n the sacrifice arranged with portions.\n 68 Now let us pay this homage to the Fathers, to those who\n passed of old and those who followed,\n Those who have rested in the earthly region and those who\n dwell among the Mighty Races.\n 69 As in the days of old our ancient Fathers speeding the work\n of holy worship, Agni!\n Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises, they cleft\n the ground and made red Dawns apparent.\n 70 Right gladly do we set thee down, right gladly make thee\n burn and glow.\n Gladly bring yearning Fathers nigh to eat the food of\n sacrifice.\n 71 Indra, with waters\u2019 foam didst thou wrench off the head of\n Namuchi,\n Subduing all contending hosts.\n 72 King Soma, pressed, the Drink of Life, left Death behind\n with Soma-dregs.\n By Law came truth and Indra-power, the pure bright drinking-off\n of juice. The power of Indra was this sweet immortal\n milk.\n 73 The Snipe of Angiras by thought from out the waters\n drank up milk.\n By Law came truth, etc., as in 72.\n74 The Hamsa throned in light drank up by metre Soma from\n the floods.\n By Law, etc.\n 75 Praj\u00e2pati by Brahma drank the essence from the foaming\n food, the princely power, milk, Soma juice. By Law, etc.\n 76 The generative part enters the yoni: it leaves aside the\n retas and the m\u00fbtra.\n The caul-invested embryo leaves by its birth the covering\n folds. By Law, etc.\n 77 Viewing both forms Praj\u00e2pati gave truth and falsehood\n different shapes.\n Praj\u00e2pati assigned the lack of faith to falsehood, faith to\n truth. By Law, etc.\n 78 By holy lore Praj\u00e2pati drank up both forms, pressed and\n unpressed.\n By Law, etc.\n 79 Seeing the farming liquor's sap, Praj\u00e2pati with the bright\n drank nut the bright the milk, the Soma juice. By Law,\n etc.\n 80 Wise, with mind, lead, and thread of wool the sages twine\n an amulet.\n Sarasvat\u00ee, Savitar, Varuna, the Asvins span sacrifice and\n healed his form for Indra.\n 81 This his immortal shape with mighty powers three Deities\n bestowing gifts compounded.\n His hair they made with sprouts of grass and barley, and\n roasted grain with skin and flesh supplied him.\n 82 His inner shape Sarasvat\u00ee arranges and, borne on bright\n paths, the Physician Asvins:\n With M\u00e2saras and sieve his bone and marrow, as on the\n Oxen's hide they lay the liquor.\n83 By thought Sarasvat\u00ee with both N\u00e2satyas forms lovely treasure\n and a beauteous body.\n Like shuttle through the loom the steady ferment mixes\n the red juice with the foaming spirit.\n 84 By milk they generated bright immortal, productive seed,\n by Sur\u00e2 seed from urine,\n Chasing afar folly and ill intention, crude food and wind\n and meat that loads the stomach.\n 85 Heart with his heart Indra Good Guardian gendered: with\n rice-cake Savitar gave truth its being.\n Varuna, doctoring the lungs and liver, forms, as with V\u00e2yu\n cups, the gall and kidneys.\n 86 Cooking-pots pouring honey were the entrails: like a\n well-milking cow the pans were bowels.\n A hawk's wing was the spleen: through mighty powers the\n stool as mother was navel and belly.\n 87 The pitcher was the father of the rectum by powers, the\n womb which first contained the infant.\n Plain was the hundred-streaming fount as penis: the jar\n poured forth libations to the Father.\n 88 His face the basket, thence his head; the strainer his\n tongue, his mouth Sarasvat\u00ee and Asvins.\n The Chapya was his rump, his leech the filter, the bladder\n was his penis keen with ardour.\n 89 Asvins with both cups made his eye immortal, the goat and\n cooked oblation gave it keenness.\n With wheat eyelashes and with jujube eyebrows they clothe\n as \u2019twere a black and brilliant figure.\n 90 The sheep, the ram to give his nostril vigour. the immortal\n path of breath by both libations.\n By Indra-grains and sacrificial jujubes Sarasvat\u00ee produced\n through-breath and nose hairs.\n91 The hull for strength made Indra's form: the immortal\n bearing for both his ears by two libations.\n Barley and sacred grass composed his eyebrows: from his\n mouth came the jujube and sweet honey.\n 92 Hair of the wolf was on his waist and body: the beard upon\n his face was hair of tigers.\n Lions hair were his locks, for fame and beauty, worn on\n his head, his crest and sheen and vigour.\n 93 The Asvins, Leeches, joined his limbs and body, Sarasvat\u00ee\n put limbs and frame together,\n Giving the form and vital power of Indra, hundredfold,\n deathless and delightful lustre.\n 94 Sarasvat\u00ee, as Consort of the Asvins, bears in her womb the\n nobly fashioned Infant.\n King Varuna with waters\u2019 wealthy essence begetting Indra\n in the floods for glory.\n 95 Splendour of victims, powerful oblation, honey and meath\n with milk and foaming liquor,\n Healing Sarasvat\u00ee effused, and Asvins; from pressed and\n unpressed Soma, deathless Indu.","title":"White Yajur Veda: Book XIX","type":"page"}