{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/wyv/wyvbk22.htm","path":"hin/wyv/wyvbk22.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvbk22.htm","text":"The Texts of the White Yajurveda, tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1899]\nSPLENDOUR art thou, bright, deathless, life-protector.\n Protector of my life be thou.\n By impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins,\n with the hands of P\u00fbshan.\n 2 This girdle, which in their religious meetings sages assumed \n in earlier time of worship,\n Is present with us here at this libation, in the Law's hymn,\n proclaiming rich abundance.\n 3 Famous art thou, thou art the world, controller and\n upholder thou.\n Go, consecrate by Sv\u00e2h\u00e2 to Agni Vaisv\u00e2nara widely-famed.\n 4 For Gods and for Praj\u00e2pati I fit thee. For Gods and for\n Praj\u00e2pati, O Brahman,\n Will I tie up the horse. Thence may I prosper! Binding\n him for Praj\u00e2pati and Gods be thou successful.\n 5 Thee welcome to Praj\u00e2pati I sprinkle. I sprinkle thee\n welcome to Indra-Agni. I sprinkle thee acceptable to V\u00e2yu.\n Thee welcome to the All-Gods I besprinkle. Thee\n welcome to all Deities I sprinkle.\n With fury Varuna attacks the man who fain would slay the\n steed.\n Avaunt the man! Avaunt the dog!\n6 To Agni Hail! To Soma Hail! Hail to the Waters\u2019 Joy! Hail\n to Savitar! Hail to V\u00e2yu! Hail to Vishnu! Hail to Indra!\n Hail to Brihaspati! Hail to Mitra! Hail to Varuna!\n 7 Hail to the sound hi\u1e45! Hail to the uttered hi\u1e45! Hail to\n the neigh! Hail to the down-neigh! Hail to the snort!\n Hail to the roar! Hail to his smell! Hail to him smelt\n at! Hail to him seated! Hail to him seated down! Hail\n to him weary! Hail to him going! Hail to him sitting!\n Hail to him lying! Hail to him sleeping! Hail to him\n waking! Hail to him whinnying! Hail to him wakened!\n Hail to him yawning! Hail to him outstretched! Hail to\n him drawn together! Hail to him risen! Hail to his\n going! Hail to his good going! Hail!\n 8 Hail to him as he goes! Hail to him running! Hail to him\n running away! Hail to him when he has run away!\n Hail to the cry Shoo! Hail to him scared with Shoo!\n Hail to him seated! Hail to him risen! Hail to his\n speed! Hail to his strength! Hail to him rolling! Hail\n to him when he has rolled! Hail to him tossing about!\n Hail to him when he has tossed about! Hail to him\n listening! Hail to him hearing. Hail to him looking!\n Hail to him looked at! Hail to him closely looked at!\n Hail to his closing his eye! Hail to his food! Hail to\n his drink! Hail to his stale! Hail to him in action!\n Hail to what he has done!\n 9 May we attain that excellent glory of Savitar the God:\n So may he stimulate our prayers.\n 10 For our protection I invoke the golden-handed Savitar:\n He knoweth, as a God, the place.\n 11 We specially invoke the grace of Savitar, observant God,\n The great good-will that gives true boons.\n 12 We seek the eulogy and gift of Savitar who strengthens grace,\n Yea, of the God who knows our thoughts.\n 13 I invocate the heroes\u2019 Lord, free-giving Savitar, and call\n The Cheerer to the feast of Gods.\n14 The judgment of bright Savitar, that cheers the All-Gods\u2019\n company,\n With prayer we estimate as bliss.\n 15 Wake Agni with thy laud and set the Immortal One aflame,\n let him\n Bestow our offerings on the Gods.\n 16 Oblation-bearer, well-inclined, immortal, eager Messenger,\n Agni comes near us with the thought.\n 17 Agni, Envoy, I place in front, the oblation-bearer I address:\n Here let him seat the Deities.\n 18 Yea, Pavam\u00e2na, thou didst generate the Sun and spread\n the moisture out with power,\n Basting to us with plenty vivified with milk.\n 19 Mighty through thy dam, eminent through thy sire, thou\n art a horse, thou art a steed, thou art a courser, thou\n art a comfort, thou art a racer, thou art a yoke-horse,\n thou art a strong steed, thou art a stallion, thou art\n manly-minded. Thou art called Yayu, thou art called\n Sisu. Follow thou the flight of the \u00c2dityas.\n Gods, Warders of the Regions, protect for the Gods this\n horse besprinkled for sacrifice.\n Here is delight. Here take thy pleasure. Here is content.\n Here is self-content.\n 20 Hail to Ka! Hail to Who?! Hail to Which?! Hail to\n him who has experienced pain! Hail to Praj\u00e2pati who\n knows the mind! Hail to him who discerns the thought!\nHail to Aditi! Hail to good Aditi! Hail to gracious\n Aditi! Hail to Sarasvat\u00ee! Hail to purifying Sarasvat\u00ee!\n Hail to great Sarasvat\u00ee! Hail to P\u00fbshan! Hail to\n P\u00fbshan of the highways! Hail to P\u00fbshan observer of\n men! Hail to Tvashtar! Hail to swift Tvashtar! Hail\n to Tvashtar of many forms! Hail to Vishnu! Hail to\n Vishnu Nibh\u00fbyapa! Hail to Vishnu Sipivishta!\n 21 Let every mortal man elect, etc., repeated from IV. 8.\n 22 O Brahman, let there be born in the kingdom the Brahman\n illustrious for religious knowledge; let there be born the\n R\u00e2janya, heroic, skilled archer, piercing with shafts,\n mighty warrior; the cow giving abundant milk; the ox\n good at carrying; the swift courser; the industrious\n woman. May Parjanya send rain according to our desire;\n may our fruit-bearing plants ripen; may acquisition and\n preservation of property be secured to us.\n 23 Hail to vital breath! Hail to out-breathing! Hail to\n diffusive breath! Hail to the eye! Hail to the ear! Hail\n to Speech! Hail to Mind!\n 24 Hail to the Eastern Region! Hail to the hitherward Region!\n Hail to the Southern Region! Hail to the hitherward\n Region! Hail to the Western Region! Hail to the\n hitherward Region! Hail to the Northern Region! Hail\n to the hitherward Region! Hail to the Upward Region!\n Hail to the hitherward Region! Hail to the Downward\n Region! Hail to the hitherward Region!\n 25 Hail to waters! Hail to floods! Hail to water! Hail to\n standing waters! flail to flowing waters! Hail to trickling\n waters! Hail to well waters! Hail to spring waters! Hail\n to the foaming sea! Hail to the ocean! Hail to the deep!\n 26 Hail to wind! Hail to mist! Hail to vapour! Hail to\n cloud! Hail to cloud lightening! Hail to cloud thundering!\n Hail to it bursting! Hail to it raining! Hail to it\n pouring! Hail to it violently raining! Hail to it swiftly\n raining! Hail to it holding up! Hail to it when it has\n held up! Hail to it sprinkling! Hail to it drizzling! Hail\n to its drops! Hail to thunderbolts! Hail to hoar frosts!\n 27 Hail to Agni! Hail to Soma! Hail to Indra! Hail to Earth!\n Hail to Firmament! Hail to Sky! Hail to Regions? Hail\n to Quarters! Hail to the Upward Region! Hail to the\n Downward Region!\n23 Hail to the lunar asterisms! Hail to those connected with\n the lunar asterisms! Hail to Day and Night! Hail to\n the half-months! Hail to the mouths! Hail to the Seasons!\n Hail to the Season-groups! Hail to the Year!\n Hail to Heaven and Earth! Hail to the Moon! Hail to\n the Sun! Hail to his rays! Hail to the Vasus! Hail to\n the Rudras! Hail to the \u00c2dityas! Hail to the Maruts!\n Earl to the All-Gods! Hail to roots! Hail to branches!\n Hail to forest trees! Hail to flowers! Hail to fruits!\n Hail to herbs!\n 29 Hail to Earth! Hail to Firmament t Hail to Sky! Hail to\n Sun! Hail to Moon! Hail to lunar asterisms! Hail to\n waters! Hail to herbs! Hail to forest trees! Hail to creatures\n that swim! Hail to things moving and stationary!\n Hail to things that creep and crawl!\n 30 Hail to breath! Hail to the Vasu! Hail to the Mighty!\n Hail to Vivasv\u00e2n! Hail to the trooping one! Hail to\n the Troop's Lord! Hail to the Superior! Hail to the\n Overlord! Hail to Strength! Hail to Samsarpa! Hail\n to the Moon! Hail to light! Hail to Malimlucha! Hail\n to him who flies by day!\n 31 Hail to Madhu! Hail to M\u00e2dhava! Hail to Sukra! Hail to\n Suchi! Hail to Nabhas! Hail to Nabhasya! Hail to Isha!\n Hail to \u00dbrja! Hail to Sahas! Hail to Sahasya! Hail to\n Tapas! Hail to Tapasya! Hail to Amhasaspati!\n 32 Hail to Strength! Hail to impulse! Hail to After-born!\n Hail to will! Heaven, Hail? Hail to the head! Hail to\n Vyasnuvin! To the final, Hail! Hail to the mundane\n final! Hail to the Lord of the world! Hail to the Overlord!\n Hail to the Lord of Creatures!\n 33 May life succeed by sacrifice, Hail! May breath succeed\n by sacrifice, Hail! May downward breath, diffusive.\n breath, upward breath, digestive breath, vision, hearing,\n speech, mind, self, devotion, light, heaven, hymn-arrangement,\n sacrifice succeed by sacrifice. All-hail!\n 34 Hail to One! Hail to Two! Hail to Hundred! Hail to\n Hundred-and-One! Hail to Daybreak! Hail to Heaven!","title":"White Yajur Veda: Book XXII","type":"page"}