{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/wyv/wyvbk25.htm","path":"hin/wyv/wyvbk25.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvbk25.htm","text":"The Texts of the White Yajurveda, tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1899]\nI GRATIFY Fresh Grass with his teeth, Avak\u00e2 with his gums,\n Clay with his tooth-sockets, Tegas with his fangs. The\n tongue-tip for Sarasvat\u00ee; I gratify the root of the tongue\n and the palate with his neigh, V\u00e2ja with his jaws, the\n Waters with his mouth, the Stallion with his testicles,\n the \u00c2dityas with the beard, Path with his eyebrows,\n Heaven and Earth with his eyelashes, Lightning with\n the pupils of his eyes. Hail to the white! Hail to the\n black! Effectual are his eyelashes, irresistible are his\n lower eyelashes; irresistible are his eyelashes, effectual\n are his lower eyelashes.\n 2 With his breath I gratify V\u00e2ta; with his outbreath the two\n Nostrils; with his lower lip the Upay\u00e2ma; with his\n upper lip Existence. With his bright look I please Antara,\n with his reflection B\u00e2hya; the Whirlpool with his head;\n Thunder with his frontal bone; the Lightning-flash with\n his brain; Lightning with the pupils of his eyes; Hearing\n with his external ears; Ears with his internal ears;\n Blood with his lower neck; Waters with the fleshless\n part of his neck; Thought with the back neck-tendons;\n Aditi with his head; Nirriti with his ragged head;\n Vital Breathings with his roars; Tempest with his crest.\n 3 I gratify Flies with his hair; Indra with his active shoulder;\n Brihaspati with his quick spring; Tortoises with his\n hoofs; Approach with his fetlocks; Kapi\u00f1jalas with his\n heel-ropes; Speed with his two thighs; the Way with\n his two fore-legs; the Forest-God with a kneepan; Agni\n with his two knees; P\u00fbshan with his two fore-feet; the\n Asvins with his shoulders; Rudra with his shoulder-joints,\n4 The first rib is Agni's; the second V\u00e2yu's; the third\n Indra's; the fourth Soma's; the fifth Aditi's; the sixth\n Indr\u00e2n\u00ee's; the seventh the Maruts\u2019; the eighth Brihaspati's;\n the ninth Aryaman's; the tenth Dh\u00e2tar's; the\n eleventh Indra's; the twelfth Varuna's; the thirteenth\n Yama's.\n 5 (On the left side) the first rib belongs to Indra-Agni; the\n second to Sarasvat\u00ee; the third to Mitra; the fourth to\n the Waters; the fifth to Nirriti; the sixth to Agni-Soma;\n the seventh to the Serpents; the eighth to Vishnu; the\n ninth to P\u00fbshan; the tenth to Tvashtar; the eleventh to\n Indra; the twelfth to Varuna; the thirteenth to Yama.\n The right flank belongs to Heaven and Earth, the left to\n the All-Gods.\n 6 The shoulders belong to the Maruts; the first rib-cartilages\n to the All-Gods; the second to the Rudras; the third to\n the \u00c2dityas; the tail belongs to V\u00e2yu; the hind-quarters\n to Agni-Soma. I gratify the two Curlews with the hips;\n Indra-Brihaspati with the thighs; Mitra-Varuna with\n the groins; Approach with the buttocks; Strength with\n the two cavities of the loins.\n 7 I gratify P\u00fbshan with the rectum; Blind-worms with the\n large intestines; Serpents with the entrails; Worms with\n the guts; the Waters with the bladder; Scrotum with\n the testicles; the V\u00e2jins with his penis; Offspring with\n his seed; Blue jays with his bile; Fissures with his\n arms; K\u00fbshmas with his lumps of dung.\n 8 His chest belongs to Indra; his belly to Aditi; his clavicles\n to the Quarters; his nether hind-part to Aditi. I gratify\n Clouds with his aorta; Firmament with his pericardium;\n Mist with his belly; the two Chakrav\u00e2kas with his cardiac\n bones; Sky with his kidneys; Mountains with his\n ducts; hocks with his spleen; Ant-hills with his lungs;\n Shrubs with his heart-vessels; Streams with his veins;\n Lakes with his flanks; Sea with his belly; Vaisv\u00e2nara\n with his ashes.\n9 I gratify Separation with his navel; Butter with his flavour;\n the Waters with his broth; Sunbeams with his drops of\n fat; Hoar-frost with his heat; Ice with his marrow; Hailstones\n with his tears; Thunderbolts with the rheum of\n his eyes; R\u00e2kshasas with his blood; Bright things with\n his limbs; Stars with his beauty; Earth with his skin.\n All-hail to Jumbaka!\n 10 In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, etc., as in XIII. 4;\n XXIII. 1.\n 11 Who by his grandeur, etc., as in XXIII. 3.\n 12 Whose, by his might, are these snow-covered mountains,\n and men call sea and Ras\u00e2 his possession:\n Whose are these arms, whose are these heavenly regions.\n What God shall we adore with our oblation?\n 13 Giver of vital breath, of power and vigour, he whose\n commandment all the Gods acknowledge:\n The Lord of death, whose shade is life immortal. What\n God shall we adore with our oblation?\n 14 May powers auspicious come to us from every side, never\n deceived, unhindered and victorious,\n That the Gods ever may be with us for our gain, our guardians\n day by day, unceasing in their care.\n 15 May the auspicious favour of the Gods be ours, on us\n descend the bounty of the righteous Gods.\n The friendship of the Gods have we devoutly sought: so\n may the Gods extend our life that we may live.\n16 We call them hither with a hymn of olden time, Bhaga, the\n friendly Daksha, Mitra, Aditi,\n Aryaman, Varuna, Soma, the Asvins. May Sarasvat\u00ee, auspicious,\n grant felicity.\n 17 May the Wind waft to us that pleasant medicine, may Earth\n our Mother give it, and our Father Heaven,\n And the joy-giving stones that press the Soma's juice. Asvins,\n may ye, for whom our spirits long, hear this.\n 18 Him we invoke for aid who reigns supreme, the Lord of all\n that stands or moves, inspirer of the soul,\n That P\u00fbshan may promote the increase of our wealth, our\n keeper and our guard infallible for our good.\n 19 Illustrious far and wide, may Indra prosper us: may P\u00fbshan\n prosper us, the Master of all wealth.\n May T\u00e2rkshya with uninjured fellies prosper us: Brihaspati\n vouchsafe to us prosperity.\n 20 The Maruts, Sons of Prisni, borne by spotted steeds, moving\n in glory, oft visiting holy rites,\n Sages whose tongue is Agni and their eyes the Sun,\u2014\u2014hither\n let all the Gods for our protection come.\n 21 Gods, may we with our ears listen to what is good, and with\n our eyes see what is good, ye Holy Ones.\n With limbs and bodies firm may we extolling you attain the\n term of life appointed by the Gods.\n 22 A hundred autumns stand before us, O ye Gods, within\n whose space ye bring our bodies to decay;\n Within whose space our sons become fathers in turn. Break\n ye not in the midst our course of fleeting life.\n 23 Aditi is the heaven, Aditi is mid-air, Aditi is the Mother\n and the Sire and Son.\nAditi is all Gods, Aditi five-classed men, Aditi all that hath\n been born and shall be born.\n 24 Slight us not Varuna, Aryaman, or Mitra, Ribhukshan,\n Indra, \u00c2yu, or the Maruts,\n When we declare amid the congregation the virtues of the\n Strong Steed, God-descended.\n 25 What time they bear before the Courser, covered with\n trappings and with wealth, the grasped oblation,\n The dappled goat goeth straightforward, bleating, to the\n place dear to Indra and to P\u00fbshan.\n 26 Dear to all Gods, this goat, the share of P\u00fbshan, is first led\n forward with the vigorous Courser,\n While Tvashtar sends him forward with the Charger, acceptable\n for sacrifice, to glory.\n 27 When thrice the men lead round the Steed, in order, who\n goeth to the Gods as meet oblation,\n The goat precedeth him, the share of P\u00fbshan, and to the\n Gods the sacrifice announceth.\n 28 Invoker, ministering priest, stoner, fire-kindler, Soma-presser,\n sage, reciter,\n With this well ordered sacrifice, well finished, do ye fill full\n the channels of the rivers.\n 29 The hewers of the post and those who carry it, and those\n who carve the knob to deck the Horse's stake;\n Those who prepare the cooking-vessels for the Steed,\u2014may\n the approving help of these promote our work.\n 30 Forth, for the regions of the Gods, the Charger with his\n smooth back is come; my prayer attends him.\n In him rejoice the singer and the sages. A good friend\n have we won for the Gods\u2019 banquet.\n31 May the fleet Courser's halter and his heel-ropes, the headstall\n and the girths and cords about him,\n And the grass put within his mouth to bait him,\u2014among\n the Gods, too, let all these be with thee.\n 32 What part of the Steed's flesh the fly hath eaten, or is left\n sticking to the post or hatchet,\n Or to the slayer's hands and nails adhereth,\u2014among the\n Gods, tog, may all this he with thee.\n 33 Food undigested steaming from his belly, and any odour of\n raw flesh remaining,\n This let the immolators set in order and dress the sacrifice\n with perfect cooking.\n 34 What from thy body which with fire is roasted, when thou\n art set upon the spit, distilleth,\u2014\n Let not that lie on earth or grass neglected, but to the longing\n Gods let all be offered.\n 35 They who, observing that the Horse is ready, call out and\n say, The smell is good; remove it;\n And, craving meat, await the distribution,\u2014may their\n approving help promote our labour.\n 36 The trial-fork of the flesh cooking caldron, the vessels out\n of which the broth is sprinkled,\n The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks,\n carving-boards,\u2014all these attend the Charger.\n 37 Let not the fire, smoke-scented, make thee crackle, nor\n glowing caldron smell and break to pieces.\n Offered, beloved, approved, and consecrated,\u2014such Charger\n do the Gods accept with favour.\n 38 The starting-place, his place of rest and rolling, the ropes\n wherewith the Charger's feet were fastened,\n The water that he drank, the food he tasted,\u2014among the\n Gods, too, may all these attend thee.\n 39 The robe they spread upon the Horse to clothe him, the\n upper covering and the golden trappings,\n The halters which restrain the Steed, the heel-ropes,\u2014all\n these, as grateful to the Gods, they offer.\n 40 If one, when seated, with excessive urging hath with his\n heel or with his whip distressed thee,\n All these thy woes, as with oblation's ladle at sacrifices,\n with my prayer I banish.\n 41 The four-and-thirty ribs of the swift Courser, kin to the\n Gods, the slayer's hatchet pierces.\nCut ye with skill so that the parts be flawless, and piece by\n piece declaring them dissect them.\n 42 Of Tvashtar's Courser there is one dissector: this is the\n custom: two there are who guide him.\n Such of his limbs as I divide in order, all these, amid the\n lumps, in fire I offer.\n 43 Let not thy dear soul burn thee as thou comest, let not the\n hatchet linger in thy body.\n Let not a greedy clumsy immolator, missing the joints,\n mangle thy limbs unduly.\n 44 No, here thou diest not, thou art not injured: only by easy\n paths to Gods thou goest.\n Both Bays, both Spotted Mares are now thy fellows, and to\n the Ass's pole is yoked the Courser.\n 45 May this Steed bring us all-sustaining riches, wealth in\n good kine, good horses, manly offspring.\n Freedom from sin may Aditi vouchsafe us; the Steed with\n our oblations gain us lordship!\n 46 We will, with Indra and all Gods to help us, bring these\n existing worlds into subjection.\n With the \u00c2dityas, with the band of Maruts, may Indra\n give us medicine to heal us.\n Our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring may Indra\n regulate with the \u00c2dityas.\n 47 O Agni, be our nearest Friend, etc., as in III. 25.\n To thee then, O Most Bright, etc., as in III. 26.","title":"White Yajur Veda: Book XXV","type":"page"}