White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 23

VS 23.1

हिरण्यगर्भः सम् अवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिर् एक आसीत् स दाधार पृथिवीं द्याम् उतेमां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ sam avartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyām utemāṃ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

The Golden Germ arose in the beginning; born, he was the one lord of what has come to be. He upheld this earth and the sky. To which god shall we offer oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 23.2

उपयामगृहीतो सि प्रजापतये त्वा जुष्टं गृह्णामि एष ते योनिः सूर्यस् ते महिमा यस् ते हन्त् संवत्सरे महिमा संबभूव यस् ते वायाव् अन्तरिक्षे महिमा संबभूव यस् ते दिवि सूर्ये महिमा संबभूव तस्मै ते महिम्ने प्रजापतये स्वाहा देवेभ्यः

upayāmagṛhīto si prajāpataye tvā juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmi eṣa te yoniḥ sūryas te mahimā yas te hant saṃvatsare mahimā saṃbabhūva yas te vāyāv antarikṣe mahimā saṃbabhūva yas te divi sūrye mahimā saṃbabhūva tasmai te mahimne prajāpataye svāhā devebhyaḥ

You are taken with the upayāma; for Prajāpati I take you, welcomed. This is your womb. The sun is your greatness. That greatness of yours which came to be here in the year, that greatness of yours which came to be in Vāyu, in the mid-air, that greatness of yours which came to be in the sky, in the sun — to that greatness of yours, to Prajāpati, svāhā; to the gods.

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VS 23.3

यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैक इद् राजा जगतो बभूव य ईशे अस्य द्विपदश् चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yaḥ prāṇato nimiṣato mahitvaika id rājā jagato babhūva ya īśe asya dvipadaś catuṣpadaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

He who by his greatness became the one sole king of the breathing, blinking world, who rules over this two-footed and four-footed (creation) — to which god shall we offer oblation?

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VS 23.4

उपयामगृहीतो सि प्रजापतये त्वा जुष्टं गृह्णामि एष ते योनिश् चन्द्रस् ते महिमा यस् ते रात्रौ संवत्सरे महिमा संबभूव यस् ते पृथिव्याम् अग्नौ महिमा संबभूव यस् ते नक्षत्रेषु चन्द्रमसि महिमा संबभूव तस्मै ते महिम्ने प्रजापतये देवेभ्यः स्वाहा

upayāmagṛhīto si prajāpataye tvā juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmi eṣa te yoniś candras te mahimā yas te rātrau saṃvatsare mahimā saṃbabhūva yas te pṛthivyām agnau mahimā saṃbabhūva yas te nakṣatreṣu candramasi mahimā saṃbabhūva tasmai te mahimne prajāpataye devebhyaḥ svāhā

You are taken with the upayāma; for Prajāpati I take you, welcomed. This is your womb. The moon is your greatness. That greatness of yours which came to be in the night, in the year, that greatness of yours which came to be on the earth, in Agni, that greatness of yours which came to be in the constellations, in the moon — to that greatness of yours, to Prajāpati, to the gods, svāhā.

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VS 23.5

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नम् अरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि

yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣaṃ carantaṃ pari tasthuṣaḥ rocante rocanā divi

They yoke the ruddy tawny one who moves about the standing things; the lights shine in the sky.

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VS 23.6

युञ्जन्त्य् अस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे शोणा धृष्णू नृसाहसा

yuñjanty asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛsāhasā

They yoke to his chariot his two dear bay steeds, standing on either flank, red, bold, overpowering men.

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VS 23.7

यद् वातो अपो अगनीगन् प्रियाम् इन्द्रस्य तन्वम् एतꣳ स्तोतर् अनेन पथा पुनर् अश्वम् आ वर्तयासि नः

yad vāto apo aganīgan priyām indrasya tanvam etaṁ stotar anena pathā punar aśvam ā vartayāsi naḥ

When the wind has gone again and again into the waters — Indra's dear body — O praiser, by this path turn the horse back to us again.

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VS 23.8

वसवस् त्वाञ्जन्तु गायत्रेण छन्दसा रुद्रास् त्वाञ्जन्तु त्रैष्टुभेन छन्दसा आदित्यास् त्वाञ्जन्तु जागतेन छन्दसा भूर् भुवः स्वर् लाजी३ञ् छाची३न् यव्ये गव्य एतद् अन्नम् अत्त देवा एतद् अन्नम् अद्धि प्रजापते

vasavas tvāñjantu gāyatreṇa chandasā rudrās tvāñjantu traiṣṭubhena chandasā ādityās tvāñjantu jāgatena chandasā bhūr bhuvaḥ svar lājī3ñ chācī3n yavye gavya etad annam atta devā etad annam addhi prajāpate

May the Vasus anoint you with the Gāyatrī metre; may the Rudras anoint you with the Traiṣṭubha metre; may the Ādityas anoint you with the Jāgata metre. Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svar! The parched grains, the ... in the barley-field, in the cow-pasture — eat this food, O gods; eat this food, O Prajāpati.

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VS 23.9

कः स्विद् एकाकी चरति क उ स्विज् जायते पुनः किꣳ स्विद् धिमस्य भेषजं किम् व् आवपनं महत्

kaḥ svid ekākī carati ka u svij jāyate punaḥ kiṁ svid dhimasya bheṣajaṃ kim v āvapanaṃ mahat

Who, now, moves alone? Who, indeed, is born again? What is the remedy for cold? What is the great sowing-ground?

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VS 23.10

सूर्य एकाकी चरति चन्द्रमा जायते पुनः अग्निर् धिमस्य भेषजं भूमिर् आवपनं महत्

sūrya ekākī carati candramā jāyate punaḥ agnir dhimasya bheṣajaṃ bhūmir āvapanaṃ mahat

The sun moves alone; the moon is born again. Agni is the remedy for cold; the earth is the great sowing-ground.

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VS 23.11

का स्विद् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् बृहद् वयः का स्विद् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला का स्विद् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला

kā svid āsīt pūrvacittiḥ kiṁ svid āsīd bṛhad vayaḥ kā svid āsīt pilippilā kā svid āsīt piśaṅgilā

What was the first thought? What was the great bird? What was the smooth-flowing one? What was the tawny one?

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VS 23.12

द्यौर् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः अश्व आसीद् बृहद् वयः अविर् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला रात्रिर् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला

dyaur āsīt pūrvacittiḥ aśva āsīd bṛhad vayaḥ avir āsīt pilippilā rātrir āsīt piśaṅgilā

May Vāyu protect you with the cooked offerings, the black-necked one with the goats, the nyagrodha with the cups, the śalmali for increase. This chariot-bull has come here with his four feet. May the Brahman and the un-black one protect us. Homage to Agni.

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VS 23.13

वायुष् ट्वा पचतैर् अवतु असितग्रीवश् छागैः न्यग्रोधश् चमसैः शल्मलिर् वृद्ध्या एष स्य राथ्यो वृषा पड्भिश् चतुर्भिर् एद् अगन् ब्रह्माकृष्णश् च नो वतु नमो ग्नये

vāyuṣ ṭvā pacatair avatu asitagrīvaś chāgaiḥ nyagrodhaś camasaiḥ śalmalir vṛddhyā eṣa sya rāthyo vṛṣā paḍbhiś caturbhir ed agan brahmākṛṣṇaś ca no vatu namo gnaye

The chariot is urged on by the rein, the steed is urged on by the rein; urged on in the waters is the water-born Brahman who has Soma as his leader.

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VS 23.14

सꣳशितो रश्मिना रथः सꣳशितो रश्मिना हयः सꣳशितो अप्स्व् अप्सुजा ब्रह्मा सोमपुरोगवः

saṁśito raśminā rathaḥ saṁśito raśminā hayaḥ saṁśito apsv apsujā brahmā somapurogavaḥ

Of yourself, O steed, make your body ready; of yourself sacrifice, of yourself take pleasure. Your greatness is not to be attained by another.

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VS 23.15

स्वयं वाजिꣳस् तन्वं कल्पयस्व स्वयं यजस्व स्वयं जुषस्व महिमा ते न्येन न संनशे

svayaṃ vājiṁs tanvaṃ kalpayasva svayaṃ yajasva svayaṃ juṣasva mahimā te nyena na saṃnaśe

Truly you do not die by this, you are not harmed; you go to the gods by easy paths. Where the well-doers sit, where they have gone — there may the god Savitṛ set you.

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VS 23.16

न वा उ एतन् म्रियसे न रिष्यसि देवाꣳ इद् एषि पथिभिः सुगेभिः यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र ते ययुस् तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु

na vā u etan mriyase na riṣyasi devāṁ id eṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ yatrāsate sukṛto yatra te yayus tatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātu

Agni was the sacrificial animal; with him they sacrificed. He won that world in which Agni is; that world shall be yours, you shall win it — drink these waters. Vāyu was the sacrificial animal; with him they sacrificed. He won that world in which Vāyu is; that world shall be yours, you shall win it — drink these waters. The sun was the sacrificial animal; with him they sacrificed. He won that world in which the sun is; that world shall be yours, you shall win it — drink these waters.

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VS 23.17

अग्निः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन्न् अग्निः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता अपः वायुः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन् वायुः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता अपः सूर्यः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन्त् सूर्यः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता अपः

agniḥ paśur āsīt tenāyajanta sa etaṃ lokam ajayad yasminn agniḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati taṃ jeṣyasi pibaitā apaḥ vāyuḥ paśur āsīt tenāyajanta sa etaṃ lokam ajayad yasmin vāyuḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati taṃ jeṣyasi pibaitā apaḥ sūryaḥ paśur āsīt tenāyajanta sa etaṃ lokam ajayad yasmint sūryaḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati taṃ jeṣyasi pibaitā apaḥ

To the out-breath, svāhā; to the in-breath, svāhā; to the diffused breath, svāhā. Mother, little mother, dear little mother! No one leads me. The little horse sleeps — (with) fair Subhadrikā who dwells in Kāmpīla.

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VS 23.18

प्राणाय स्वाहा अपानाय स्वाहा व्यानाय स्वाहा अम्बे अम्बिके म्बालिके न मा नयति कश् चन ससस्त्य् अश्वकः सुभद्रिकां काम्पीलवासिनीम्

prāṇāya svāhā apānāya svāhā vyānāya svāhā ambe ambike mbālike na mā nayati kaś cana sasasty aśvakaḥ subhadrikāṃ kāmpīlavāsinīm

We call upon you as the troop-lord of troops; we call upon you as the dear-lord of dear ones; we call upon you as the treasure-lord of treasures. O Vasu, mine! I have been driven to the womb-placer; do you drive to the womb-placer.

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VS 23.19

गणानां त्वा गणपतिꣳ हवामहे प्रियाणां त्वा प्रियपतिꣳ हवामहे निधीनां त्वा निधिपतिꣳ हवामहे वसो मम आहम् अजानि गर्भधम् आ त्वम् अजासि गर्भधम्

gaṇānāṃ tvā gaṇapatiṁ havāmahe priyāṇāṃ tvā priyapatiṁ havāmahe nidhīnāṃ tvā nidhipatiṁ havāmahe vaso mama āham ajāni garbhadham ā tvam ajāsi garbhadham

We invoke thee as the lord of hosts among hosts; we invoke thee as the lord of the dear ones among the dear; we invoke thee as the lord of treasures among treasures. O Vasu, (be) mine! I have driven hither the impregnator; do thou drive hither the impregnator.

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VS 23.20

ता उभौ चतुरः पदः सम्प्र सारयाव स्वर्गे लोके प्रोर्णुवाथां वृषा वाजी रेतोधा रेतो दधातु

tā ubhau caturaḥ padaḥ sampra sārayāva svarge loke prorṇuvāthāṃ vṛṣā vājī retodhā reto dadhātu

Let the two of us stretch out our four legs together; in the heavenly world let the two (of you) cover yourselves over. Let the bull, the steed, the setter of seed, set the seed.

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VS 23.21

उत्सक्थ्या अव गुदं धेहि सम् अञ्जिं चारया वृषन् य स्त्रीणां जीवभोजनः

utsakthyā ava gudaṃ dhehi sam añjiṃ cārayā vṛṣan ya strīṇāṃ jīvabhojanaḥ

Lift up the thighs, put down the anus; make the ointment go in, O bull, (you) who are the life-sustenance of women.

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VS 23.22

यकासकौ शकुन्तिकाहलग् इति वञ्चति आ हन्ति गभे पसो निगल्गलीति धारका

yakāsakau śakuntikāhalag iti vañcati ā hanti gabhe paso nigalgalīti dhārakā

That little bird there goes crookedly, saying 'ahalak'; it strikes: the penis goes gulping in the cleft, the thruster.

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VS 23.23

यको सकौ शकुन्तक आहलग् इति वञ्चति विवक्षत इव ते मुखम् अध्वर्यो मा नस् त्वम् अभि भाषथाः

yako sakau śakuntaka āhalag iti vañcati vivakṣata iva te mukham adhvaryo mā nas tvam abhi bhāṣathāḥ

That little bird there goes crookedly, saying 'ahalak'; your mouth is as though it wants to speak—adhvaryu, do not you talk at us.

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VS 23.24

माता च ते पिता च ते ग्रं वृक्षस्य रोहतः प्रतिलामीति ते पिता गभे मुष्टिम् अतꣳसयत्

mātā ca te pitā ca te graṃ vṛkṣasya rohataḥ pratilāmīti te pitā gabhe muṣṭim ataṁsayat

Your mother and your father climb to the top of the tree; 'I turn (you) back'—so your father shook his fist in the cleft.

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VS 23.25

माता च ते पिता च ते ग्रे वृक्षस्य क्रीडतः विवक्षत इव ते मुखं ब्रह्मन् मा नस् त्वं वदो बहु

mātā ca te pitā ca te gre vṛkṣasya krīḍataḥ vivakṣata iva te mukhaṃ brahman mā nas tvaṃ vado bahu

Your mother and your father play at the top of the tree; your mouth is as though it wants to speak—brahman, do not you say much to us.

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VS 23.26

ऊर्ध्वम् एनाम् उच् छ्रापय गिरौ भारꣳ हरन्न् इव अथास्यै मध्यम् एधताꣳ शीते वाते पुनन्न् इव

ūrdhvam enām uc chrāpaya girau bhāraṁ harann iva athāsyai madhyam edhatāṁ śīte vāte punann iva

Raise her up straight, like one carrying a load onto a mountain; and let her middle thrive, as when (one is) winnowing in a cool wind.

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VS 23.27

ऊर्ध्वम् एनम् उच् छ्रापय गिरौ भारꣳ हरन्न् इव अथास्य मध्यम् एजतु शीते वाते पुनन्न् इव

ūrdhvam enam uc chrāpaya girau bhāraṁ harann iva athāsya madhyam ejatu śīte vāte punann iva

Raise him up straight, like one carrying a load onto a mountain; and let his middle stir, as when (one is) winnowing in a cool wind.

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VS 23.28

यद् अस्या अꣳहुभेद्याः कृधु स्थूलम् उपातसत् मुष्काव् अस्या एजतो गोशफे शकुलाव् इव

yad asyā aṁhubhedyāḥ kṛdhu sthūlam upātasat muṣkāv asyā ejato gośaphe śakulāv iva

When the short, thick (member) has thrust into her narrow slit, her two testicles quiver, like two small fish in a cow's hoofprint.

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VS 23.29

यद् देवासो ललामगुं प्र विष्टीमिनम् आविषुः सक्थ्ना देदिश्यते नारी सत्यस्याक्षिभुवो यथा

yad devāso lalāmaguṃ pra viṣṭīminam āviṣuḥ sakthnā dediśyate nārī satyasyākṣibhuvo yathā

When, O gods, you have laid bare the blaze-marked, well-packed (part), the woman keeps pointing with her thigh, as those who witness the truth (do).

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VS 23.30

यद् धरिणो यवम् अत्ति न पुष्टं पशु मन्यते शूद्रा यद् अर्यजारा न पोषाय धनायति

yad dhariṇo yavam atti na puṣṭaṃ paśu manyate śūdrā yad aryajārā na poṣāya dhanāyati

When the deer eats the barley, it does not think the animal well-fed; when a śūdra woman has a noble as lover, she does not crave wealth for prosperity.

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VS 23.31

यद् धरिणो यवम् अत्ति न पुष्टं बहु मन्यते शूद्रो यद् अर्यायै जारो न पोषम् अनु मन्यते

yad dhariṇo yavam atti na puṣṭaṃ bahu manyate śūdro yad aryāyai jāro na poṣam anu manyate

When the deer eats the barley, it does not think much of the fattened (grain); when a śūdra is the lover of a noble woman, he does not care for prosperity.

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VS 23.32

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोर् अश्वस्य वाजिनः सुरभि नो मुखा करत् प्र ण आयूꣳषि तारिषत्

dadhikrāvṇo akāriṣaṃ jiṣṇor aśvasya vājinaḥ surabhi no mukhā karat pra ṇa āyūṁṣi tāriṣat

I have made (praise) of Dadhikrāvan, the victorious steed, the winner of prizes. May he make our mouths fragrant; may he lengthen out our lifetimes.

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VS 23.33

गायत्री त्रिष्टुब् जगत्य् अनुष्टुप् पङ्क्त्या सह बृहत्य् उष्णिहा ककुप् सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा

gāyatrī triṣṭub jagaty anuṣṭup paṅktyā saha bṛhaty uṣṇihā kakup sūcībhiḥ śamyantu tvā

Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh together with Paṅkti, Bṛhatī, Uṣṇih, Kakubh—let them prepare you with needles.

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VS 23.34

द्विपदा याश् चतुष्पदास् त्रिपदा याश् च षट्पदाः विच्छन्दा याश् च सच्छन्दाः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा

dvipadā yāś catuṣpadās tripadā yāś ca ṣaṭpadāḥ vicchandā yāś ca sacchandāḥ sūcībhiḥ śamyantu tvā

Those that are two-footed and four-footed, those that are three-footed and six-footed, those that are irregular in metre and those that are of right metre—let them prepare you with needles.

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VS 23.35

महानाम्न्यो रेवत्यो विश्वा आशाः प्रभूवरीः मैघीर् विद्युतो वाचः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा

mahānāmnyo revatyo viśvā āśāḥ prabhūvarīḥ maighīr vidyuto vācaḥ sūcībhiḥ śamyantu tvā

The Mahānāmnī (verses), the rich ones, all the regions, the abounding ones, the cloud-born lightnings, the voices—let them prepare you with needles.

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VS 23.36

नार्यस् ते पत्न्यो लोम वि चिन्वन्तु मनीषया देवानां पत्न्यो दिशः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा

nāryas te patnyo loma vi cinvantu manīṣayā devānāṃ patnyo diśaḥ sūcībhiḥ śamyantu tvā

Let the women, your wives, pick out the hair with skill; the wives of the gods, the directions—let them prepare you with needles.

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VS 23.37

रजता हरिणीः सीसा युजो युज्यन्ते कर्मभिः अश्वस्य वाजिनस् त्वचि सिमाः शम्यन्तु शम्यन्तीः

rajatā hariṇīḥ sīsā yujo yujyante karmabhiḥ aśvasya vājinas tvaci simāḥ śamyantu śamyantīḥ

Silver, golden, and lead ones, yoked, are yoked with the rites; on the skin of the prize-winning horse let the ones that prepare prepare all (of it).

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VS 23.38

कुविद् अङ्ग यवमन्तो वयं चिद् यथा दान्त्य् अनुपूर्वं वियूय इहेहैषां कृणुहि भोजनानि ये बर्हिषो नमüक्तिं यजन्ति

kuvid aṅga yavamanto vayaṃ cid yathā dānty anupūrvaṃ viyūya ihehaiṣāṃ kṛṇuhi bhojanāni ye barhiṣo namaüktiṃ yajanti

Surely, indeed, we who have barley—as they cut in due order, separating (it)—make their portions of food here and here, for those who worship the barhis with a word of homage.

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VS 23.39

कस् त्वा छ्यति कस् त्वा वि शास्ति कस् ते गात्राणि शम्यति क उ ते शमिता कविः

kas tvā chyati kas tvā vi śāsti kas te gātrāṇi śamyati ka u te śamitā kaviḥ

Who flays you? Who cuts you apart? Who prepares your limbs? And who is your preparer, the sage?

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VS 23.40

ऋतवस् त्वा ऋतुथा पर्व शमितारो वि शासतु संवत्सरस्य तेजसा शमीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा

ṛtavas tvā ṛtuthā parva śamitāro vi śāsatu saṃvatsarasya tejasā śamībhiḥ śamyantu tvā

Let the seasons carve you, the carvers (carve you) joint by joint according to the season; with the splendour of the year, with (their) labours let them dress you.

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VS 23.41

अर्धमासाः परूꣳषि ते मासा आ छ्यन्तु शम्यन्तः अहोरात्राणि मरुतो विलिष्टꣳ सूदयन्तु ते

ardhamāsāḥ parūṁṣi te māsā ā chyantu śamyantaḥ ahorātrāṇi maruto viliṣṭaṁ sūdayantu te

The half-months are your joints; let the months, dressing (you), cut (you); let the days and nights, (and) the Maruts, set right what has been torn apart in you.

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VS 23.42

दैव्या अध्वर्यवस् त्वा छ्यन्तु वि च आसतु गात्राणि पर्वशस् ते सिमाः कृण्वन्तु शम्यन्तीः

daivyā adhvaryavas tvā chyantu vi ca āsatu gātrāṇi parvaśas te simāḥ kṛṇvantu śamyantīḥ

Let the divine adhvaryus cut you and carve (you) up; let them, dressing (you), make your own limbs joint by joint.

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VS 23.43

द्यौस् ते पृथिव्य् अन्तरिक्षं वायुश् छिद्रं पृणातु ते सूयस् ते नक्षत्रैः सह लोकं कृणोतु साधुया

dyaus te pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ vāyuś chidraṃ pṛṇātu te sūyas te nakṣatraiḥ saha lokaṃ kṛṇotu sādhuyā

Let Heaven, Earth, the midspace, (and) Vāyu fill up your gap; let the sun, together with the constellations, make a world (for you) rightly.

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VS 23.44

शं ते परेभ्यो गात्रेभ्यः शम् अस्त्व् अवरेभ्यः शम् अस्थभ्यो मज्जभ्यः शम् व् अस्तु तन्वै तव

śaṃ te parebhyo gātrebhyaḥ śam astv avarebhyaḥ śam asthabhyo majjabhyaḥ śam v astu tanvai tava

Peace to your farther limbs, and let there be peace to the nearer ones; peace to (your) bones, to (your) marrows, and let there be peace to your body.

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VS 23.45

कः स्विद् एकाकी चरति क उ स्विज् जायते पुनः किꣳ स्विद् धिमस्य भेषजं किम् व् आवपनं महत्

kaḥ svid ekākī carati ka u svij jāyate punaḥ kiṁ svid dhimasya bheṣajaṃ kim v āvapanaṃ mahat

Who indeed goes alone? Who indeed is born again? What indeed is the remedy for cold? What is the great sowing-ground?

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VS 23.46

सूर्य एकाकी चरति चन्द्रमा जायते पुनः अग्निर् धिमस्य भेषजं भूमिर् आवपनं महत्

sūrya ekākī carati candramā jāyate punaḥ agnir dhimasya bheṣajaṃ bhūmir āvapanaṃ mahat

The sun goes alone; the moon is born again; Agni is the remedy for cold; the earth is the great sowing-ground.

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VS 23.47

किꣳ स्वित् सूर्यसमं ज्योतिः किꣳ समुद्रसमꣳ सरः किꣳ स्वित् पृथिव्यै वर्षीयः कस्य मात्रा न विद्यते

kiṁ svit sūryasamaṃ jyotiḥ kiṁ samudrasamaṁ saraḥ kiṁ svit pṛthivyai varṣīyaḥ kasya mātrā na vidyate

What light indeed is equal to the sun? What lake is equal to the sea? What indeed is greater than the earth? Of what is no measure found?

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VS 23.48

ब्रह्म सूर्यसमं ज्योतिर् द्यौः समुद्रसमꣳ सरः इन्द्रः पृथिव्यै वर्षीयान् गोस् तु मात्रा न विद्यते

brahma sūryasamaṃ jyotir dyauḥ samudrasamaṁ saraḥ indraḥ pṛthivyai varṣīyān gos tu mātrā na vidyate

The bráhman is the light equal to the sun; Heaven is the lake equal to the sea; Indra is greater than the earth; but of the cow no measure is found.

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VS 23.49

पृच्छामि त्वा चितये देवसख यदि त्वम् अत्र मनसा जगन्थ येषु विष्णुस् त्रिषु पदेष्व् एष्टस् तेषु विश्वं भुवनम् आ विवेशा३ꣳ

pṛcchāmi tvā citaye devasakha yadi tvam atra manasā jagantha yeṣu viṣṇus triṣu padeṣv eṣṭas teṣu viśvaṃ bhuvanam ā viveśā3ṁ

I ask you for understanding, friend of the gods, whether you have here reached (it) with (your) mind: in which three steps Viṣṇu is set, in those the whole world has entered.

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VS 23.50

अपि तेषु त्रिषु पदेष्व् अस्मि येषु विश्वं भुवनम् आविवेश सद्यः पर्य् एमि पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् एकेनाङ्गेन दिवो अस्य पृष्ठम्

api teṣu triṣu padeṣv asmi yeṣu viśvaṃ bhuvanam āviveśa sadyaḥ pary emi pṛthivīm uta dyām ekenāṅgena divo asya pṛṣṭham

I too am in those three steps in which the whole world has entered. In one day I travel around the earth and the heaven, with a single limb (I reach) the back of this sky.

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VS 23.51

केष्व् अन्तः पुरुष आ विवेश कान्य् अन्तः पुरुषे अर्पितानि एतद् ब्रह्मन्न् उपवल्हामसि त्वा किꣳ स्विन् नः प्रति वोचास्य् अत्र

keṣv antaḥ puruṣa ā viveśa kāny antaḥ puruṣe arpitāni etad brahmann upavalhāmasi tvā kiṁ svin naḥ prati vocāsy atra

Into what things within has the Person entered? What things are fixed within the Person? This, brahmin, we set to you as a riddle: what will you answer us here?

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VS 23.52

पञ्चस्व् अन्तः पुरुष आ विवेश तान्य् अन्तः पुरुषे अर्पितानि एतत् त्वात्र प्रतिमन्वानो अस्मि न मायया भवस्य् उत्तरो मत्

pañcasv antaḥ puruṣa ā viveśa tāny antaḥ puruṣe arpitāni etat tvātra pratimanvāno asmi na māyayā bhavasy uttaro mat

Into five things within has the Person entered; those things are fixed within the Person. In this I am matching you here; you do not become superior to me by (any) magic.

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VS 23.53

का स्विद् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् बृहद् वयः का स्विद् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला का स्विद् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला

kā svid āsīt pūrvacittiḥ kiṁ svid āsīd bṛhad vayaḥ kā svid āsīt pilippilā kā svid āsīt piśaṅgilā

What indeed was the first thought? What indeed was the great bird? What indeed was the pilippilā? What indeed was the piśaṅgilā?

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VS 23.54

द्यौर् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः अश्व आसीद् बृहद् वयः अविर् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला रात्रिर् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला

dyaur āsīt pūrvacittiḥ aśva āsīd bṛhad vayaḥ avir āsīt pilippilā rātrir āsīt piśaṅgilā

Heaven was the first thought; the horse was the great bird; the sheep was the pilippilā; the night was the piśaṅgilā.

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VS 23.55

क ईम् अरे पिशंगिला क ईं कुरुपिशंगिला क ईम् आस्कन्दम् अर्षति क ईं पन्थां वि सर्पति

ka īm are piśaṃgilā ka īṃ kurupiśaṃgilā ka īm āskandam arṣati ka īṃ panthāṃ vi sarpati

Who indeed is the are-piśaṅgilā? Who the kurupiśaṅgilā? Who indeed runs with a leap? Who creeps along the path?

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VS 23.56

अजारे पिशंगिला श्वावित् कुरुपिशंगिला शश आस्कन्दम् अर्षत्य् अहिः पन्थां वि सर्पति

ajāre piśaṃgilā śvāvit kurupiśaṃgilā śaśa āskandam arṣaty ahiḥ panthāṃ vi sarpati

The she-goat is the are-piśaṅgilā, the porcupine the kurupiśaṅgilā; the hare runs with a leap, the snake creeps along the path.

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VS 23.57

कत्य् अस्य विष्ठाः कत्य् अक्षराणि कति होमासः कतिधा समिद्धः यज्ञस्य त्वा विदथा पृच्छम् अत्र कति होतार ऋतुशो यजन्ति

katy asya viṣṭhāḥ katy akṣarāṇi kati homāsaḥ katidhā samiddhaḥ yajñasya tvā vidathā pṛccham atra kati hotāra ṛtuśo yajanti

How many are its stations? How many the syllables? How many the oblations? How many times is (the fire) kindled? I ask you here about the ritual knowledge of the sacrifice: how many hotṛs sacrifice according to the seasons?

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VS 23.58

षड् अस्य विष्ठाः शतम् अक्षराण्य् अशीतिर् होमाः समिधो ह तिस्रः यज्ञस्य ते विदथा प्र ब्रवीमि सप्त होतार ऋतुशो यजन्ति

ṣaḍ asya viṣṭhāḥ śatam akṣarāṇy aśītir homāḥ samidho ha tisraḥ yajñasya te vidathā pra bravīmi sapta hotāra ṛtuśo yajanti

Six are its stations, a hundred the syllables, eighty the oblations, and the kindling-sticks are three. I declare to you the ritual knowledge of the sacrifice: seven hotṛs sacrifice according to the seasons.

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VS 23.59

को अस्य वेद भुवनस्य नाभिं को द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षम् कः सूर्यस्य वेद बृहतो जनित्रं को वेद चन्द्रमसं यतोजाः

ko asya veda bhuvanasya nābhiṃ ko dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣam kaḥ sūryasya veda bṛhato janitraṃ ko veda candramasaṃ yatojāḥ

Who knows the navel of this world? Who (knows) heaven and earth and the midspace? Who knows the birthplace of the great sun? Who knows the moon, whence born?

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VS 23.60

वेदाहम् अस्य भुवनस्य नाभिं वेद द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षम् वेद सूर्यस्य बृहतो जनित्रं अथो वेद चन्द्रमसं यतोजाः

vedāham asya bhuvanasya nābhiṃ veda dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣam veda sūryasya bṛhato janitraṃ atho veda candramasaṃ yatojāḥ

I know the navel of this world; I know heaven and earth, the mid-air; I know the birthplace of the great sun; and I know the moon, whence it was born.

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VS 23.61

पृच्छामि त्वा परम् अन्तं पृथिव्याः पृच्छामि यत्र भुवनस्य नाभिः पृच्छामि त्वा वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतः पृच्छामि वाचः परमं व्योम

pṛcchāmi tvā param antaṃ pṛthivyāḥ pṛcchāmi yatra bhuvanasya nābhiḥ pṛcchāmi tvā vṛṣṇo aśvasya retaḥ pṛcchāmi vācaḥ paramaṃ vyoma

I ask you about the farthest end of the earth; I ask where the navel of the world is; I ask you about the seed of the bull-stallion; I ask about the highest vault of speech.

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VS 23.62

इयं वेदिः परो अन्तः पृथिव्या अयं यज्ञो यत्र भुवनस्य नाभिः अयꣳ सोमो वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतः ब्रह्मायं वाचः परमं व्योम

iyaṃ vediḥ paro antaḥ pṛthivyā ayaṃ yajño yatra bhuvanasya nābhiḥ ayaṁ somo vṛṣṇo aśvasya retaḥ brahmāyaṃ vācaḥ paramaṃ vyoma

This altar is the farthest end of the earth; this sacrifice is where the navel of the world is; this Soma is the seed of the bull-stallion; this brahman is the highest vault of speech.

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VS 23.63

सुभूः स्वयम्भूः प्रथमो न्तर् महत्य् अर्णवे दधे ह गर्भम् ऋत्वियं यतो जातः प्रजापतिः

subhūḥ svayambhūḥ prathamo ntar mahaty arṇave dadhe ha garbham ṛtviyaṃ yato jātaḥ prajāpatiḥ

Well-being, self-existent, the first (one) within the great flood laid down the seasonal germ, from which Prajāpati was born.

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VS 23.64

होता यक्षत् प्रजापतिꣳ सोमस्य महिम्नः जुषतां पिबतु सोमꣳ होतर् यज

hotā yakṣat prajāpatiṁ somasya mahimnaḥ juṣatāṃ pibatu somaṁ hotar yaja

Let the hotṛ sacrifice to Prajāpati, of the greatness of Soma; let him take pleasure, let him drink the Soma; hotṛ, sacrifice!

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VS 23.65

प्रजापते न त्वद् एतान्य् अन्यो विश्वा रूपाणि परि ता बभूव यत्कामास् ते जुहुमस् तन् नो अस्तु

prajāpate na tvad etāny anyo viśvā rūpāṇi pari tā babhūva yatkāmās te juhumas tan no astu

O Prajāpati, none other than you has encompassed all these forms; with whatever desire we offer to you, let that be ours.

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