White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 25

VS 25.1

शादं दद्भिर् अवकां दन्तमूलैर् मृदं बर्स्वैस् तेगान् दꣳष्ट्राभ्याꣳ सरस्वत्या अग्रजिह्वं जिह्वाया उत्सादम् अवक्रन्देन तालु वाजꣳ हनुभ्याम् अप आस्येन वृषणम् आण्डाभ्याम् आदित्याꣳ श्मश्रुभिः पन्थानं भ्रूभ्यां द्यावापृथिवी वर्तोभ्यां विद्युतं कनीनकाभ्याꣳ शुक्लाय स्वाहा कृष्णाय स्वाहा पार्याणि पक्ष्माण्य् अवार्या इक्षवो वार्याणि पक्ष्माणि पार्या इक्षवः

śādaṃ dadbhir avakāṃ dantamūlair mṛdaṃ barsvais tegān daṁṣṭrābhyāṁ sarasvatyā agrajihvaṃ jihvāyā utsādam avakrandena tālu vājaṁ hanubhyām apa āsyena vṛṣaṇam āṇḍābhyām ādityāṁ śmaśrubhiḥ panthānaṃ bhrūbhyāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī vartobhyāṃ vidyutaṃ kanīnakābhyāṁ śuklāya svāhā kṛṣṇāya svāhā pāryāṇi pakṣmāṇy avāryā ikṣavo vāryāṇi pakṣmāṇi pāryā ikṣavaḥ

Grass with the teeth, the avakā-plant with the gums, clay with the tooth-sockets, sharp things with the fangs, Sarasvatī with the tongue's tip, utsāda with the bellowing, the palate—strength with the jaws, the waters with the mouth, the bull with the testicles, the Ādityas with the beard-hairs, the path with the brows, Heaven and Earth with the eyelids, lightning with the pupils; to the white, svāhā; to the black, svāhā; the farther eyelashes, the nearer sugar-canes; the nearer eyelashes, the farther sugar-canes.

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VS 25.2

वातं प्राणेनापानेन नसिके उपयामम् अधरेणौष्ठेन सद् उत्तरेण प्रकाशेनान्तरम् अनूकाशेन बाह्व्यं निवेष्यं मूर्ध्ना स्तनयित्नुं निर्बाधेनाशनिं मस्तिष्केण विद्युतं कनीनकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्याꣳ श्रोत्रꣳ श्रोत्राभ्यां कर्णौ तेदनीम् अधरकण्ठेनापः शुष्ककण्ठेन चित्तं मन्याभिर् अदितिꣳ शीर्ष्णा निरृतिं निर्जर्जल्पेन शीर्ष्णा संक्रोशैः प्राणान् रेष्माणꣳ स्तुपेन

vātaṃ prāṇenāpānena nasike upayāmam adhareṇauṣṭhena sad uttareṇa prakāśenāntaram anūkāśena bāhvyaṃ niveṣyaṃ mūrdhnā stanayitnuṃ nirbādhenāśaniṃ mastiṣkeṇa vidyutaṃ kanīnakābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṁ śrotraṁ śrotrābhyāṃ karṇau tedanīm adharakaṇṭhenāpaḥ śuṣkakaṇṭhena cittaṃ manyābhir aditiṁ śīrṣṇā nirṛtiṃ nirjarjalpena śīrṣṇā saṃkrośaiḥ prāṇān reṣmāṇaṁ stupena

Wind with the in-breath, with the out-breath the two nostrils, upayāma with the lower lip, sat with the upper, the inner with the light, the interval with the reflection, bāhvya, niveṣya with the crown, thunder with the nirbādha, the bolt with the brain, lightning with the pupils, hearing with the two ears, the two ears with the hearing, tedanī with the lower throat, the waters with the dry throat, thought with the neck-sinews, Aditi with the head, Nirṛti with the nirjarjalpa, the head, the breaths with the outcries, reṣman with the tuft.

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VS 25.3

मशकान् केशैर् इन्द्रꣳ स्वपसा वहेन बृहस्पतिꣳ शकुनिसादेन कूर्माञ् छपैर् आक्रमनꣳ स्थूराभ्याम् ऋक्षलाभिः कपिञ्जलान् जवं जङ्घाभ्याम् अध्वानं बाहुभ्यां जाम्बीलेनारण्यम् अग्निम् अतिरुग्भ्यां पूषणं दोर्भ्याम् अश्विनाव् अꣳसाभ्याꣳ रुद्रꣳ रोराभ्याम्

maśakān keśair indraṁ svapasā vahena bṛhaspatiṁ śakunisādena kūrmāñ chapair ākramanaṁ sthūrābhyām ṛkṣalābhiḥ kapiñjalān javaṃ jaṅghābhyām adhvānaṃ bāhubhyāṃ jāmbīlenāraṇyam agnim atirugbhyāṃ pūṣaṇaṃ dorbhyām aśvināv aṁsābhyāṁ rudraṁ rorābhyām

The gnats with the hairs, Indra with the good work, with the shoulder, Bṛhaspati with the bird's-perch, the tortoises with the hooves, the stepping with the two thick parts, the francolins with the ṛkṣalās, speed with the shanks, the road with the arms, the wilderness with the jāmbīla, Agni with the two atirucs, Pūṣan with the forearms, the Aśvins with the shoulders, Rudra with the rorās.

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VS 25.4

अग्नेः पक्षतिर् वायोर् निपक्षतिर् इन्द्रस्य तृतीया सोमस्य चतुर्थ्य् अदित्यै पञ्चमीन्द्राण्यै षष्ठी मरुताꣳ सप्तमी बृहस्पतेर् अष्टम्य् अर्यम्णो नवमी धातुर् दशमीन्द्रस्यैकादशी वरुणस्य द्वादशी यमस्य त्रयोदशी

agneḥ pakṣatir vāyor nipakṣatir indrasya tṛtīyā somasya caturthy adityai pañcamīndrāṇyai ṣaṣṭhī marutāṁ saptamī bṛhaspater aṣṭamy aryamṇo navamī dhātur daśamīndrasyaikādaśī varuṇasya dvādaśī yamasya trayodaśī

The first rib is Agni's, the lower rib Vāyu's, the third Indra's, the fourth Soma's, the fifth Aditi's, the sixth Indrāṇī's, the seventh the Maruts', the eighth Bṛhaspati's, the ninth Aryaman's, the tenth Dhātṛ's, the eleventh Indra's, the twelfth Varuṇa's, the thirteenth Yama's.

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VS 25.5

इन्द्राग्न्योः पक्षतिर् सरस्वत्यै निपक्षतिर् मित्रस्य तृतीयापां चतुर्थी निरृत्यै पञ्चम्य् अग्नीषोमयोः षष्ठी सर्पाणाꣳ सप्तमी विष्णोर् अष्टमी पूष्णो नवमी त्वष्टुर् दशमीन्द्रस्यैकादशी वरुणस्य द्वादशी यम्यै त्रयोदशी द्यावापृथिव्योर् दक्षिणं पार्श्वं विश्वेषां देवानाम् उत्तरम्

indrāgnyoḥ pakṣatir sarasvatyai nipakṣatir mitrasya tṛtīyāpāṃ caturthī nirṛtyai pañcamy agnīṣomayoḥ ṣaṣṭhī sarpāṇāṁ saptamī viṣṇor aṣṭamī pūṣṇo navamī tvaṣṭur daśamīndrasyaikādaśī varuṇasya dvādaśī yamyai trayodaśī dyāvāpṛthivyor dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvaṃ viśveṣāṃ devānām uttaram

The first rib belongs to Indra and Agni, the lower rib to Sarasvatī, the third to Mitra, the fourth to the Waters, the fifth to Nirṛti, the sixth to Agni and Soma, the seventh to the Serpents, the eighth to Viṣṇu, the ninth to Pūṣan, the tenth to Tvaṣṭṛ, the eleventh to Indra, the twelfth to Varuṇa, the thirteenth to Yamī; the right side belongs to Heaven and Earth, the left to All the Gods.

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VS 25.6

मरुताꣳ स्कन्धा विश्वेषां देवानां प्रथमा कीकसा रुद्राणां द्वितीयादित्यानां तृतीया वायोः पुच्छम् अग्नीषोमयोर् भासदौ क्रुञ्चौ श्रोणिभ्याम् इन्द्राबृहस्पती ऊरुभ्यां मित्रावरुणाव् अल्गाभ्याम् आक्रमणꣳ स्थूराभ्यां बलं कुष्ठाभ्याम्

marutāṁ skandhā viśveṣāṃ devānāṃ prathamā kīkasā rudrāṇāṃ dvitīyādityānāṃ tṛtīyā vāyoḥ puccham agnīṣomayor bhāsadau kruñcau śroṇibhyām indrābṛhaspatī ūrubhyāṃ mitrāvaruṇāv algābhyām ākramaṇaṁ sthūrābhyāṃ balaṃ kuṣṭhābhyām

The shoulders are the Maruts'; the first vertebra is All the Gods', the second the Rudras', the third the Ādityas'; the tail is Vāyu's, the two buttocks belong to Agni and Soma; the two herons with the hips, Indra and Bṛhaspati with the thighs, Mitra and Varuṇa with the algās, the stepping with the two thick parts, strength with the two kuṣṭhas.

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VS 25.7

पूषणं वनिष्ठुनान्धाहीन्त् स्थूलगुदया सर्पान् गुदाभिर् विह्रुत आन्त्रैर् अपो वस्तिना वृषणम् आण्डाभ्यां वाजिनꣳ शेपेन प्रजाꣳ रेतसा चाषान् पित्तेन प्रदरान् पायुना कूश्माञ् छकपिण्डैः

pūṣaṇaṃ vaniṣṭhunāndhāhīnt sthūlagudayā sarpān gudābhir vihruta āntrair apo vastinā vṛṣaṇam āṇḍābhyāṃ vājinaṁ śepena prajāṁ retasā cāṣān pittena pradarān pāyunā kūśmāñ chakapiṇḍaiḥ

Pūṣan with the rectum, blind snakes with the thick gut, serpents with the bowels, the crooked ones with the entrails, the waters with the bladder, the bull with the testicles, the steed with the penis, offspring with the semen, the blue jays with the bile, the pradaras with the anus, the kūśmas with the dung-balls.

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VS 25.8

इन्द्रस्य क्रीडो दित्यै पाजस्यं दिशां जत्रवो दित्यै भसज् जीमूतान् हृदयौपशेनान्तरिक्षं पुरीतता नभ उदर्येण चक्रवाकौ मतस्नाभ्यां दिवं वृक्काभ्यां गिरीन् प्लाशिभिर् उपलान् प्लीह्ना वल्मीकान् क्लोमभिर् ग्लौभिर् गुल्मान् हिराभिः स्रवन्तीर् ह्रदान् कुक्षिभ्याꣳ समुद्रम् उदरेण वैश्वानरं भस्मना

indrasya krīḍo dityai pājasyaṃ diśāṃ jatravo dityai bhasaj jīmūtān hṛdayaupaśenāntarikṣaṃ purītatā nabha udaryeṇa cakravākau matasnābhyāṃ divaṃ vṛkkābhyāṃ girīn plāśibhir upalān plīhnā valmīkān klomabhir glaubhir gulmān hirābhiḥ sravantīr hradān kukṣibhyāṁ samudram udareṇa vaiśvānaraṃ bhasmanā

Indra's play; the pājasya to Aditi; the collarbones to the directions; the bhasat to Aditi; the thunderclouds with the heart's crest, the mid-air with the purītat, the cloud-sky with the belly-part, the two cakravāka birds with the two matasnas, heaven with the two kidneys, the mountains with the plāśis, the stones with the spleen, the ant-hills with the lungs, the thickets with the glaus, the flowing streams with the veins, the pools with the two flanks, the ocean with the belly, Vaiśvānara with the ash.

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VS 25.9

विधृतिं नाभ्या धृतꣳ रसेनापो यूष्णा मरीचीर् विप्रुड्भिर् नीहारम् ऊष्मणा शीनं वसया प्रुष्वा अश्रुभिर् ह्रादुनीर् दूषीकाभिर् अस्ना रक्षाꣳसि चित्राण्य् अङ्गैर् नक्षत्राणि रूपेण पृथिवीं त्वचा जुम्बकाय स्वाहा

vidhṛtiṃ nābhyā dhṛtaṁ rasenāpo yūṣṇā marīcīr vipruḍbhir nīhāram ūṣmaṇā śīnaṃ vasayā pruṣvā aśrubhir hrādunīr dūṣīkābhir asnā rakṣāṁsi citrāṇy aṅgair nakṣatrāṇi rūpeṇa pṛthivīṃ tvacā jumbakāya svāhā

The partition with the navel, what is held fast with the sap, the waters with the broth, the sunbeams with the droplets, the fog with the steam, the congealed with the fat, the frost-drops with the tears, the hail with the eye-rheum, the Rakṣases with the blood, the many-coloured things with the limbs, the constellations with the form, the earth with the skin; to Jumbaka, svāhā.

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VS 25.10

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

In the beginning the golden germ came into being; born, he was the one lord of what exists. He upheld this earth and the sky. To what god should we offer oblation?

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VS 25.11

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—to what god should we offer oblation?

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VS 25.12

यस्येमे हिमवन्तो महित्वा यस्य समुद्रꣳ रसया सहाहुः यस्येमाः प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yasyeme himavanto mahitvā yasya samudraṁ rasayā sahāhuḥ yasyemāḥ pradiśo yasya bāhū kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

Whose these snowy mountains are by his greatness, whose is the sea together with the Rasā, they say; whose are these regions, whose the two arms—to what god should we offer oblation?

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VS 25.13

य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

ya ātmadā baladā yasya viśva upāsate praśiṣaṃ yasya devāḥ yasya chāyāmṛtaṃ yasya mṛtyuḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

Who is the giver of self, the giver of strength, whose command all attend upon, whose the gods (attend); whose shadow is immortality, whose is death—to what god should we offer oblation?

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VS 25.14

आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतो दब्धासो अपरीतास उद्भिदः देवा नो यथा सदम् इद् वृधे असन्न् अप्रायुवो रक्षितारो दिवे-दिवे

ā no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvato dabdhāso aparītāsa udbhidaḥ devā no yathā sadam id vṛdhe asann aprāyuvo rakṣitāro dive-dive

May auspicious powers of insight come to us from all sides, undeceived, unhindered, breaking forth, so that the gods may ever be for our increase, unremitting guardians day by day.

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VS 25.15

देवानां भद्रा सुमतिर् ऋजूयतां देवानाꣳ रातिर् अभि नो नि वर्तताम् देवानाꣳ सख्यम् उप सेदिमा वयं देवा न आयुः प्र तिरन्तु जीवसे

devānāṃ bhadrā sumatir ṛjūyatāṃ devānāṁ rātir abhi no ni vartatām devānāṁ sakhyam upa sedimā vayaṃ devā na āyuḥ pra tirantu jīvase

May the gods' auspicious favour be (ours), (the favour) of those who go straight; may the gods' gift turn toward us. We have approached the friendship of the gods; may the gods extend our lifetime, that (we) may live.

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VS 25.16

तान् पूर्वया निविदा हूमहे वयं भगं मित्रम् अदितिं दक्षम् अस्रिधम् अर्यमणं वरुणꣳ सोमम् अश्विना सरस्वती नः सुभगा मयस् करत्

tān pūrvayā nividā hūmahe vayaṃ bhagaṃ mitram aditiṃ dakṣam asridham aryamaṇaṃ varuṇaṁ somam aśvinā sarasvatī naḥ subhagā mayas karat

Them we call with the ancient nivid-invocation: Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, Dakṣa the unfailing, Aryaman, Varuṇa, Soma, the Aśvins. May Sarasvatī, rich in fortune, make bliss for us.

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VS 25.17

तन् नो वातो मयोभु वातु भेषजं तन् माता पृथिवी तत् पिता द्यौः तद् ग्रावाणः सोमसुतो मयोभुवस् तद् अश्विना शृणुतं धिष्ण्या युवम्

tan no vāto mayobhu vātu bheṣajaṃ tan mātā pṛthivī tat pitā dyauḥ tad grāvāṇaḥ somasuto mayobhuvas tad aśvinā śṛṇutaṃ dhiṣṇyā yuvam

May the wind blow that bliss-bringing remedy to us; may Mother Earth (give) that, that (too) Father Heaven; that (may) the pressing-stones, bliss-bringing, soma-pressing (give); that, O Aśvins, do you two, attentive ones, hear.

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VS 25.18

तम् ईशानं जगतस् तस्थुषस् पतिं धियंजिन्वम् अवसे हूमहे वयम् पूषा नो यथा वेदसाम् असद् वृधे रक्षिता पायुर् अदब्धः स्वस्तये

tam īśānaṃ jagatas tasthuṣas patiṃ dhiyaṃjinvam avase hūmahe vayam pūṣā no yathā vedasām asad vṛdhe rakṣitā pāyur adabdhaḥ svastaye

Him, the ruling lord of what moves and what stands, the quickener of thought, we call for help, so that Pūṣan may be for us for the increase of our possessions, a guardian, an undeceived protector, for well-being.

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VS 25.19

स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः स्वस्ति नस् तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर् दधातु

svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ svasti nas tārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatir dadhātu

Well-being to us (may) Indra of grown fame (grant), well-being to us Pūṣan who knows all, well-being to us Tārkṣya of unbroken wheel-rim; may Bṛhaspati grant us well-being.

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VS 25.20

पृषदश्वा मरुतः पृश्निमातरः शुभंयावानो विदथेषु जग्मयः अग्निजिह्वा मनवः सूरचक्षसो विश्वे नो देवा अवसा गमन्न् इह

pṛṣadaśvā marutaḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ śubhaṃyāvāno vidatheṣu jagmayaḥ agnijihvā manavaḥ sūracakṣaso viśve no devā avasā gamann iha

The Maruts with dappled horses, sons of Pṛśni, moving in splendour, coming eagerly to the assemblies, with Agni for tongue, wise, sun-eyed—may all the gods come here to us with help.

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VS 25.21

भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवा भद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर् यजत्राः स्थिरैर् अङ्गैस् तुष्टुवाꣳसस् तनूभिर् व्य् अशेमहि देवहितं यद् आयुः

bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devā bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhir yajatrāḥ sthirair aṅgais tuṣṭuvāṁsas tanūbhir vy aśemahi devahitaṃ yad āyuḥ

May we hear what is auspicious with our ears, O gods; may we see what is auspicious with our eyes, O worshipful ones. Having praised with firm limbs and bodies, may we attain the lifetime that the gods have appointed.

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VS 25.22

शतम् इन् नु शरदो अन्ति देवा यत्रा नश् चक्रा जरसं तनूनाम् पुत्रासो यत्र पितरो भवन्ति मा नो मध्या रीरिषतायुर् गन्तोः

śatam in nu śarado anti devā yatrā naś cakrā jarasaṃ tanūnām putrāso yatra pitaro bhavanti mā no madhyā rīriṣatāyur gantoḥ

A hundred autumns indeed (are) before (us), O gods, wherein you have set the aging of our bodies, wherein sons become fathers: do not injure us in the middle of the life-span's course.

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VS 25.23

अदितिर् द्यौर् अदितिर् अन्तरिक्षम् अदितिर् माता स पिता स पुत्रः विश्वे देवा अदितिः पञ्च जना अदितिर् जातम् अदितिर् जनित्वम्

aditir dyaur aditir antarikṣam aditir mātā sa pitā sa putraḥ viśve devā aditiḥ pañca janā aditir jātam aditir janitvam

Aditi is heaven, Aditi the mid-space, Aditi the mother, she the father, she the son; all the gods are Aditi, the five peoples (are Aditi); Aditi is what has been born, Aditi what is to be born.

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VS 25.24

मा नो मित्रो वरुणो अर्यमायुर् इन्द्र ऋभुक्षा मरुतः परि ख्यन् यद् वाजिनो देवजातस्य सप्तेः प्रवक्ष्यामो विदथे वीर्याणि

mā no mitro varuṇo aryamāyur indra ṛbhukṣā marutaḥ pari khyan yad vājino devajātasya sapteḥ pravakṣyāmo vidathe vīryāṇi

May Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Āyu, Indra, the lord of the Ṛbhus, the Maruts, not overlook us, when we proclaim in the assembly the heroic deeds of the prize-winning, god-born steed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.25

यन् निर्णिजा रेक्णसा प्रावृतस्य रातिं गृभीतां मुखतो नयन्ति सुप्राङ् अजो मेम्यद् विश्वरूप इन्द्रापूष्णोः प्रियम् अप्य् एति पाथः

yan nirṇijā rekṇasā prāvṛtasya rātiṃ gṛbhītāṃ mukhato nayanti suprāṅ ajo memyad viśvarūpa indrāpūṣṇoḥ priyam apy eti pāthaḥ

When they lead forward from the front the gift that has been taken hold of, (the gift) of him wrapped in ornament and wealth—the goat, bleating well, of all forms, goes to the dear abode of Indra and Pūṣan.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 25.26

एष छागः पुरो अश्वेन वाजिना पूष्णो भागो नीयते विश्वदेव्यः अभिप्रियं यत् पुरोडाशम् अर्वता त्वष्टेद् एनꣳ सौश्रवसाय जिन्वति

eṣa chāgaḥ puro aśvena vājinā pūṣṇo bhāgo nīyate viśvadevyaḥ abhipriyaṃ yat puroḍāśam arvatā tvaṣṭed enaṁ sauśravasāya jinvati

This goat, Pūṣan's share, belonging to all the gods, is led in front along with the prize-winning horse; when (it is led) along with the steed as the welcome sacrificial cake, then Tvaṣṭṛ speeds it on to (the winning of) good fame.

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VS 25.27

यद् धविष्यम् ऋतुशो देवयानं त्रिर् मानुषाः पर्य् अश्वं नयन्ति अत्रा पूष्णः प्रथमो भाग एति यज्ञं देवेभ्यः प्रतिवेदयन्न् अजः

yad dhaviṣyam ṛtuśo devayānaṃ trir mānuṣāḥ pary aśvaṃ nayanti atrā pūṣṇaḥ prathamo bhāga eti yajñaṃ devebhyaḥ prativedayann ajaḥ

When the men lead the horse around three times, in due season, (the horse) that is to be the oblation and that goes to the gods—there Pūṣan's share goes first, the goat announcing the sacrifice to the gods.

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VS 25.28

होताध्वर्युर् आवया अग्निमिन्धो ग्रावग्राभ उत शꣳस्ता सुविप्रः तेन यज्ञेन स्वरंकृतेन स्विष्टेन वक्षणा आ पृणध्वम्

hotādhvaryur āvayā agnimindho grāvagrābha uta śaṁstā suvipraḥ tena yajñena svaraṃkṛtena sviṣṭena vakṣaṇā ā pṛṇadhvam

The hotṛ, the adhvaryu, the āvayāj, the kindler of Agni, the grasper of the pressing-stone, and the reciter, the good inspired one—with that sacrifice, well arranged and well offered, fill (your) bellies.

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VS 25.29

यूपव्रस्का उत ये यूपवाहाश् चषालं ये अश्वयूपाय तक्षति ये चार्वते पचनꣳ सम्भरन्त्य् उतो तेषाम् अभिगूर्तिर् न इन्वतु

yūpavraskā uta ye yūpavāhāś caṣālaṃ ye aśvayūpāya takṣati ye cārvate pacanaṁ sambharanty uto teṣām abhigūrtir na invatu

Those who hew the sacrificial post and those who carry it, those who fashion the ring for the horse's post, and those who gather together the cooking-gear for the steed—may their approving praise also speed us on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.30

उप प्रागात् सुमन् मे धायि मन्म देवानाम् आशा उप वीतपृष्ठः अन्व् एनं विप्रा ऋषयो मदन्ति देवानां पुष्टे चकृमा सुबन्धुम्

upa prāgāt suman me dhāyi manma devānām āśā upa vītapṛṣṭhaḥ anv enaṃ viprā ṛṣayo madanti devānāṃ puṣṭe cakṛmā subandhum

He has come forward; my thought has been set well; the smooth-backed one has (gone) to the hopes of the gods. Along with him the inspired seers rejoice; in the prospering of the gods we have made (him) a good kinsman.

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VS 25.31

यद् वाजिनो दाम संदानम् अर्वतो या शीर्षण्या रशना रज्जुर् अस्य यद् वा घास्य प्रभृतम् आस्ये तृणꣳ सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

yad vājino dāma saṃdānam arvato yā śīrṣaṇyā raśanā rajjur asya yad vā ghāsya prabhṛtam āsye tṛṇaṁ sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

Whatever is the prize-steed's rope, the tether of the racer, whatever headstall (there is), his rein, whatever grass has been brought into his mouth as fodder—let all that of yours be with the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.32

यद् अश्वस्य क्रविषो मक्षिकाश यद् वा स्वरौ स्वधितौ रिप्तम् अस्ति यद् धस्तयोः शमितुर् यन् नखेषु सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

yad aśvasya kraviṣo makṣikāśa yad vā svarau svadhitau riptam asti yad dhastayoḥ śamitur yan nakheṣu sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

Whatever of the horse's flesh the flies (have eaten), or whatever is smeared on the post or on the axe, whatever is on the butcher's hands or in his nails—let all that of yours be with the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.33

यद् ऊवध्यम् उदरस्यापवाति य आमस्य क्रविषो गन्धो अस्ति सुकृता तच् छमितारः कृण्वन्तूत मेधꣳ शृतपाकं पचन्तु

yad ūvadhyam udarasyāpavāti ya āmasya kraviṣo gandho asti sukṛtā tac chamitāraḥ kṛṇvantūta medhaṁ śṛtapākaṃ pacantu

Whatever undigested matter of the belly blows off, whatever smell there is of the raw flesh—let the butchers make that well made, and let them cook the sacrificial offering to a proper cooking.

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VS 25.34

यत् ते गात्राद् अग्निना पच्यमानाद् अभि शूलं निहतस्यावधावति मा तद् भूम्याम् आ श्रिषन् मा तृणेषु देवेभ्यस् तद् उशद्भ्यो रातम् अस्तु

yat te gātrād agninā pacyamānād abhi śūlaṃ nihatasyāvadhāvati mā tad bhūmyām ā śriṣan mā tṛṇeṣu devebhyas tad uśadbhyo rātam astu

Whatever of your body, as it is cooked by the fire, runs down from the spit when (you have been) laid on it—let that not stick to the ground, not to the grass; let it be given to the eager gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.35

ये वाजिनं परिपश्यन्ति पक्वं य ईम् आहुः सुरभिर् निर् हरेति ये चार्वतो माꣳसभिक्षाम् उपासत उतो तेषाम् अभिगूर्तिर् न इन्वतु

ye vājinaṃ paripaśyanti pakvaṃ ya īm āhuḥ surabhir nir hareti ye cārvato māṁsabhikṣām upāsata uto teṣām abhigūrtir na invatu

Those who look over the steed (when he is) cooked, those who say of him, "He is fragrant—carry (him) out!", and those who wait for the alms-portion of the courser's flesh—may their approving praise further us too.

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VS 25.36

यन् नीक्षणं माꣳस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्ण आसेचनानि ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणाम् अङ्काः सूनाः परि भूषन्त्य् अश्वम्

yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṁspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇa āsecanāni ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇām aṅkāḥ sūnāḥ pari bhūṣanty aśvam

The testing-skewer of the flesh-cooking pot, the vessels for pouring out the broth, the covers that hold the steam of the cauldrons, the hooks, the (meat-)dishes—(all these) adorn the horse about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 25.37

मा त्वाग्निर् ध्वनयीद् धूमगन्धिर् मोखा भ्राजन्त्य् अभि विक्त जघ्रिः इष्टं वीतम् अभिगूर्तं वषट्कृतं तं देवासः प्रति गृभ्णन्त्य् अश्वम्

mā tvāgnir dhvanayīd dhūmagandhir mokhā bhrājanty abhi vikta jaghriḥ iṣṭaṃ vītam abhigūrtaṃ vaṣaṭkṛtaṃ taṃ devāsaḥ prati gṛbhṇanty aśvam

May the fire, smelling of smoke, not make you crackle; may the glowing pot not overflow and splash; (the horse) offered, made acceptable, praised, consecrated with the vaṣaṭ-call—that horse the gods receive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 25.38

निक्रमणं निषदनं विवर्तनं यच् च पड्वीशम् अर्वतः यच् च पपौ यच् च घासिं जघास सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

nikramaṇaṃ niṣadanaṃ vivartanaṃ yac ca paḍvīśam arvataḥ yac ca papau yac ca ghāsiṃ jaghāsa sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

The place of his stepping down, of his sitting, of his rolling, and the fetter of the courser, and what he drank and the fodder he ate—let all that of yours be there among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.39

यद् अश्वाय वास उपस्तृणन्त्य् अधीवासं या हिरण्यान्य् अस्मै संदानम् अर्वन्तं पड्वीशं प्रिया देवेष्व् आ यामयन्ति

yad aśvāya vāsa upastṛṇanty adhīvāsaṃ yā hiraṇyāny asmai saṃdānam arvantaṃ paḍvīśaṃ priyā deveṣv ā yāmayanti

The garment they spread beneath for the horse, the upper covering, the gold pieces (that are) for him, the tether, the halter, the foot-fetter—being dear, they direct (these) to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 25.40

यत् ते सादे महसा शूकृतस्य पार्ष्ण्या वा कशया वा तुतोद स्रुचेव ता हविषो अध्वरेषु सर्वा ता ते ब्रह्मणा सूदयामि

yat te sāde mahasā śūkṛtasya pārṣṇyā vā kaśayā vā tutoda sruceva tā haviṣo adhvareṣu sarvā tā te brahmaṇā sūdayāmi

Whatever of you, in the sitting (upon you), was pierced with force by the heel or by the whip of the one who urged (you)—all these (hurts) of yours I set right with the sacred word, as (one sets right) the oblations at the rites with the ladle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 25.41

चतुस्त्रिꣳशद् वाजिनो देवबन्धोर् वङ्क्रीर् अश्वस्य स्वधितिः सम् एति अच्छिद्रा गात्रा वयुना कृणोत परुष्-परुर् अनुघुष्या वि शस्त

catustriṁśad vājino devabandhor vaṅkrīr aśvasya svadhitiḥ sam eti acchidrā gātrā vayunā kṛṇota paruṣ-parur anughuṣyā vi śasta

Thirty-four are the ribs of the steed, the kinsman of the gods; the axe comes together (with them). Make the limbs without a flaw, in due measure; joint by joint, calling out, cut (him) apart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.42

एकस् त्वष्टुर् अश्वस्या विशस्ता द्वा यन्तारा भवतस् तथ ऋतुः या ते गात्राणाम् ऋतुथा कृणोमि ता-ता पिण्डानां प्र जुहोम्य् अग्नौ

ekas tvaṣṭur aśvasyā viśastā dvā yantārā bhavatas tatha ṛtuḥ yā te gātrāṇām ṛtuthā kṛṇomi tā-tā piṇḍānāṃ pra juhomy agnau

One is the carver of Tvaṣṭṛ's horse; two are the holders—such is the rule. Whatever of your limbs I prepare according to the rule, those, as balls (of meat), I offer up in the fire.

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VS 25.43

मा त्वा तपत् प्रिय आत्मापियन्तं मा स्वधितिस् तन्व आ तिष्ठिपत् ते मा ते गृध्नुर् अविशस्तातिहाय छिद्रा गात्राण्य् असिना मिथू कः

mā tvā tapat priya ātmāpiyantaṃ mā svadhitis tanva ā tiṣṭhipat te mā te gṛdhnur aviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇy asinā mithū kaḥ

Let your dear self not burn you as you depart; let the axe not stay upon your body; let no greedy, unskilled carver, going astray, wrongly make gashes in your limbs with the knife.

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VS 25.44

न वा उ एतन् म्रियसे न रिष्यसि देवाꣳ इद् एषि पथिभिः सुगेभिः हरी ते युञ्जा पृषती अभूताम् उपास्थाद् वाजी धुरि रासभस्य

na vā u etan mriyase na riṣyasi devāṁ id eṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ harī te yuñjā pṛṣatī abhūtām upāsthād vājī dhuri rāsabhasya

You do not truly die by this, nor are you harmed: you go to the gods by easy paths. The two bay (horses), the two dappled mares, became your yoke-mates; the steed has stood at the pole of the ass.

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VS 25.45

सुगव्यं नो वाजी स्वश्व्यं पुꣳसः पुत्राꣳ उत विश्वापुषꣳ रयिम् अनागास्त्वं नो अदितिः कृणोतु क्षत्रं नो अश्वो वनताꣳ हविष्मान्

sugavyaṃ no vājī svaśvyaṃ puṁsaḥ putrāṁ uta viśvāpuṣaṁ rayim anāgāstvaṃ no aditiḥ kṛṇotu kṣatraṃ no aśvo vanatāṁ haviṣmān

May the steed (win) for us wealth in good cattle, in good horses, male children, and all-nourishing riches; may Aditi make us free of guilt; may the horse, with the oblation, win lordship for us.

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VS 25.46

इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधामेन्द्रश् च विश्वे च देवाः आदित्यैर् इद्न्रः सगणो मरुद्भिर् अस्मभ्यं भेषजा करत् यज्ञं च नस् तन्वं च प्रजां चादित्यैर् इन्द्रः सह सीषधाति

imā nu kaṃ bhuvanā sīṣadhāmendraś ca viśve ca devāḥ ādityair idnraḥ sagaṇo marudbhir asmabhyaṃ bheṣajā karat yajñaṃ ca nas tanvaṃ ca prajāṃ cādityair indraḥ saha sīṣadhāti

Now indeed let us make these worlds prosper—both Indra and all the gods. With the Ādityas, Indra with his troop, with the Maruts, may he make remedies for us; and our sacrifice, our body, and our offspring—may Indra together with the Ādityas make them prosper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 25.47

अग्ने त्वं नो अन्तम उत त्राता शिवो भव वरूथ्यः वसुर् अग्निर् वसुश्रवा अच्छा नक्षि द्युमत्तमꣳ रयिं दाः तं त्वा शोचिष्ठ दीदिवः सुम्नाय नूनम् ईमहे सखिभ्यः

agne tvaṃ no antama uta trātā śivo bhava varūthyaḥ vasur agnir vasuśravā acchā nakṣi dyumattamaṁ rayiṃ dāḥ taṃ tvā śociṣṭha dīdivaḥ sumnāya nūnam īmahe sakhibhyaḥ

Agni, be you our nearest and a protector, kindly, sheltering. Agni is good, of good renown: draw near, grant us most brilliant wealth. You, O brightest, O shining one, we now entreat for favour for our friends.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition