White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 29

VS 29.1

समिद्धो अञ्जन् कृदरंमतीनां घृतम् अग्ने मधुमत् पिन्वमानः वाजी वहन् वाजिनं जातवेदो देवानां वक्षि प्रियम् आ सधस्थम्

samiddho añjan kṛdaraṃmatīnāṃ ghṛtam agne madhumat pinvamānaḥ vājī vahan vājinaṃ jātavedo devānāṃ vakṣi priyam ā sadhastham

Kindled, anointing, ... swelling with honeyed ghee, O Agni — a steed carrying the steed, O Jātavedas, convey (the offering) to the gods' dear common seat.

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VS 29.2

घृतेनाञ्जन्त् सं पथो देवयानान् प्रजानन् वाज्य् अप्य् एतु देवान् अनु त्वा सप्ते प्रदिशः सचन्ताꣳ स्वधाम् अस्मै यजमानाय धेहि

ghṛtenāñjant saṃ patho devayānān prajānan vājy apy etu devān anu tvā sapte pradiśaḥ sacantāṁ svadhām asmai yajamānāya dhehi

Anointing with ghee the paths that lead to the gods, let the steed, knowing the way, go along to the gods. Let the (seven) quarters attend upon you, O courser; establish self-power for this sacrificer.

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VS 29.3

ईड्यश् चासि वन्द्यश् च वाजिन्न् आशुश् चासि मेध्यश् च सप्ते अग्निष् ट्वा देवैर् वसुभिः सजोषाः प्रीतं वह्निं वहतु जातवेदाः

īḍyaś cāsi vandyaś ca vājinn āśuś cāsi medhyaś ca sapte agniṣ ṭvā devair vasubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ prītaṃ vahniṃ vahatu jātavedāḥ

You are to be invoked and to be praised, O steed of strength; you are swift and fit for the sacrifice, O courser. May Agni, of one mind with the Vasu gods, Jātavedas, convey you, the pleased bearer.

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VS 29.4

स्तीर्णं बर्हिः सुष्टरीमा जुषांओरु पृथु प्रथमानं पृथिव्याम् देवेभिर् युक्तम् अदितिः सजोषाः स्योनं कृण्वान सुविते दधातु

stīrṇaṃ barhiḥ suṣṭarīmā juṣāṃoru pṛthu prathamānaṃ pṛthivyām devebhir yuktam aditiḥ sajoṣāḥ syonaṃ kṛṇvāna suvite dadhātu

The barhis is strewn, well strewn; let her take pleasure in it — broad, wide, spreading out over the earth, joined with the gods; may Aditi, of one mind (with them), making it soft, set (us) in well-being.

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VS 29.5

एता उ वः सुभगा विश्वरूपा वि पक्षोभिः श्रयमाणा उद् आतैः ऋष्वाः सतीः कवषः शुम्भमाना द्वारो देवीः सुप्रायणा भवन्तु

etā u vaḥ subhagā viśvarūpā vi pakṣobhiḥ śrayamāṇā ud ātaiḥ ṛṣvāḥ satīḥ kavaṣaḥ śumbhamānā dvāro devīḥ suprāyaṇā bhavantu

These, then, for you: fortunate, of every form, leaning apart on their sides, raised up with their frames, being lofty, their leaves(?) adorning themselves — let the divine doors be easy to pass through.

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VS 29.6

अन्तरा मित्रावरुणा चरन्ती मुखं यज्ञानाम् अभि संविदाने उषासा वाꣳ सुहिरण्ये सुशिल्पे ऋतस्य योनाव् इह सादयामि

antarā mitrāvaruṇā carantī mukhaṃ yajñānām abhi saṃvidāne uṣāsā vāṁ suhiraṇye suśilpe ṛtasya yonāv iha sādayāmi

Moving between Mitra and Varuṇa, being in accord with the mouth of the sacrifices — you two, Dawn and Night, fair in gold, fair in craft, I seat here in the womb of ṛta.

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VS 29.7

प्रथमा वाꣳ सरथिना सुवर्णा देवौ पश्यन्तौ भुवनानि विश्वा अपिप्रयं चोदना वां मिमाना होतारा ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता

prathamā vāṁ sarathinā suvarṇā devau paśyantau bhuvanāni viśvā apiprayaṃ codanā vāṃ mimānā hotārā jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā

You two, foremost, sharing one chariot, fair of hue, two gods beholding all the worlds, you two I have satisfied(?), measuring out the impulsions, the two hotṛs, apportioning light by direction.

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VS 29.8

आदित्यैर् नो भारती वष्टु यज्ञꣳ सरस्वती सह रुद्रैर् न आवीत् इडोपहूता वसुभिः सजोषा यज्ञं नो देवीर् अमृतेषु धत्त

ādityair no bhāratī vaṣṭu yajñaṁ sarasvatī saha rudrair na āvīt iḍopahūtā vasubhiḥ sajoṣā yajñaṃ no devīr amṛteṣu dhatta

With the Ādityas may Bhāratī desire our sacrifice; Sarasvatī together with the Rudras has helped us; Iḍā, called near, of one mind with the Vasus — O goddesses, set our sacrifice among the immortals.

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VS 29.9

त्वष्टा वीरं देवकामं जजान त्वष्टुर् अर्वा जायत आशुर् अश्वः त्वष्टेदं विश्वं भुवनं जजान बहोः कर्तारम् इह यक्षि होतः

tvaṣṭā vīraṃ devakāmaṃ jajāna tvaṣṭur arvā jāyata āśur aśvaḥ tvaṣṭedaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ jajāna bahoḥ kartāram iha yakṣi hotaḥ

Tvaṣṭā has begotten the hero who loves the gods; from Tvaṣṭā is born the courser, the swift horse; Tvaṣṭā has begotten this whole world — the maker of much, him worship here, O hotṛ.

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VS 29.10

अश्वो घृतेन त्मन्या समक्त उप देवाꣳ ऋतुशः पाथ एतु वनस्पतिर् देवलोकं प्रजानन्न् अग्निना हव्या स्वदितानि वक्षत्

aśvo ghṛtena tmanyā samakta upa devāṁ ṛtuśaḥ pātha etu vanaspatir devalokaṃ prajānann agninā havyā svaditāni vakṣat

The horse, anointed with ghee by its own self, let it go up to the gods, season by season, along the path; let Vanaspati, knowing the way to the world of the gods, convey by Agni the oblations made sweet.

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VS 29.11

प्रजापतेस् तपसा वावृधानः सद्यो जातो दधिषे यज्ञम् अग्ने स्वाहाकृतेन हविषा पुरोगा याहि साध्या हविर् अदन्तु देवाः

prajāpates tapasā vāvṛdhānaḥ sadyo jāto dadhiṣe yajñam agne svāhākṛtena haviṣā purogā yāhi sādhyā havir adantu devāḥ

Grown strong through the tapas of Prajāpati, born on the instant, you have taken on the sacrifice, Agni. Go in front with the oblation offered with svāhā; let the gods, the Sādhyas, eat the oblation.

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VS 29.12

यद् अक्रन्दः प्रथमं जायमान उद्यन्त् समुद्राद् उत वा पुरीषात् श्येनस्य पक्षा हरिणस्य बाहू उपस्तुत्यं महि जातं ते अर्वन्

yad akrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna udyant samudrād uta vā purīṣāt śyenasya pakṣā hariṇasya bāhū upastutyaṃ mahi jātaṃ te arvan

When you first neighed as you were being born, rising up from the sea or from the flood — with the wings of a falcon, the forelegs of a deer — great and worthy of praise is that birth of yours, O steed.

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VS 29.13

यमेन दत्तं त्रित एनम् आयुनग् इन्द्र एणं प्रथमो अध्य् अतिष्ठत् गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनाम् अगृभ्णात् सूराद् अश्वं वसवो निर् अतष्ट

yamena dattaṃ trita enam āyunag indra eṇaṃ prathamo adhy atiṣṭhat gandharvo asya raśanām agṛbhṇāt sūrād aśvaṃ vasavo nir ataṣṭa

Trita yoked him, given by Yama; Indra was the first to mount him; the Gandharva seized his rein; out of the sun the Vasus fashioned the horse.

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VS 29.14

असि यमो अस्य् आदित्यो अर्वन्न् असि त्रितो गुह्येन व्रतेन असि सोमेन समया विपृक्त आहुस् ते त्रीणि दिवि बन्धनानि

asi yamo asy ādityo arvann asi trito guhyena vratena asi somena samayā vipṛkta āhus te trīṇi divi bandhanāni

You are Yama, you are Āditya, O steed; you are Trita by a hidden ordinance; you are set apart, midway, by Soma. They say you have three bindings in heaven.

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VS 29.15

त्रीणि त आहुर् दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्य् अप्सु त्रीण्य् अन्तः समुद्रे उतेव मे वरुणश् छन्त्स्य् अर्वन् यत्रा त आहुः परमं जनित्रम्

trīṇi ta āhur divi bandhanāni trīṇy apsu trīṇy antaḥ samudre uteva me varuṇaś chantsy arvan yatrā ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitram

Three bindings of yours they say are in heaven, three in the waters, three within the sea; and you seem to me like Varuṇa, O steed, there where they say your highest birthplace is.

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VS 29.16

इमा ते वाजिन्न् अवमार्जनानीमा शफानाꣳ सनितुर् निधाना अत्रा ते भद्रा रशना अपश्यम् ऋतस्य या अभिरक्षन्ति गोपाः

imā te vājinn avamārjanānīmā śaphānāṁ sanitur nidhānā atrā te bhadrā raśanā apaśyam ṛtasya yā abhirakṣanti gopāḥ

These are your rubbings-down, O prize-winner; these are the deposits of him who wins with hooves. Here I have seen your auspicious reins, which the herdsmen guard as guardians of ṛta.

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VS 29.17

आत्मानं ते मनसाराद् अजानाम् अवो दिवा पतयन्तं पतंगम् शिरो अपश्यं पथिभिः सुगेभिर् अरेणुभिर् जेहमानं पतत्रि

ātmānaṃ te manasārād ajānām avo divā patayantaṃ pataṃgam śiro apaśyaṃ pathibhiḥ sugebhir areṇubhir jehamānaṃ patatri

From afar I knew your self with my mind, the flier flying below through heaven; I saw your head panting, winged, along easy, dustless paths.

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VS 29.18

अत्रा ते रूपम् उत्तमम् अपश्यं जिगीषमाणम् इष आ पदे गोः यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगम् आनड् आद् इद् ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीर् अजीगः

atrā te rūpam uttamam apaśyaṃ jigīṣamāṇam iṣa ā pade goḥ yadā te marto anu bhogam ānaḍ ād id grasiṣṭha oṣadhīr ajīgaḥ

There I saw your highest form, eager to win nourishment at the cow's footstep; when a mortal attained the enjoyment of you, then the greediest one swallowed down the plants.

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VS 29.19

अनु त्वा रथो अनु मर्यो अर्वन्न् अनु गावो नु भगः कनीनाम् अनु व्रातासस् तव सख्यम् ईयुर् अनु देवा ममिरे वीर्यं ते

anu tvā ratho anu maryo arvann anu gāvo nu bhagaḥ kanīnām anu vrātāsas tava sakhyam īyur anu devā mamire vīryaṃ te

After you goes the chariot, after you the young man, O steed, after you the cows, after you the favour of maidens; the troops have followed after your friendship; the gods have measured out your heroic power.

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VS 29.20

हिरण्यशृङ्गो यो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत् देवा इद् अस्य हविरद्यम् आयन् यो अर्वन्तं प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत्

hiraṇyaśṛṅgo yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt devā id asya haviradyam āyan yo arvantaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat

Golden-horned — his feet are swift as thought — Indra was the lower one; the gods indeed came to eat his oblation, (the gods) who first mounted the steed.

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VS 29.21

ईर्मान्तासः सिलिकमध्यमासः सꣳ शूरणासो दिव्यासो अत्याः हꣳसा इव श्रेणिशो यतन्ते यद् आक्षिषुर् दिव्यम् अज्मम् अश्वाः

īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṁ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ haṁsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yad ākṣiṣur divyam ajmam aśvāḥ

With their limbs at the ends, ... in the middle, altogether spirited, heavenly coursers — like geese they strive in rows, when the horses have reached the heavenly course.

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VS 29.22

तव शरीरं पतयिष्ण्व् अर्वन् तव चित्तं वात इव ध्रजीमान् तव शृङ्गाणि विष्ठिता पुरुत्रारण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति

tava śarīraṃ patayiṣṇv arvan tava cittaṃ vāta iva dhrajīmān tava śṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti

Your body, O steed, is made for flight; your thought is rushing like the wind; your horns, set apart in many places, move quivering about in the forests.

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VS 29.23

उप प्रागाच् छसनं वाज्य् अर्वा देवद्रीचा मनसा दीध्यानः अजः पुरो नीयते नाभिर् अस्यानु पश्चात् कवयो यन्ति रेभाः

upa prāgāc chasanaṃ vājy arvā devadrīcā manasā dīdhyānaḥ ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhir asyānu paścāt kavayo yanti rebhāḥ

The prize-winning steed has come forward to the slaughter, pondering with a god-directed mind; the goat is led in front, his kin; behind follow the poets, the singers.

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VS 29.24

उप प्रागात् परमं यत् सधस्थम् अर्वाꣳ अच्छा पितरं मातरं च अद्या देवान् जुष्टतमो हि गम्या अथा शास्ते दाशुषे वार्याणि

upa prāgāt paramaṃ yat sadhastham arvāṁ acchā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca adyā devān juṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi

The steed has come forward to the highest gathering-place, toward father and toward mother. May he go today to the gods most welcome; then he asks for good things for the giver.

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VS 29.25

समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः आ च वह मित्रमहश् चिकित्वान् त्वं दूतः कविर् असि प्रचेताः

samiddho adya manuṣo duroṇe devo devān yajasi jātavedaḥ ā ca vaha mitramahaś cikitvān tvaṃ dūtaḥ kavir asi pracetāḥ

Kindled today in the dwelling of man, a god, you sacrifice to the gods, Jātavedas; and, discerning, bring them here, O you great as Mitra: you are the messenger, the seer, the foreseeing one.

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VS 29.26

तनूनपात् पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन्त् स्वदया सुजिह्व मन्मानि धीभिर् उत यज्ञम् ऋन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्य् अध्वरं नः

tanūnapāt patha ṛtasya yānān madhvā samañjant svadayā sujihva manmāni dhībhir uta yajñam ṛndhan devatrā ca kṛṇuhy adhvaraṃ naḥ

O Tanūnapāt, anointing with honey the paths, the courses of ṛta, make (them) sweet, O fair-tongued one, and, prospering the thoughts with insights and the sacrifice, make our rite reach the gods.

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VS 29.27

नराशꣳसस्य महिमानम् एषाम् उप स्तोषाम यजतस्य यज्ञैः ये सुक्रतवः शुचयो धियंधाः स्वदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या

narāśaṁsasya mahimānam eṣām upa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyaṃdhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā

Let us praise with sacrifices the greatness of Narāśaṁsa, the worshipful one of these — (the gods) who, of good kratu, pure, thought-bestowing, relish both kinds of oblations.

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VS 29.28

आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश् चा याह्य् अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः त्वं देवानाम् असि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान्

ājuhvāna īḍyo vandyaś cā yāhy agne vasubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ tvaṃ devānām asi yahva hotā sa enān yakṣīṣito yajīyān

Invoked with the offering, to be entreated and to be extolled, come, Agni, of one accord with the Vasus. You are the hotṛ of the gods, O young one; urged on, as the better sacrificer, sacrifice to them.

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VS 29.29

प्राचीनं बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोर् अस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् व्य् उ प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम्

prācīnaṃ barhiḥ pradiśā pṛthivyā vastor asyā vṛjyate agre ahnām vy u prathate vitaraṃ varīyo devebhyo aditaye syonam

Eastward the barhis, by the direction of the earth, is laid out at this dawning, at the beginning of the days; it spreads out further and wider, soft for the gods, for Aditi.

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VS 29.30

व्यचस्वतीर् उर्विया वि श्रयन्तां पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः देवीर् द्वारो बृहतीर् विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः

vyacasvatīr urviyā vi śrayantāṃ patibhyo na janayaḥ śumbhamānāḥ devīr dvāro bṛhatīr viśvaminvā devebhyo bhavata suprāyaṇāḥ

Let them, spacious, open wide, adorning themselves like wives for their husbands; divine doors, lofty, moving all things, be easy of passage for the gods.

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VS 29.31

आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियꣳ शुक्रपिशं दधाने

ā suṣvayantī yajate upāke uṣāsānaktā sadatāṃ ni yonau divye yoṣaṇe bṛhatī surukme adhi śriyaṁ śukrapiśaṃ dadhāne

Pressing near, the two worshipful ones close at hand, Dawn and Night, let them sit down in the womb (of the altar) — the two divine maidens, lofty, of fair gleam, wearing upon (them) splendour of bright hue.

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

VS 29.32

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता

daivyā hotārā prathamā suvācā mimānā yajñaṃ manuṣo yajadhyai pracodayantā vidatheṣu kārū prācīnaṃ jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā

The two divine hotṛs, foremost, of fair speech, measuring out the sacrifice for man to sacrifice, the two poets urging forward in the assemblies, pointing out the eastward light by their direction.

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VS 29.33

आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयम् एत्व् इडा मनुष्वद् इह चेतयन्ती तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदꣳ स्योनꣳ सरस्वती स्वपसः सदन्तु

ā no yajñaṃ bhāratī tūyam etv iḍā manuṣvad iha cetayantī tisro devīr barhir edaṁ syonaṁ sarasvatī svapasaḥ sadantu

Let Bhāratī come swiftly to our sacrifice, and Iḍā, making (things) known here as at man's (rite); the three goddesses — and Sarasvatī — well-working, let them sit on this soft barhis.

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VS 29.34

य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैर् अपिꣳशद् भुवनानि विश्वा तम् अद्य होतर् इषितो यजीयान् देवं त्वष्टारम् इह यक्षि विद्वान्

ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī janitrī rūpair apiṁśad bhuvanāni viśvā tam adya hotar iṣito yajīyān devaṃ tvaṣṭāram iha yakṣi vidvān

He who shaped these two, Heaven and Earth, the parents, with forms, and all the worlds — him today, O hotṛ, being urged on, as the better sacrificer, knowing (how), sacrifice here to the god Tvaṣṭar.

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VS 29.35

उपाव सृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवीꣳषि वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यं मधुना घृतेन

upāva sṛja tmanyā samañjan devānāṃ pātha ṛtuthā havīṁṣi vanaspatiḥ śamitā devo agniḥ svadantu havyaṃ madhunā ghṛtena

Release (them) down, anointing (them) by yourself; guard the oblations of the gods in due season. Let Vanaspati, the immolator, the god Agni, make the offering sweet with honey and with ghee.

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VS 29.36

सद्यो जातो व्य् अमिमीत यज्ञम् अग्निर् देवानाम् अभवत् पुरोगाः अस्य होतुः प्रदिश्य् ऋतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतꣳ हविर् अदन्तु देवाः

sadyo jāto vy amimīta yajñam agnir devānām abhavat purogāḥ asya hotuḥ pradiśy ṛtasya vāci svāhākṛtaṁ havir adantu devāḥ

Born on the same day, he measured out the sacrifice; Agni became the forerunner of the gods. At the direction of this hotṛ, in the speech of ṛta, let the gods eat the oblation made with 'svāhā'.

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VS 29.37

केतुं कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे सम् उषद्भिर् अजायथाः

ketuṃ kṛṇvann aketave peśo maryā apeśase sam uṣadbhir ajāyathāḥ

Making a banner for the bannerless, an ornament, O young men, for the unadorned, you were born together with the dawns.

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VS 29.38

जीमूतस्येव भवति प्रतीकं यद् वर्मी याति समदाम् उपस्थे अनाविद्धया तन्वा जय त्वꣳ स त्वा वर्मणो महिमा पिपर्तु

jīmūtasyeva bhavati pratīkaṃ yad varmī yāti samadām upasthe anāviddhayā tanvā jaya tvaṁ sa tvā varmaṇo mahimā pipartu

It becomes like the face of a thundercloud when the armoured man goes into the lap of the battles. Conquer, you, with body unpierced; let that greatness of the armour carry you through.

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VS 29.39

धन्वना गा धन्वनाजिं जयेम धन्वना तीव्राः समदो जयेम धनुः शत्रोर् अपकामं कृणोति धन्वना सर्वाः प्रदिशो जयेम

dhanvanā gā dhanvanājiṃ jayema dhanvanā tīvrāḥ samado jayema dhanuḥ śatror apakāmaṃ kṛṇoti dhanvanā sarvāḥ pradiśo jayema

With the bow may we win cattle, with the bow the contest; with the bow may we win fierce battles. The bow makes the enemy's desire fail; with the bow may we win all the quarters.

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VS 29.40

वक्ष्यन्तीवेद् आ गनीगन्ति कर्णं प्रियꣳ सखायं परिषस्वजाना योषेव शिङ्क्ते वितताधि धन्वन् ज्या इयꣳ समने पारयन्ती

vakṣyantīved ā ganīganti karṇaṃ priyaṁ sakhāyaṃ pariṣasvajānā yoṣeva śiṅkte vitatādhi dhanvan jyā iyaṁ samane pārayantī

Like a woman about to speak she comes again and again to the ear, embracing her dear friend; like a young woman she whines, stretched out upon the bow — this bowstring, carrying (us) through in the encounter.

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VS 29.41

ते आचरन्ती समनेव योषा मातेव पुत्रं बिभृताम् उपस्थे अप शत्रून् विध्यताꣳ संविदाने आर्त्नी इमे विष्फुरन्ती अमित्रान्

te ācarantī samaneva yoṣā māteva putraṃ bibhṛtām upasthe apa śatrūn vidhyatāṁ saṃvidāne ārtnī ime viṣphurantī amitrān

These two, approaching like a woman at a gathering, let them bear (him) in their lap as a mother her son; in accord, let them pierce away the foes — these two bow-tips, flinging apart the unfriendly.

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VS 29.42

बह्वीनां पिता बहुर् अस्य पुत्रश् चिश्चा कृणोति समनावगत्य इषुधिः सङ्काः पृतनाश् च सर्वाः पृष्ठे निनद्धो जयति प्रसूतः

bahvīnāṃ pitā bahur asya putraś ciścā kṛṇoti samanāvagatya iṣudhiḥ saṅkāḥ pṛtanāś ca sarvāḥ pṛṣṭhe ninaddho jayati prasūtaḥ

Father of many, and many is his son; he makes a rattling as he comes down into the encounters — the quiver, (holding) the arrows(?) and all the hosts; bound on the back, when sent forth it conquers.

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VS 29.43

रथे तिष्ठन् नयति वाजिनः पुरो यत्र-यत्र कामयते सुषारथिः अभीशूनां महिमानं पनायत मनः पश्चाद् अनु यच्छन्ति रश्मयः

rathe tiṣṭhan nayati vājinaḥ puro yatra-yatra kāmayate suṣārathiḥ abhīśūnāṃ mahimānaṃ panāyata manaḥ paścād anu yacchanti raśmayaḥ

Standing on the chariot the good charioteer drives the steeds forward, wherever he wishes. Praise the greatness of the reins: from behind the reins direct his mind.

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VS 29.44

तीव्रान् घोषान् कृण्वते वृषपाणयो श्वा रथेभिः सह वाजयन्तः अवक्रामन्तः प्रपदैर् अमित्रान् क्षिणन्ति शत्रूꣳर् अनपव्ययन्तः

tīvrān ghoṣān kṛṇvate vṛṣapāṇayo śvā rathebhiḥ saha vājayantaḥ avakrāmantaḥ prapadair amitrān kṣiṇanti śatrūṁr anapavyayantaḥ

Loud noises they make, the bull-hoofed horses, speeding to the prize together with the chariots; trampling down with their forefeet upon the unfriendly, they destroy the enemies without turning aside.

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VS 29.45

रथवाहनꣳ हविर् अस्य नाम यत्रायुधं निहितम् अस्य वर्म तत्रा रथम् उप शग्मꣳ सदेम विश्वाहा वयꣳ सुमनस्यमानाः

rathavāhanaṁ havir asya nāma yatrāyudhaṃ nihitam asya varma tatrā ratham upa śagmaṁ sadema viśvāhā vayaṁ sumanasyamānāḥ

'Chariot-carrier' is the name of his oblation, where his weapon and his armour are laid down. There let us seat the effective chariot near (us), we being of good mind all our days.

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

VS 29.46

स्वादुषꣳसदः पितरो वयोधाः कृच्छ्रेश्रितः शक्तीवन्तो गभीराः चित्रसेना इषुबला अमृध्राः सतोवीरा उरवो व्रातसाहाः

svāduṣaṁsadaḥ pitaro vayodhāḥ kṛcchreśritaḥ śaktīvanto gabhīrāḥ citrasenā iṣubalā amṛdhrāḥ satovīrā uravo vrātasāhāḥ

Sweetly sitting together, the fathers, givers of vigour, present in hardship, powerful, profound, with bright hosts, strong in arrows, unyielding, heroic in themselves, wide, overcoming troops.

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VS 29.47

ब्राह्मणासः पितरः सोम्यासः शिवे नो द्यावापृथिवी अनेहसा पूषा नः पातु दुरिताद् ऋतावृधो रक्षा माकिर् नो अघशꣳस ईशत

brāhmaṇāsaḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ śive no dyāvāpṛthivī anehasā pūṣā naḥ pātu duritād ṛtāvṛdho rakṣā mākir no aghaśaṁsa īśata

The fathers are brahman-priests, worthy of soma. May Heaven and Earth be kind and unharming to us. May Pūṣan guard us from difficulty, (you) who increase ṛta; protect (us) — let no ill-speaker have power over us.

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VS 29.48

सुपर्णं वस्ते मृगो अस्या दन्तो गोभिः संनद्धा पतति प्रसूता यत्रा नरः सं च वि च द्रवन्ति तत्रास्मभ्यम् इषवः शर्म यꣳसन्

suparṇaṃ vaste mṛgo asyā danto gobhiḥ saṃnaddhā patati prasūtā yatrā naraḥ saṃ ca vi ca dravanti tatrāsmabhyam iṣavaḥ śarma yaṁsan

She wears the eagle('s feather); the deer is her tooth; bound with cow-sinews, she flies when sent forth. Where men run together and apart, there may the arrows grant shelter to us.

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VS 29.49

ऋजीते परि वृङ्धि नो श्मा भवतु नस् तनूः सोमो अधि ब्रवीतु नो दितिः शर्म यच्छतु

ṛjīte pari vṛṅdhi no śmā bhavatu nas tanūḥ somo adhi bravītu no ditiḥ śarma yacchatu

O straight-flying one, spare us; may our body be as stone; may Soma speak for us; may Diti grant us shelter.

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

VS 29.50

आ जङ्घन्ति सान्व् एषां जघनाꣳ उप जिघ्नते अश्वाजनि प्रचेतसो श्वान्त् समत्सु चोदय

ā jaṅghanti sānv eṣāṃ jaghanāṁ upa jighnate aśvājani pracetaso śvānt samatsu codaya

They strike upon their back, they beat upon their haunches; O horse-whip, urge on the wise horses in the battles.

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VS 29.51

अहिर् इव भोगैः पर्य् एति बाहुं ज्याया हेतिं परिबाधमानः हस्तघ्नो विश्वा वयुनानि विद्वान् पुमान् पुमाꣳसं परि पातु विश्वतः

ahir iva bhogaiḥ pary eti bāhuṃ jyāyā hetiṃ paribādhamānaḥ hastaghno viśvā vayunāni vidvān pumān pumāṁsaṃ pari pātu viśvataḥ

Like a snake with its coils it goes around the arm, warding off the bowstring's blow; the hand-guard, knowing all courses, a man, let it protect a man on every side.

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VS 29.52

वनस्पते वीड्वङ्गो हि भूया अस्मत्सखा प्रतरणः सुवीरः गोभिः संनद्धो असि वीडयस्वास्थाता ते जयतु जेत्वानि

vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā asmatsakhā prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ gobhiḥ saṃnaddho asi vīḍayasvāsthātā te jayatu jetvāni

O tree, be firm of limb, our comrade, carrying (us) across, rich in heroes; you are bound together with leather straps — hold firm; let him who stands upon you win what is to be won.

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VS 29.53

दिवः पृथिव्याः पर्य् ओज उद्भृतं वनस्पतिभ्यः पर्य् आभृतꣳ सहः अपाम् ओज्मानं परि गोभिर् आवृतम् इन्द्रस्य वज्रꣳ हविषा रथं यज

divaḥ pṛthivyāḥ pary oja udbhṛtaṃ vanaspatibhyaḥ pary ābhṛtaṁ sahaḥ apām ojmānaṃ pari gobhir āvṛtam indrasya vajraṁ haviṣā rathaṃ yaja

Strength taken up from heaven and earth, might brought together from the forest trees, the vigour of the waters, wrapped about with cow-hide — worship with oblation Indra's thunderbolt, the chariot.

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VS 29.54

इन्द्रस्य वज्रो मरुताम् अनीकं मित्रस्य गर्भो वरुणस्य नाभिः सेमां नो हव्यदातिं जुषाणो देव रथ प्रति हव्या गृभाय

indrasya vajro marutām anīkaṃ mitrasya garbho varuṇasya nābhiḥ semāṃ no havyadātiṃ juṣāṇo deva ratha prati havyā gṛbhāya

Indra's thunderbolt, the front rank of the Maruts, the embryo of Mitra, the navel of Varuṇa — O divine chariot, delighting in this our giving of oblations, receive the offerings.

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VS 29.55

उप श्वासय पृथिवीम् उत द्यां पुरुत्रा ते मनुतां विष्ठितं जगत् स दुन्दुभे सजूर् इन्द्रेण देवैर् दूराद् दवीयो अप सेध शत्रून्

upa śvāsaya pṛthivīm uta dyāṃ purutrā te manutāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat sa dundubhe sajūr indreṇa devair dūrād davīyo apa sedha śatrūn

Make earth and heaven resound; in many places let the world that is spread out take note of you. O drum, in accord with Indra and the gods, drive away the enemies far beyond the far.

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VS 29.56

आ क्रन्दय बलम् ओजो न आ धा नि ष्टनिहि दुरिता बाधमानः अप प्रोथ दुन्दुभे दुच्छुना इत इन्द्रस्य मुष्टिर् असि वीडयस्व

ā krandaya balam ojo na ā dhā ni ṣṭanihi duritā bādhamānaḥ apa protha dundubhe ducchunā ita indrasya muṣṭir asi vīḍayasva

Roar out, set in us force and strength; thunder down, warding off misfortunes; snort away, O drum, the calamity from here; you are Indra's fist — be firm.

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VS 29.57

आमूर् अज प्रत्या वर्तयेमाः केतुमद् दुन्दुभिर् वावदीति सम् अश्वपर्णाश् चरन्ति नो नरो स्माकम् इन्द्र रथिनो जयन्तु

āmūr aja pratyā vartayemāḥ ketumad dundubhir vāvadīti sam aśvaparṇāś caranti no naro smākam indra rathino jayantu

Drive those (enemies) away, turn these (our men) back here; the drum speaks out again and again with its signal. Our men, horse-winged, move together; let our chariot-fighters conquer, O Indra.

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VS 29.58

आग्नेयः कृष्णग्रीवः सारस्वती मेषी बभ्रुः सौम्यः पौष्णः श्यामः शितिपृष्ठो बार्हस्पत्यः शिल्पो वैश्वदेव ऐन्द्रो रुणो मारुतः कल्माष ऐन्द्राग्नः सꣳहितो धोरामः सावित्रो वारुणः कृष्ण एकशितिपात् पेत्वः

āgneyaḥ kṛṣṇagrīvaḥ sārasvatī meṣī babhruḥ saumyaḥ pauṣṇaḥ śyāmaḥ śitipṛṣṭho bārhaspatyaḥ śilpo vaiśvadeva aindro ruṇo mārutaḥ kalmāṣa aindrāgnaḥ saṁhito dhorāmaḥ sāvitro vāruṇaḥ kṛṣṇa ekaśitipāt petvaḥ

A black-necked (goat) for Agni; a ewe for Sarasvatī; a brown one for Soma; a dark one for Pūṣan; a white-backed one for Bṛhaspati; a variegated one for the All-Gods; a reddish one for Indra; a speckled one for the Maruts; a joined pair for Indra-and-Agni; one dark below for Savitṛ; a black one for Varuṇa; a petva with one white foot.

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VS 29.59

अग्नये नीकवते रोहिताञ्जिर् अनड्वान् अधोरामौ सावित्रौ पौष्णौ रजतनाभी वैश्वदेवौ पिशंगौ तूपरौ मारुतः कल्माष आग्नेयः कृष्णो जः सारस्वती मेषी वारुणः पेत्वः

agnaye nīkavate rohitāñjir anaḍvān adhorāmau sāvitrau pauṣṇau rajatanābhī vaiśvadevau piśaṃgau tūparau mārutaḥ kalmāṣa āgneyaḥ kṛṣṇo jaḥ sārasvatī meṣī vāruṇaḥ petvaḥ

For Agni nīkavant, a draught-ox marked with red; for the two Savitṛs, two dark-below; for the two of Pūṣan, two silver-naveled; for the All-Gods, two tawny hornless ones; for the Maruts, a speckled one; for Agni, a black goat; for Sarasvatī, a ewe; for Varuṇa, a petva.

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

VS 29.60

अग्नये गायत्राय त्रिवृते राथन्तरायाष्टाकपाल इन्द्राय त्रैष्टुभाय पञ्चदशाय बर्हतायैकादशकपालो विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यो जागतेभ्यः सप्तदशेभ्यो वैरूपेभ्यो द्वादशकपालो मित्रावरुणाभ्याम् आनुष्टुभाभ्याम् एकविꣳशाभ्यां वैराजाभ्यां पयस्या बृहस्पतये पाङ्क्ताय त्रिणवाय शाक्वराय चरुः सवित्र औष्णिहाय त्रयस्त्रिꣳशाय रैवताय द्वादशकपालः प्राजापत्यश् चरुर् अदित्यै विष्णुपत्न्यै चरुर् अग्नये वैश्वानराय द्वादशकपालो नुमत्या अष्टाकपालः

agnaye gāyatrāya trivṛte rāthantarāyāṣṭākapāla indrāya traiṣṭubhāya pañcadaśāya barhatāyaikādaśakapālo viśvebhyo devebhyo jāgatebhyaḥ saptadaśebhyo vairūpebhyo dvādaśakapālo mitrāvaruṇābhyām ānuṣṭubhābhyām ekaviṁśābhyāṃ vairājābhyāṃ payasyā bṛhaspataye pāṅktāya triṇavāya śākvarāya caruḥ savitra auṣṇihāya trayastriṁśāya raivatāya dvādaśakapālaḥ prājāpatyaś carur adityai viṣṇupatnyai carur agnaye vaiśvānarāya dvādaśakapālo numatyā aṣṭākapālaḥ

For Agni of the Gāyatrī, of the threefold (stoma), of the Rathantara, a cake on eight potsherds; for Indra of the Triṣṭubh, of the fifteenfold, of the Bṛhat, one on eleven potsherds; for the All-Gods of the Jagatī, of the seventeenfold, of the Vairūpa, one on twelve potsherds; for Mitra and Varuṇa of the Anuṣṭubh, of the twenty-onefold, of the Vairāja, a milk-dish; for Bṛhaspati of the Paṅkti, of the thrice-ninefold, of the Śākvara, a porridge; for Savitṛ of the Uṣṇih, of the thirty-threefold, of the Raivata, one on twelve potsherds; a porridge for Prajāpati; a porridge for Aditi whose consort is Viṣṇu; for Agni Vaiśvānara one on twelve potsherds; for Anumati one on eight potsherds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition