White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 32
VS 32.1
तद् एवाग्निस् तद् आदित्यस् तद् वायुस् तद् उ चन्द्रमाः तद् एव शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म ता आपः स प्रजापतिः
tad evāgnis tad ādityas tad vāyus tad u candramāḥ tad eva śukraṃ tad brahma tā āpaḥ sa prajāpatiḥ
That indeed is Agni, that the Āditya, that the wind, and that the moon; that indeed is the bright (seed), that the brahman, those the waters, he Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Book XXXII AGNI is That; the Sun is That; Vâyu and Chandramâs are That. The Bright is That; Brahma is That, those Waters, that Prajâpati.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.2
सर्वे निमेषा जज्ञिरे विद्युतः पुरुषाद् अधि नैनम् ऊर्ध्वं न तिर्यञ्चं न मध्ये परि जग्रभत्
sarve nimeṣā jajñire vidyutaḥ puruṣād adhi nainam ūrdhvaṃ na tiryañcaṃ na madhye pari jagrabhat
All the blinkings (moments) were born from the Puruṣa, (and) the lightnings; none has grasped him round, neither above nor across nor in the middle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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All twinklings of the eyelid sprang from Purusha, resplendent One. No one hath comprehended him above, across, or in the midst.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.3
न तस्य प्रतिमा अस्ति यस्य नाम महद् यशः हिरण्यगर्भ इत्य् एषः मा मा हिꣳसीद् इत्य् एषा यस्मान् न जात इत्य् एष
na tasya pratimā asti yasya nāma mahad yaśaḥ hiraṇyagarbha ity eṣaḥ mā mā hiṁsīd ity eṣā yasmān na jāta ity eṣa
There is no likeness of him whose name is Great Glory. 'Hiraṇyagarbha' — this (verse); 'Let him not harm me' — this one; 'From whom nothing is born' — this one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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There is no counterpart of him whose glory verily is great. In the beginning rose Hiranyagarbha, etc. Let not him harm me, etc. Than whom there is no other born, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.4
एषो ह देवः प्रदिशो नु सर्वाः पूर्वो ह जातः स उ गर्भे अन्तः स एव जातः स जनिष्यमाणः प्रत्यङ् जनास् तिष्थति सर्वतोमुखः
eṣo ha devaḥ pradiśo nu sarvāḥ pūrvo ha jātaḥ sa u garbhe antaḥ sa eva jātaḥ sa janiṣyamāṇaḥ pratyaṅ janās tiṣthati sarvatomukhaḥ
This god is indeed all the regions; he was born before, and he is within the womb; he indeed is born, and he is to be born; he stands facing men, facing every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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This very God pervadeth all the regions; yea, born aforetime, in the womb he dwelleth. He verily born and to be born hereafter meeteth his offspring, facing all directions.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.5
यस्माज् जातं न पुरा किं चनैव य आबभूव भुवनानि विश्वा प्रजापतिः प्रजया सꣳरराणस् त्रीणि ज्योतीꣳषि सचते स ऐडशी
yasmāj jātaṃ na purā kiṃ canaiva ya ābabhūva bhuvanāni viśvā prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṁrarāṇas trīṇi jyotīṁṣi sacate sa aiḍaśī
He from whom nothing at all was born before, who came to be all the worlds — Prajāpati, delighting with offspring, attains the three lights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Before whom naught whatever sprang to being; who with his presence aids all living creatures, Prajâpati, rejoicing in his offspring, he, Shodasî, maintains the Three great Lustres.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.6
येन द्यौर् उग्रा पृथिवी च दृढा येन स्व स्तभितं येन नाकः यो अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम
yena dyaur ugrā pṛthivī ca dṛḍhā yena sva stabhitaṃ yena nākaḥ yo antarikṣe rajaso vimānaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema
By whom the mighty sky and the firm earth (were established), by whom the sun was propped, by whom the vault; who is the measurer of the space in the mid-air — to which god shall we offer worship with oblation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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By whom the heavens are strong and earth stands firmly, by whom light's realm and sky-vault are supported; By whom the regions in mid-air were measured. What God shall we adore with our oblation?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.7
यं क्रन्दसी अवसा तस्तभाने अभ्य् ऐक्षेतां मनसा रेजमाने यत्राधि सूर उदितो विभाति कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम आपो ह यद् बृहतीः यश् चिद् आपः
yaṃ krandasī avasā tastabhāne abhy aikṣetāṃ manasā rejamāne yatrādhi sūra udito vibhāti kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema āpo ha yad bṛhatīḥ yaś cid āpaḥ
Whom the two crashing (worlds, heaven and earth), propped apart by his aid, looked toward, trembling in mind; where the risen sun shines out above — to which god shall we do homage with the oblation? When the mighty waters (came)... and whatever waters (there are).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To whom, supported by his help, two armies embattled look while trembling in their spirit, Where over them the risen Sun is shining. What God shall we adore with our oblation? What time the mighty waters, etc. He in his might surveyed, etc.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.8
वेनस् तत् पश्यन् निहितं गुहा सद् यत्र विश्वं भवत्य् एकनीडम् तस्मिन्न् इदꣳ सं च वि चैति सर्वꣳ स ओतः प्रोतश् च विभूः प्रजासु
venas tat paśyan nihitaṃ guhā sad yatra viśvaṃ bhavaty ekanīḍam tasminn idaṁ saṃ ca vi caiti sarvaṁ sa otaḥ protaś ca vibhūḥ prajāsu
Vena, beholding that which is set down, existing in the hiding-place, where all becomes of a single nest — in that all this comes together and goes apart; he is woven in and woven through, pervading among the creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The Sage beholdeth That mysterious Being wherein this All hath found one only dwelling. Therein unites the Whole, and thence it issues: far-spread it is the warp and woof in creatures.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.9
प्र तद् वोचेद् अमृतं नु विद्वान् गन्धर्वो धाम विभृतं गुहा सत् त्रीणि पदानि निहिता गुहास्य यस् तानि वेद स पितुः पितासत्
pra tad voced amṛtaṃ nu vidvān gandharvo dhāma vibhṛtaṃ guhā sat trīṇi padāni nihitā guhāsya yas tāni veda sa pituḥ pitāsat
Let him, knowing, proclaim that immortal (thing) — the Gandharva, the dhāman borne apart, existing in the hiding-place. Three steps of his are set down in the hiding-place; whoever knows those, he shall be the father of the father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Knowing Eternity, may the Gandharva declare that station, parted, kept in secret. Three steps thereof in mystery are hidden: he who knows these shall be the father's father.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.10
स नो बन्धुर् जनिता स विधाता धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा यत्र देवा अमृतम् आनशानास् तृतीये धामन्न् अध्य् ऐरयन्त
sa no bandhur janitā sa vidhātā dhāmāni veda bhuvanāni viśvā yatra devā amṛtam ānaśānās tṛtīye dhāmann adhy airayanta
He is our kinsman, he the begetter, he the disposer; he knows the dhāmans, all the worlds — where the gods, having attained immortality, rose up in the third dhāman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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He is our kin, our Father and Begetter: he knows all beings and all Ordinances, In whom the Gods obtaining life eternal have risen upward to the third high station.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.11
परीत्य भूतानि परीत्य लोकान् परीत्य सर्वाः प्रदिशो दिशश् च उपस्थाय प्रथमजाम् ऋतस्यात्मनात्मानम् अभि सं विवेश
parītya bhūtāni parītya lokān parītya sarvāḥ pradiśo diśaś ca upasthāya prathamajām ṛtasyātmanātmānam abhi saṃ viveśa
Having gone around the beings, having gone around the worlds, having gone around all the further quarters and the quarters, having come up to the firstborn of ṛta, with (his) self he entered into the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Having encompassed round existing creatures, the world; and all the Quarters and Mid-quarters, Having approached the first-born Child of Order he with his Self into The Self hath entered.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.12
परि द्यावापृथिवी सद्य इत्वा परि लोकान् परि दिशः परि स्वः ऋतस्य तन्तुं विततं विचृत्य तद् अपश्यत् तद् अभवत् तद् आसीत्
pari dyāvāpṛthivī sadya itvā pari lokān pari diśaḥ pari svaḥ ṛtasya tantuṃ vitataṃ vicṛtya tad apaśyat tad abhavat tad āsīt
Having gone at once around heaven and earth, around the worlds, around the quarters, around the light of heaven, having unloosed the stretched-out thread of ṛta — he saw that, he became that, he was that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Having gone swiftly round the earth and heaven, around the worlds, around the sky, the Quarters, Having spread out the lengthened thread of Order, he views, and he becomes and is That Being.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.13
सदसस् पतिम् अद्भुतं प्रियम् इन्द्रस्य काम्यम् सनिं मेधाम् अयासिषꣳम् स्वाहा
sadasas patim adbhutaṃ priyam indrasya kāmyam saniṃ medhām ayāsiṣaṁm svāhā
The lord of the seat, the wondrous, the dear, Indra's beloved — I have sought gain (and) insight. svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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To the Assembly's wondrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend who gives Wisdom. have I drawn near in prayer.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.14
यां मेधां देवगणाः पितरश् चोपासते तया माम् अद्य मेधयाग्ने मेधाविनं कुरु स्वाहा
yāṃ medhāṃ devagaṇāḥ pitaraś copāsate tayā mām adya medhayāgne medhāvinaṃ kuru svāhā
The insight which the throngs of the gods and the fathers wait upon — with that insight, Agni, make me today possessed of insight. svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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That wisdom which the Companies of Gods, and Fathers, recognize, Even with that intelligence, O Agni, make me wise to-day. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.15
मेधां मे वरुणो ददातु मेधाम् अग्निः प्रजापतिः मेधाम् इन्द्रस् च वायुश् च मेधां धाता ददातु मे स्वाहा
medhāṃ me varuṇo dadātu medhām agniḥ prajāpatiḥ medhām indras ca vāyuś ca medhāṃ dhātā dadātu me svāhā
May Varuṇa give me insight; insight Agni (and) Prajāpati; insight Indra and Vāyu; may Dhātṛ give me insight. svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Varuna grant me wisdom! grant it Agni and Prajâpati! Wisdom may Indra, Vâyu grant. May the Creator grant it me. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 32.16
इदं मे ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं चोभे श्रियम् अश्नुताम् मयि देवा दधतु श्रियम् उत्तमां तस्यै ते स्वाहा
idaṃ me brahma ca kṣatraṃ cobhe śriyam aśnutām mayi devā dadhatu śriyam uttamāṃ tasyai te svāhā
May these two of mine, both the brahman and the kṣatra, attain splendour; may the gods place in me the highest splendour. To that, to thee, svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Let these the Priests and Nobles both enjoy the splendour that is mine. Best splendour may the Gods bestow on me. To thee, that splendour, hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)