White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 35

VS 35.1

अपेतो यन्तु पणयो सुम्ना देवपीयवः अस्य लोकः सुतावतः द्युभिर् अहोभिर् अक्तुभिर् व्यक्तं यमो ददात्व् अवसानम् अस्मै

apeto yantu paṇayo sumnā devapīyavaḥ asya lokaḥ sutāvataḥ dyubhir ahobhir aktubhir vyaktaṃ yamo dadātv avasānam asmai

Let the Paṇis go away from here, the ungenerous ones who revile the gods. This world is for him who has pressed (soma). By days, by daylights, by nights let Yama grant him a resting place, marked out.

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

VS 35.2

सविता ते शरीरेभ्यः पृथिव्यां लोकम् इच्छतु तस्मै युज्यन्ताम् उस्रियाः

savitā te śarīrebhyaḥ pṛthivyāṃ lokam icchatu tasmai yujyantām usriyāḥ

Let Savitṛ seek out a place on earth for your bodily parts. For that let the cows be yoked.

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VS 35.3

वायुः पुनातु सविता पुनातु अग्नेर् भ्राजसा सूर्यस्य वर्चसा वि मुच्यन्ताम् उस्रियाः

vāyuḥ punātu savitā punātu agner bhrājasā sūryasya varcasā vi mucyantām usriyāḥ

Let Vāyu purify, let Savitṛ purify, with the blaze of Agni, with the splendour of Sūrya. Let the cows be unyoked.

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VS 35.4

अश्वत्थे वो निषदनं पर्णे वो वसतिष् कृता गोभाज इत् किलासथ यत् सनवथ पूरुषम्

aśvatthe vo niṣadanaṃ parṇe vo vasatiṣ kṛtā gobhāja it kilāsatha yat sanavatha pūruṣam

On the aśvattha tree is your seat, on the parṇa tree your dwelling is made. You shall surely get a share of cattle, when you win a man.

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VS 35.5

सविता ते शरीराणि मातुर् उपस्थ आ वपतु तस्मै पृथिवि शं भव

savitā te śarīrāṇi mātur upastha ā vapatu tasmai pṛthivi śaṃ bhava

Let Savitṛ strew your bodily parts in the lap of the mother. For him, O Earth, be kindly.

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VS 35.6

प्रजापतौ त्वा देवतायाम् उपोदके लोके नि दधाम्य् असौ अप नः शोशुचद् अघम्

prajāpatau tvā devatāyām upodake loke ni dadhāmy asau apa naḥ śośucad agham

In Prajāpati as the deity, in the world near the waters, I set you down, So-and-so. Let the evil be burnt away from us.

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VS 35.7

परं मृत्यो अनु परेहि पन्थां यस् ते अन्य इतरो देवयानात् चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमि मा नः प्रजाꣳ रीरिषो मोत वीरान्

paraṃ mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṃ yas te anya itaro devayānāt cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmi mā naḥ prajāṁ rīriṣo mota vīrān

Go far away, Death, along your own path, that other one than the one the gods travel. To you who have eyes and who hear I speak: do not harm our offspring, nor our men.

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VS 35.8

शं वातः शꣳ हि ते घृणिः शं ते भवन्त्व् इष्टकाः शं ते भवन्त्व् अग्नयः पार्थिवासो मा त्वाभि शूशुचन्

śaṃ vātaḥ śaṁ hi te ghṛṇiḥ śaṃ te bhavantv iṣṭakāḥ śaṃ te bhavantv agnayaḥ pārthivāso mā tvābhi śūśucan

Kindly (be) the wind, kindly indeed for you the heat; kindly be the bricks for you, kindly be the earthly fires for you. Let them not blaze against you.

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VS 35.9

कल्पन्तां ते दिशस् तुभ्यम् आपः शिवतमास् तुभ्यं भवन्तु सिन्धवः अन्तरिक्षꣳ शिवं तुभ्यं कल्पन्तां ते दिशः सर्वाः

kalpantāṃ te diśas tubhyam āpaḥ śivatamās tubhyaṃ bhavantu sindhavaḥ antarikṣaṁ śivaṃ tubhyaṃ kalpantāṃ te diśaḥ sarvāḥ

Let the quarters be arranged for you; let the waters be most kindly for you, let the rivers be for you; let the mid-space be kindly for you; let all the quarters be arranged for you.

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VS 35.10

अश्मन्वती रीयते सꣳ रभध्वम् उत् तिष्ठत प्र तरता सखायः अत्र जहीमो शिवा ये असञ्छिवान् वयम् उत्तरेमाभि वाजान्

aśmanvatī rīyate saṁ rabhadhvam ut tiṣṭhata pra taratā sakhāyaḥ atra jahīmo śivā ye asañchivān vayam uttaremābhi vājān

The stone-strewn (river) flows; take hold together, stand up, cross over, friends! Here we leave behind those who were unkindly; may we cross over to kindly prizes.

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VS 35.11

अपाघम् अप किल्विषम् अप कृत्याम् अपो रपः अपामार्ग त्वम् अस्मद् अप दुःष्वप्न्यꣳ सुव

apāgham apa kilviṣam apa kṛtyām apo rapaḥ apāmārga tvam asmad apa duḥṣvapnyaṁ suva

Away the evil, away the guilt, away the spell, away the blemish: O Apāmārga plant, drive away from us the bad dream.

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VS 35.12

सुमित्रिया न आप ओषधयः सन्तु दुर्मित्रियास् तस्मै सन्तु यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः

sumitriyā na āpa oṣadhayaḥ santu durmitriyās tasmai santu yo smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ

Let the waters and the plants be good friends to us; let them be bad friends to him who hates us and whom we hate.

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VS 35.13

अनड्वाहम् आ रभामहे सौरभेयꣳ स्वस्तये स न इन्द्र इव देवेभ्यो वह्निः संतरणो भव

anaḍvāham ā rabhāmahe saurabheyaṁ svastaye sa na indra iva devebhyo vahniḥ saṃtaraṇo bhava

We take hold of the draft-ox, son of the fragrant cow, for well-being. Like Indra to the gods, be for us a carrier, one who brings across.

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VS 35.14

उद् वयं तमसस् परि स्वः पश्यन्त उत्तरम् देवं देवत्रा सूर्यम् अगन्म ज्योतिर् उत्तमम्

ud vayaṃ tamasas pari svaḥ paśyanta uttaram devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam

Up out of the darkness we, looking on the higher light, have come to the god among gods, to Sūrya, the highest light.

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VS 35.15

इमं जीवेभ्यः परिधिं दधामि मैषां नु गाद् अपरो अर्थम् एतम् शतं जीवन्तु शरदः पुरूचीर् अन्तर् मृत्युं दधतां पर्वतेन

imaṃ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu gād aparo artham etam śataṃ jīvantu śaradaḥ purūcīr antar mṛtyuṃ dadhatāṃ parvatena

This boundary I set for the living; let no other of them go to this end now. Let them live a hundred abundant autumns; let them shut death away with a mountain.

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VS 35.16

अग्न आयूꣳषि पवस्व आ सुवोर्जम् इषं च नः आरे बाधस्व दुच्छुनाम्

agna āyūṁṣi pavasva ā suvorjam iṣaṃ ca naḥ āre bādhasva ducchunām

O Agni, purify (our) life-spans; grant us strength and refreshment; drive misfortune far away.

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VS 35.17

आयुष्मान् अग्ने हविषा वृधानो घृतप्र्सतीको घृतयोनिर् एधि घृतं पीत्वा मधु चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रम् अभि रक्षताद् इमान्त् स्वाहा

āyuṣmān agne haviṣā vṛdhāno ghṛtaprsatīko ghṛtayonir edhi ghṛtaṃ pītvā madhu cāru gavyaṃ piteva putram abhi rakṣatād imānt svāhā

Long-lived, O Agni, growing strong by the oblation, ghee-faced, ghee-wombed, be (so); having drunk ghee, the sweet, dear, cow-derived (product), protect these (men) as a father his son. Svāhā.

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VS 35.18

परीमे गाम् अनेषत पर्य् अग्निम् अहृषत देवेष्व् अक्रत श्रवः क इमाꣳ आ दधर्षति

parīme gām aneṣata pary agnim ahṛṣata deveṣv akrata śravaḥ ka imāṁ ā dadharṣati

They have led the cow around (them), they have carried the fire around, they have made glory among the gods: who will assail these?

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VS 35.19

क्रव्यादम् अग्निं प्र हिणोमि दूरं यमराज्यं गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः इहैवायम् इतरो जातवेदा देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन्

kravyādam agniṃ pra hiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājyaṃ gacchatu ripravāhaḥ ihaivāyam itaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan

The flesh-eating Agni I send far away; let him, carrier of defilement, go to Yama's realm. But here let this other Jātavedas carry the oblation to the gods, knowing the way.

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VS 35.20

वह वपां जातवेदः पितृभ्यो यत्रैनान् वेत्थ निहितान् पराके मेदसः कुल्या उप तान्त् स्रवन्तु सत्या एषाम् आशिषः सं नमन्ताꣳ स्वाहा

vaha vapāṃ jātavedaḥ pitṛbhyo yatrainān vettha nihitān parāke medasaḥ kulyā upa tānt sravantu satyā eṣām āśiṣaḥ saṃ namantāṁ svāhā

Carry the omentum, O Jātavedas, to the Fathers, where you know them to be laid away in the distance. Let streams of fat flow unto them; let their wishes come true, be fulfilled. Svāhā.

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VS 35.21

स्योना पृथिवि नो भवानृक्षरा निवेशनी यच्छा नः शर्म सप्रथाः अप नः शोशुचद् अघम्

syonā pṛthivi no bhavānṛkṣarā niveśanī yacchā naḥ śarma saprathāḥ apa naḥ śośucad agham

Be pleasant to us, O Earth, thornless, a place of rest; grant us wide-extending shelter. May (Agni) burn away our evil.

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VS 35.22

अस्मात् त्वम् अधि जातो सि त्वद् अयं जायतां पुनः असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहा

asmāt tvam adhi jāto si tvad ayaṃ jāyatāṃ punaḥ asau svargāya lokāya svāhā

From this one you were born; from you let this one be born again. This (is) for the heavenly world. Svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition