White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 37

VS 37.1

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् आ ददे नारिर् असि

devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ā dade nārir asi

At the impulse of the god Savitṛ I take you with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. You are a woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.2

युञ्जते मन उत युञ्जते धियो विप्रा विप्रस्य बृहतो विपश्चितः वि होत्रा दधे वयुनाविद् एक इन् मही देवस्य सवितुः परिष्टुतिः स्वाहा

yuñjate mana uta yuñjate dhiyo viprā viprasya bṛhato vipaścitaḥ vi hotrā dadhe vayunāvid eka in mahī devasya savituḥ pariṣṭutiḥ svāhā

They yoke the mind and they yoke the insights — the inspired ones of the inspired, lofty, wise (god). He alone, knowing the ordinances, has apportioned the priestly offices. Great is the praise of the god Savitṛ. Svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.3

देवी द्यावापृथिवी मखस्य वाम् अद्य शिरो राध्यासं देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

devī dyāvāpṛthivī makhasya vām adya śiro rādhyāsaṃ devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

O divine Heaven and Earth, may I today win the head of Makha for you two, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.4

देव्यो वम्र्यो भूतस्य प्रथमजा मखस्य वो द्य शिरो राध्यासं देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

devyo vamryo bhūtasya prathamajā makhasya vo dya śiro rādhyāsaṃ devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

O divine ants, firstborn of what exists, may I today win the head of Makha for you, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.5

इयत्य् अग्रे आसीन् मखस्य ते द्य शिरो राध्यासं देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

iyaty agre āsīn makhasya te dya śiro rādhyāsaṃ devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

So much was it in the beginning: may I today win your head of Makha, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

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

VS 37.6

इन्द्रस्यौज स्थ मखस्य वो द्य शिरो राध्यासं देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

indrasyauja stha makhasya vo dya śiro rādhyāsaṃ devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

You are the might of Indra: may I today win the head of Makha for you, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.7

प्रैतु ब्रह्मणस् पतिः प्र देव्य् एतु सूनृता अच्छा वीरं नर्यं पङ्क्तिराधसं देवा यज्ञं नयन्तु नः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

praitu brahmaṇas patiḥ pra devy etu sūnṛtā acchā vīraṃ naryaṃ paṅktirādhasaṃ devā yajñaṃ nayantu naḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

Let Brahmaṇaspati come forth; let the goddess Sūnṛtā come forth toward the hero, the manly one, whose bounty is fivefold. Let the gods lead our sacrifice. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.8

मखस्य शिरो सि मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखस्य शिरो सि मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखस्य शिरो सि मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

makhasya śiro si makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhasya śiro si makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhasya śiro si makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

You are the head of Makha: you for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You are the head of Makha: you for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You are the head of Makha: you for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.9

अश्वस्य त्वा वृष्णः शक्ना धूपयामि देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे अश्वस्य त्वा वृष्णः शक्ना धूपयामि देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे अश्वस्य त्वा वृष्णः शक्ना धूपयामि देवयजने पृथिव्याः मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

aśvasya tvā vṛṣṇaḥ śaknā dhūpayāmi devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe aśvasya tvā vṛṣṇaḥ śaknā dhūpayāmi devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe aśvasya tvā vṛṣṇaḥ śaknā dhūpayāmi devayajane pṛthivyāḥ makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

With the dung of a stallion I fumigate you, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. With the dung of a stallion I fumigate you, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. With the dung of a stallion I fumigate you, at the place of sacrifice to the gods upon the earth. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha. You for Makha, you for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.10

ऋजवे त्वा साधवे त्वा सुक्षित्यै त्वा मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे मखाय त्वा मखस्य त्वा शीर्ष्णे

ṛjave tvā sādhave tvā sukṣityai tvā makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇe

Thee for the straight, thee for the true, thee for good dwelling, thee for Makha, thee for the head of Makha, thee for Makha, thee for the head of Makha, thee for Makha, thee for the head of Makha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.11

यमाय त्वा मखाय त्वा सूर्यस्य त्वा तपसे देवस् त्वा सविता मध्वानक्तु पृथिव्याः सꣳस्पृशस् पाहि अर्चिर् असि शोचिर् असि तपो सि

yamāya tvā makhāya tvā sūryasya tvā tapase devas tvā savitā madhvānaktu pṛthivyāḥ saṁspṛśas pāhi arcir asi śocir asi tapo si

Thee for Yama, thee for Makha, thee for the sun's heat. May the god Savitṛ anoint thee with honey. Guard (us) from the contacts of the earth. Thou art flame, thou art glow, thou art heat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.12

अनाधृष्टा पुरस्ताद् अग्नेर् आधिपत्य आयुर् मे दाः पुत्रवती दक्षिणत इन्द्रस्याधिपत्ये प्रजां मे दाः सुषदा पश्चाद् देवस्य सवितुर् आधिपत्ये चक्षुर् मे दाः आस्रुतिर् उत्तरतो धातुर् आधिपत्ये रायस्पोषं मे दाः विधृतिर् उपरिष्टाद् बृहस्पतेर् आधिपत्ये ओजो मे दाः विश्वाभ्यो मा नाष्ट्राभ्यस् पाहि मनोर् अश्वासि

anādhṛṣṭā purastād agner ādhipatya āyur me dāḥ putravatī dakṣiṇata indrasyādhipatye prajāṃ me dāḥ suṣadā paścād devasya savitur ādhipatye cakṣur me dāḥ āsrutir uttarato dhātur ādhipatye rāyaspoṣaṃ me dāḥ vidhṛtir upariṣṭād bṛhaspater ādhipatye ojo me dāḥ viśvābhyo mā nāṣṭrābhyas pāhi manor aśvāsi

Unassailable in the east, under the overlordship of Agni: give me long life. Possessing sons, in the south, under Indra's overlordship: give me offspring. Well-seated, in the west, under the overlordship of the god Savitṛ: give me sight. Inflowing, in the north, under Dhātṛ's overlordship: give me increase of wealth. Holding apart, above, under Bṛhaspati's overlordship: give me vigour. Guard me from all harms. Thou art Manu's horse.

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

VS 37.13

स्वाहा मरुद्भिः परि श्रीयस्व दिवः सꣳस्पृशस् पाहि मधु मधु मधु

svāhā marudbhiḥ pari śrīyasva divaḥ saṁspṛśas pāhi madhu madhu madhu

Svāhā! Clothe thyself round about with the Maruts. Guard (us) from the contacts of heaven. Honey, honey, honey.

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

VS 37.14

गर्भो देवानां पिता मतीनां पतिः प्रजानाम् सं देवो देवेन सवित्रा गत सꣳ सूर्येण रोचते

garbho devānāṃ pitā matīnāṃ patiḥ prajānām saṃ devo devena savitrā gata saṁ sūryeṇa rocate

The embryo of the gods, the father of thoughts, the lord of creatures: the god has come together with the god Savitṛ, he shines together with the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.15

सम् अग्निर् अग्निना गत सं दैवेन सवित्रा सꣳ सूर्येणारोचिष्ट स्वाहा सम् अग्निस् तपसा गत सं दैव्येन सवित्रा सꣳ सूर्येणारूरुचत

sam agnir agninā gata saṃ daivena savitrā saṁ sūryeṇārociṣṭa svāhā sam agnis tapasā gata saṃ daivyena savitrā saṁ sūryeṇārūrucata

Agni has come together with Agni, together with divine Savitṛ, he has shone together with the sun, svāhā. Agni has come together with heat, together with divine Savitṛ, he has shone forth together with the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.16

धर्ता दिवो वि भाति तपसस् पृथिव्यां धर्ता देवो देवानाम् अमर्त्यस् तपोजाः वाचम् अस्मे नि यच्छ देवायुवम्

dhartā divo vi bhāti tapasas pṛthivyāṃ dhartā devo devānām amartyas tapojāḥ vācam asme ni yaccha devāyuvam

The upholder of heaven shines forth, (the upholder) of heat upon the earth; the upholder, the god of the gods, immortal, born of heat: bestow upon us speech that seeks the gods.

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

VS 37.17

अपश्यं गोपाम् अनिपद्यमानम् आ च परा च पथिभिश् चरन्तम् स सध्रीचीः स विषूचीर् वसान आ वरीवर्त्ति भुवनेष्व् अन्तः

apaśyaṃ gopām anipadyamānam ā ca parā ca pathibhiś carantam sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīr vasāna ā varīvartti bhuvaneṣv antaḥ

I saw the herdsman who never lies down, moving hither and away along his paths. Clothing himself in (waters) that flow together and that flow apart, he turns about again and again within the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.18

विश्वासां भुवां पते विश्वस्य मनसस् पते विश्वस्य वचसस् पते सर्वस्य वचसस् पते देवश्रुत् त्वं देव घर्म देवो देवान् पाहि अत्र प्रावीर् अनु वां देववीतये मधु माध्वीभ्यां मधु माधूचीभ्याम्

viśvāsāṃ bhuvāṃ pate viśvasya manasas pate viśvasya vacasas pate sarvasya vacasas pate devaśrut tvaṃ deva gharma devo devān pāhi atra prāvīr anu vāṃ devavītaye madhu mādhvībhyāṃ madhu mādhūcībhyām

O lord of all beings, lord of all mind, lord of all speech, lord of every utterance! Thou, O god Gharma, heard by the gods, being a god, protect the gods here. Here thou hast helped, following you two, for the gods' enjoyment. Honey for the two honeyed ones, honey for the two full of sweetness.

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

VS 37.19

हृदे त्वा मनसे त्वा दिवे त्वा सूर्याय त्वा ऊर्ध्वो अध्वरं दिवि देवेषु धेहि

hṛde tvā manase tvā dive tvā sūryāya tvā ūrdhvo adhvaraṃ divi deveṣu dhehi

Thee for the heart, thee for the mind, thee for heaven, thee for the sun. Upright, set the sacrifice in heaven among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.20

पिता नो सि पिता नो बोधि नमस् ते अस्तु मा मा हिꣳसीः त्वष्टृमन्तस् त्वा सपेम पुत्रान् पशून् मयि धेहि प्रजाम् अस्मासु धेह्य् अरिष्टाहꣳ सहपत्या भूयासम्

pitā no si pitā no bodhi namas te astu mā mā hiṁsīḥ tvaṣṭṛmantas tvā sapema putrān paśūn mayi dhehi prajām asmāsu dhehy ariṣṭāhaṁ sahapatyā bhūyāsam

Thou art our father; be our father. Homage be to thee; do not harm me. Accompanied by Tvaṣṭṛ, may we serve thee. Place sons and cattle in me; place offspring in us; may I be unharmed, together with my husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 37.21

अहः केतुना जुषताꣳ सुज्योतिर् ज्योतिषा स्वाहा रात्रिः केतुना जुषताꣳ सुज्योतिर् ज्योतिषा स्वाहा

ahaḥ ketunā juṣatāṁ sujyotir jyotiṣā svāhā rātriḥ ketunā juṣatāṁ sujyotir jyotiṣā svāhā

May the day take pleasure with its banner, fair of light, with light, svāhā. May the night take pleasure with its banner, fair of light, with light, svāhā.

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