White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 4

VS 4.1

एदम् अगन्म देवयजनं पृथिव्या यत्र देवासो अजुषन्त विश्वे ऋक् सामाभ्या संतरन्तो यजुर्भी रायस् पोषेण सम् इषा मदेम इमा आपः शम् उ मे सन्तु देवीः ओषधे त्रायस्व स्वधिते मैनꣳ हिꣳसीः

edam aganma devayajanaṃ pṛthivyā yatra devāso ajuṣanta viśve ṛk sāmābhyā saṃtaranto yajurbhī rāyas poṣeṇa sam iṣā madema imā āpaḥ śam u me santu devīḥ oṣadhe trāyasva svadhite mainaṁ hiṁsīḥ

Here we have come to the god-worshipping place of the earth, where all the gods took their pleasure; crossing over by ṛc and sāman, by the yajus-formulas, may we rejoice together with increase of wealth, with refreshment. May these divine waters be peace to me. O plant, protect (him); O axe, do not harm him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 4.2

आपो अस्मान् मातरः शुन्धयन्तु घृतेन नो घृतप्वः पुनन्तु विश्वꣳ हि रिप्रं प्रवहन्ति देवीः उद् इदाभ्यः शुचिर् आ पूत एमि दीक्षातपसोस् तनूर् असि तं त्वा शिवाꣳ शग्मां परि दधे भद्रं वर्णं पुष्यन्

āpo asmān mātaraḥ śundhayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtapvaḥ punantu viśvaṁ hi ripraṃ pravahanti devīḥ ud idābhyaḥ śucir ā pūta emi dīkṣātapasos tanūr asi taṃ tvā śivāṁ śagmāṃ pari dadhe bhadraṃ varṇaṃ puṣyan

May the waters, the mothers, cleanse us; may they, purifying with ghee, purify us with ghee, for the goddesses carry away all defilement. Up out of these I come, clean and purified. Thou art the body of consecration and of ascetic heat; thee, benign and effective, I put about me, making an auspicious colour thrive.

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VS 4.3

महीनां पयो सि वर्चोदा असि वर्चो मे देहि वृत्रस्यासि कनीनकश् चक्षुर्दा असि चक्षुर् मे देहि

mahīnāṃ payo si varcodā asi varco me dehi vṛtrasyāsi kanīnakaś cakṣurdā asi cakṣur me dehi

Thou art the milk of the great ones; thou art the giver of splendour — give me splendour. Thou art the eyeball of Vṛtra; thou art the giver of sight — give me sight.

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VS 4.4

चित्पतिर् मा पुनातु वाक्पतिर् मा पुनातु देवो मा सविता पुनाव् अच्छिद्रेण पवित्रेण सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः तस्य ते पवित्रपते पवित्रपूतस्य यत्कामः पुने तच् छकेयम्

citpatir mā punātu vākpatir mā punātu devo mā savitā punāv acchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ tasya te pavitrapate pavitrapūtasya yatkāmaḥ pune tac chakeyam

May the lord of thought purify me, may the lord of speech purify me, may the god Savitṛ purify me with the flawless strainer, with the rays of the sun. O lord of the strainer, of thee thus purified by the strainer, whatever I desire as I purify, that may I be able (to accomplish).

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VS 4.5

आ वो देवास ईमहे वामं प्रयत्य् अध्वरे आ वो देवास आशिषो यज्ञियासो हवामहे

ā vo devāsa īmahe vāmaṃ prayaty adhvare ā vo devāsa āśiṣo yajñiyāso havāmahe

We approach you, O gods, for what is dear, as the rite goes forward; we call upon you, O gods worthy of sacrifice, for your blessings.

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VS 4.6

स्वाहा यज्ञं मनसः स्वाहोरोर् अन्तरिक्षात् स्वाहा द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम् स्वाहा वाताद् आ रभे स्वाहा

svāhā yajñaṃ manasaḥ svāhoror antarikṣāt svāhā dyāvāpṛthivībhyām svāhā vātād ā rabhe svāhā

Svāhā! I take hold of the sacrifice from the mind — svāhā; from the wide mid-air — svāhā; from heaven and earth — svāhā; from the wind — svāhā.

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VS 4.7

आकूत्यै प्रयुजे ग्नये स्वाहा मेधायै मनसे ग्नये स्वाहा दीक्षायै तपसे ग्नये स्वाहा सरस्वत्यै पूष्णे ग्नये स्वाहा आपो देवीर् बृहतीर् विश्वशम्भुवो द्यावापृथिवी उरो अन्तरिक्ष बृहस्पतये हविषा विधेम स्वाहा

ākūtyai prayuje gnaye svāhā medhāyai manase gnaye svāhā dīkṣāyai tapase gnaye svāhā sarasvatyai pūṣṇe gnaye svāhā āpo devīr bṛhatīr viśvaśambhuvo dyāvāpṛthivī uro antarikṣa bṛhaspataye haviṣā vidhema svāhā

To Intention, to Impulse, to Agni — svāhā. To Insight, to Mind, to Agni — svāhā. To Consecration, to Ascetic Heat, to Agni — svāhā. To Sarasvatī, to Pūṣan, to Agni — svāhā. O divine waters, lofty, benefiting all; O heaven and earth; O wide mid-air: with an oblation would we worship Bṛhaspati — svāhā.

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VS 4.8

विश्वो देवस्य नेतुर् मर्तो वुरीत सख्यम् विश्वो राय इषुध्यति द्युम्नं वृणीत पुष्यसे स्वाहा

viśvo devasya netur marto vurīta sakhyam viśvo rāya iṣudhyati dyumnaṃ vṛṇīta puṣyase svāhā

Every mortal would choose the friendship of the god who leads; every one begs for riches; he would choose brilliance, that he may thrive. Svāhā.

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VS 4.9

ऋक्सामयोः शिल्पे स्थस् ते वाम् आ रभे ते मा पातमास्य यज्ञस्योदृचः शर्मासि शर्म मे यच्छ नमस् ते अस्तु मा मा हिꣳसीः

ṛksāmayoḥ śilpe sthas te vām ā rabhe te mā pātamāsya yajñasyodṛcaḥ śarmāsi śarma me yaccha namas te astu mā mā hiṁsīḥ

Ye two are the fine work of ṛc and sāman; I take hold of you two; do you two protect me until the end of this sacrifice. Thou art shelter; grant me shelter; homage be to thee; do not harm me.

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VS 4.10

ऊर्ग् अस्य् आङ्गिरस्यूर्णम्रदा ऊर्जं मयि धेहि सोमस्य नीविर् असि विष्णोः शर्मासि शर्म यजमानस्य इन्द्रस्य योनिर् असि सुसस्याः कृषीस् कृधि उच् छ्रयस्व वनस्पत ऊर्ध्वो मा पाह्य् अꣳहस आस्य यज्ՙअस्युदृचः

ūrg asy āṅgirasyūrṇamradā ūrjaṃ mayi dhehi somasya nīvir asi viṣṇoḥ śarmāsi śarma yajamānasya indrasya yonir asi susasyāḥ kṛṣīs kṛdhi uc chrayasva vanaspata ūrdhvo mā pāhy aṁhasa āsya yajՙasyudṛcaḥ

Thou art strength, the Āṅgirasī, soft as wool; place strength in me. Thou art Soma's girdle; thou art Viṣṇu's shelter, the shelter of the sacrificer. Thou art Indra's womb; make the ploughings rich in grain. Rise up, O tree; standing erect, protect me from distress until the end of this sacrifice.

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VS 4.11

व्रतं कृणुताग्निर् ब्रह्माग्निर् यज्ञो वनस्पतिर् यज्ञियः दैवीं धियं मनामहे सुमृडीकाम् अभिष्टये वर्चोधां यज्ञवाहसꣳ सुतीर्था नो असद् वशे ये देवा मनोजाता मनोयुजो दक्षक्रतवस् ते नो वन्तु ते नः पान्तु तेभः स्वाहा

vrataṃ kṛṇutāgnir brahmāgnir yajño vanaspatir yajñiyaḥ daivīṃ dhiyaṃ manāmahe sumṛḍīkām abhiṣṭaye varcodhāṃ yajñavāhasaṁ sutīrthā no asad vaśe ye devā manojātā manoyujo dakṣakratavas te no vantu te naḥ pāntu tebhaḥ svāhā

Make (ye) the vow: Agni is the brahman, Agni is the sacrifice, the tree is fit for sacrifice. We call to mind the divine thought, gracious, for our aid, bestowing splendour, conveying the sacrifice; may it be for us with good fords, at our command. Those gods who are mind-born, mind-yoked, whose resolve is skill — may they favour us, may they protect us; to them, svāhā.

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

VS 4.12

श्वात्राः पीता भवत यूयम् आपो अस्माकम् अन्तर् उदरे सुशेवाः ता अस्मभ्यम् अयक्ष्मा अनमीवा अनागसः स्वदन्तु देवीर् अमृता ऋतावृधः

śvātrāḥ pītā bhavata yūyam āpo asmākam antar udare suśevāḥ tā asmabhyam ayakṣmā anamīvā anāgasaḥ svadantu devīr amṛtā ṛtāvṛdhaḥ

Be drunk as strengthening, ye Waters, very kindly within our belly. May they, the goddesses, free of consumption, free of sickness, blameless, immortal, strengtheners of ṛta, be sweet to us.

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VS 4.13

इयं ते यज्ञिया तनूः अपो मुञ्चामि न प्रजाम् अꣳहोमुचः स्वाहाकृताः पृथिवीम् आविशत पृथिव्या संभव

iyaṃ te yajñiyā tanūḥ apo muñcāmi na prajām aṁhomucaḥ svāhākṛtāḥ pṛthivīm āviśata pṛthivyā saṃbhava

This is thy sacrificial body. I release the waters, not the offspring. Ye that are freed from distress, made with svāhā, enter the earth; be joined with the earth.

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VS 4.14

अग्ने त्वꣳ सु जागृहि वयꣳ सु मन्दिषीमहि रक्षा णो अप्रयुच्छन् प्रबुधे नः पुनस् कृधि

agne tvaṁ su jāgṛhi vayaṁ su mandiṣīmahi rakṣā ṇo aprayucchan prabudhe naḥ punas kṛdhi

O Agni, do thou keep well awake; may we be well gladdened. Guard us unremittingly; make us fit again for waking.

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VS 4.15

पुनर् मनः पुनर् आयुर् म आगन् पुनः प्राणः पुनर् आत्मा म आगन् पुनश् चक्षुः पुनः श्रोत्रं म आगन् वैश्वानरो अदब्धस् तनूपा अग्निर् नः पातु दुरिताद् अवद्यात्

punar manaḥ punar āyur ma āgan punaḥ prāṇaḥ punar ātmā ma āgan punaś cakṣuḥ punaḥ śrotraṃ ma āgan vaiśvānaro adabdhas tanūpā agnir naḥ pātu duritād avadyāt

Again my mind, again my life-span has come to me; again breath, again self has come to me; again eye, again hearing has come to me. May Vaiśvānara, undeceived, guardian of the body, Agni, protect us from difficulty, from disgrace.

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VS 4.16

त्वम् अग्ने व्रतपा असि देव आ मर्त्येष्व् आ त्वं यज्ञेष्व् ईड्यः रास्वेयत्सोमा भूयो भर देवो नः सविता वसोर् दाता वस्व् अदात्

tvam agne vratapā asi deva ā martyeṣv ā tvaṃ yajñeṣv īḍyaḥ rāsveyatsomā bhūyo bhara devo naḥ savitā vasor dātā vasv adāt

Thou, Agni, art the guardian of vows, a god among mortals; thou art to be invoked at the sacrifices. Grant: bring more than this much soma. May the god Savitṛ, the giver of good, give us good.

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VS 4.17

एषा ते शुक्र तनूर् एतद् वर्चस् तया सं भव भ्राजं गच्छ जूर् असि धृता मनसा जुष्टा विष्णवे

eṣā te śukra tanūr etad varcas tayā saṃ bhava bhrājaṃ gaccha jūr asi dhṛtā manasā juṣṭā viṣṇave

This is thy body, O bright one; this is splendour — unite with it; go to brilliance. Thou art swiftness, held fast, welcomed by the mind for Viṣṇu.

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VS 4.18

तस्यास् ते सत्यसवसः प्रसवे तन्वो यन्त्रम् अशीय स्वाहा शुक्रम् असि चन्द्रम् अस्य् अमृतम् असि वैश्वदेवम् असि

tasyās te satyasavasaḥ prasave tanvo yantram aśīya svāhā śukram asi candram asy amṛtam asi vaiśvadevam asi

At the impulsion of that body of thine, whose impulsion is true, may I attain the support of the body. Svāhā. Thou art bright, thou art gleaming, thou art immortal, thou art belonging to all the gods.

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VS 4.19

चिद् असि मनासि धीर् असि दक्षिणासि क्षत्रियासि यज्ञियास्य् अदितिर् अस्य् उभयतःशीर्ष्णी सा नः सुप्राची सुप्रतीच्य् एधि मित्रस् त्वा पदि बध्नीतां पूषाध्वनस् पात्व् इन्द्रायाध्यक्षाय

cid asi manāsi dhīr asi dakṣiṇāsi kṣatriyāsi yajñiyāsy aditir asy ubhayataḥśīrṣṇī sā naḥ suprācī supratīcy edhi mitras tvā padi badhnītāṃ pūṣādhvanas pātv indrāyādhyakṣāya

Thou art thought, thou art mind, thou art insight, thou art the priestly gift, thou art of the ruling class, thou art fit for sacrifice; thou art Aditi, headed at both ends. Be thou for us easy to go forward with, easy to go back with. Let Mitra bind thee at the foot, let Pūṣan guard (thee) from the road, for Indra the overseer.

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VS 4.20

अनु त्वा माता मन्यताम् अनु पितानु भ्राता सगर्भ्यो नु सखा सयूथ्यः सा देवि देवम् अच्छेहीन्द्राय सोमꣳ रुद्रस् त्वा वर्तयतु स्वस्ति सोम्सखा पुनर् एहि

anu tvā mātā manyatām anu pitānu bhrātā sagarbhyo nu sakhā sayūthyaḥ sā devi devam acchehīndrāya somaṁ rudras tvā vartayatu svasti somsakhā punar ehi

Let the mother consent to thee, the father consent, the brother from the same womb consent, the companion of the same herd consent. Thou, goddess, go to the god; (bring) Soma to Indra. Let Rudra turn thee back. In welfare, with Soma as companion, come again.

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VS 4.21

वस्व्य् अस्य् अदितिर् अस्यादित्यासि रुद्रासि चन्द्रासि बृहस्पतिष् ट्वा सुम्ने रम्णातु रुद्रो वसुभिर् आ चके

vasvy asy aditir asyādityāsi rudrāsi candrāsi bṛhaspatiṣ ṭvā sumne ramṇātu rudro vasubhir ā cake

Thou art a Vasu-woman, thou art Aditi, thou art of the Ādityas, thou art Rudra's, thou art shining. Let Bṛhaspati settle thee in well-being. Rudra with the Vasus — (him) I delight in.

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

VS 4.22

अदित्यास् त्वा मूर्धन्न् आ जिघर्मि देवयजने पृथिव्या इडायास् पदम् असि घृतवत् स्वाहा अस्मे रमस्व अस्मे ते बन्धुः त्वे रायः मे रायः मा वयꣳ रायस्पोषेण वि यौष्म तोतो रायः

adityās tvā mūrdhann ā jigharmi devayajane pṛthivyā iḍāyās padam asi ghṛtavat svāhā asme ramasva asme te bandhuḥ tve rāyaḥ me rāyaḥ mā vayaṁ rāyaspoṣeṇa vi yauṣma toto rāyaḥ

I sprinkle thee on the head of Aditi, on the place of the god-worship of the earth. Thou art the footprint of Iḍā, rich in ghee. Svāhā. Rest in us; in us be thy bond; in thee be riches, in me be riches. May we not be parted from the thriving of riches. Riches (be) abundant.

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VS 4.23

सम् अख्ये देव्या धिया सं दक्षिणयोरुचक्षसा मा म आयुः प्र मोषीर् मो अहं तव वीरं विदेय तव देवि संदृशि

sam akhye devyā dhiyā saṃ dakṣiṇayorucakṣasā mā ma āyuḥ pra moṣīr mo ahaṃ tava vīraṃ videya tava devi saṃdṛśi

I have looked together with the divine thought, together with the priestly gift of wide gaze. Do not steal away my lifetime, nor I thine. May I find a hero (son), O goddess, in thy sight.

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VS 4.24

एष ते गायत्रो भाग इति मे सोमाय ब्रूताद् एष ते त्रैष्टुभो भाग इति मे सोमाय ब्रूताद् एष ते जागतो भाग इति मे सोमाय ब्रूताच् छन्दोनामानाꣳ साम्राज्यं गच्छेति मे सोमाय ब्रूतात् आस्माको सि शुक्रस् ते ग्रह्यो विचितस् त्वा वि चिन्वन्तु

eṣa te gāyatro bhāga iti me somāya brūtād eṣa te traiṣṭubho bhāga iti me somāya brūtād eṣa te jāgato bhāga iti me somāya brūtāc chandonāmānāṁ sāmrājyaṃ gaccheti me somāya brūtāt āsmāko si śukras te grahyo vicitas tvā vi cinvantu

'This is thy Gāyatrī portion' — thus say for me to Soma; 'this is thy Traiṣṭubha portion' — thus say for me to Soma; 'this is thy Jāgata portion' — thus say for me to Soma; 'go to the sovereignty of those named for the metres' — thus say for me to Soma. Thou art ours; thy bright (draught) is to be taken. Sorted out, let them sort thee out.

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VS 4.25

अभि त्यं देवꣳ सवितारम् ओण्योः कविक्रतुम् अर्चामि सत्यसवꣳ रत्नधाम् अभि प्रियं मतिं कविम् ऊर्ध्वा यस्यामतिर् भा अदिद्युतत् सवीमनि हिरण्यपाणिर् अमिमीत सुक्रतुः कृपा स्वः प्रजाभ्यस् त्वा प्रजास् त्वानुप्राणन्तु प्रजास् त्वम् अनुप्राणिहि

abhi tyaṃ devaṁ savitāram oṇyoḥ kavikratum arcāmi satyasavaṁ ratnadhām abhi priyaṃ matiṃ kavim ūrdhvā yasyāmatir bhā adidyutat savīmani hiraṇyapāṇir amimīta sukratuḥ kṛpā svaḥ prajābhyas tvā prajās tvānuprāṇantu prajās tvam anuprāṇihi

That god Savitṛ, of poet's power, of true impulsion, bestower of treasure, I praise with both arms (raised); (I praise) the dear thought, the poet, whose upward gleam of light has shone forth at his impelling; golden-handed, of good power, he measured out the heaven with his form. For the offspring (I take) thee; let the offspring breathe after thee, do thou breathe after the offspring.

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VS 4.26

शुक्रं त्वा शुक्रेण क्रीणामि चन्द्रं चन्द्रेणामृतम् अमृतेन सग्मे ते गोः अस्मे ते चन्द्राणि तपसस् तनूर् असि प्रजापतेर् वर्णः परमेण पशुना क्रीयसे सहस्रपोषं पुषेयम्

śukraṃ tvā śukreṇa krīṇāmi candraṃ candreṇāmṛtam amṛtena sagme te goḥ asme te candrāṇi tapasas tanūr asi prajāpater varṇaḥ parameṇa paśunā krīyase sahasrapoṣaṃ puṣeyam

Bright, I buy thee with the bright; shining, with the shining; immortal, with the immortal. (There is) a cow of thine for us; the shining things of thine are for us. Thou art the body of heat, the colour of Prajāpati. With the highest animal thou art bought. May I thrive with a thousandfold thriving.

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VS 4.27

मित्रो न एहि सुमित्रधः इन्द्रस्योरुम् आ विश दक्षिणम् उशन्न् उशन्तꣳ स्योनः स्योनम् स्वान भ्राजाङ्घारे बम्भारे हस्त सुहस्त कृशानो एते वः सोमक्रयणास् तान् रक्षध्वं मा वो दभन्

mitro na ehi sumitradhaḥ indrasyorum ā viśa dakṣiṇam uśann uśantaṁ syonaḥ syonam svāna bhrājāṅghāre bambhāre hasta suhasta kṛśāno ete vaḥ somakrayaṇās tān rakṣadhvaṃ mā vo dabhan

Come to us as Mitra, establishing good friendship; enter Indra's right thigh, willing the willing one, pleasant to the pleasant. O Svāna, Bhrāja, Aṅghāri, Bambhāri, Hasta, Suhasta, Kṛśānu — these are your Soma-purchase cows; guard them, let (no one) deceive you.

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VS 4.28

परि माग्ने दुश्चरिताद् बाधस्वा मा सुचरिते भज उद् आयुषा स्वायुषोदस्थाम् अमृताꣳ अनु

pari māgne duścaritād bādhasvā mā sucarite bhaja ud āyuṣā svāyuṣodasthām amṛtāṁ anu

O Agni, drive me away from ill conduct, and give me a share in good conduct. With lifetime, with good lifetime, I have risen up after the immortals.

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VS 4.29

प्रति पन्थाम् अपद्महि स्वस्तिगाम् अनेहसम् येन विश्वाः परि द्विषो वृणक्ति विन्दते वसु

prati panthām apadmahi svastigām anehasam yena viśvāḥ pari dviṣo vṛṇakti vindate vasu

We have met with the path that goes to welfare, that is without rival, by which one avoids all enemies and finds wealth.

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VS 4.30

अदित्यास् त्वग् असि अदित्यै सद आ सीद अस्तभ्नाद् द्यां वृषभो अन्तरिक्षम् अमिमीत वरिमाणं पृथिव्याः आसीदद् विश्वा भुवनानि सम्राड् विश्वेत् तानि वरुणस्य व्रतानि

adityās tvag asi adityai sada ā sīda astabhnād dyāṃ vṛṣabho antarikṣam amimīta varimāṇaṃ pṛthivyāḥ āsīdad viśvā bhuvanāni samrāḍ viśvet tāni varuṇasya vratāni

Thou art the skin of Aditi; sit down on Aditi's seat. The bull propped up the sky, measured out the breadth of the mid-air; as sovereign he sat upon all the worlds — all these are the ordinances of Varuṇa.

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VS 4.31

वनेषु व्य् अन्तरिक्षं ततान वाजम् अर्वत्सु पय उस्रियासु हृत्सु क्रतुं वरुणो विक्ष्व् अग्निं दिवि सूर्यम् अदधात् सोमम् अद्रौ

vaneṣu vy antarikṣaṃ tatāna vājam arvatsu paya usriyāsu hṛtsu kratuṃ varuṇo vikṣv agniṃ divi sūryam adadhāt somam adrau

Among the trees he stretched out the mid-air; strength in steeds, milk in the ruddy cows; in hearts Varuṇa set resolve, fire among the peoples, the sun in heaven, Soma on the rock.

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VS 4.32

सूर्यस्य चक्षुर् आरोहाग्नेर् अक्ष्णः कनीनकम् यत्रैतशेभिर् ईयसे भ्राजमानो विपश्चिता

sūryasya cakṣur ārohāgner akṣṇaḥ kanīnakam yatraitaśebhir īyase bhrājamāno vipaścitā

Ascend the eye of Sūrya, the pupil of Agni's eye, where thou movest with the etaśa (horses), shining with the wise one.

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VS 4.33

उस्राव् एतं धूर्षाहौ युज्येथाम् अनश्रू अवीरहणौ ब्रह्मचोदनौ स्वस्ति यजमानस्य गृहान् गच्छतम्

usrāv etaṃ dhūrṣāhau yujyethām anaśrū avīrahaṇau brahmacodanau svasti yajamānasya gṛhān gacchatam

Ye two oxen, come here; be yoked as yoke-bearers, tearless, not slayers of heroes, urgers of the sacred word; go in welfare to the sacrificer's house.

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VS 4.34

भद्रो मे सि प्रच्यवस्व भुवस्पते विश्वान्य् अभि धामानि मा त्वा परिपरिणो विदन् मा त्वा परिपन्थिनो विदन् मा वृका अघायवो विदन् श्येनो भूत्वा परा पत यजमानस्य गृहान् गच्छ तन् नौ सꣳस्कृतम्

bhadro me si pracyavasva bhuvaspate viśvāny abhi dhāmāni mā tvā paripariṇo vidan mā tvā paripanthino vidan mā vṛkā aghāyavo vidan śyeno bhūtvā parā pata yajamānasya gṛhān gaccha tan nau saṁskṛtam

Thou art auspicious for me; move forth, O lord of being, to all the abodes. Let no waylayers find thee, let no highwaymen find thee, let no evil-intentioning wolves find thee; becoming a falcon, fly away, go to the sacrificer's house — that is the thing prepared by us two.

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VS 4.35

नमो मित्रस्य वरुणस्य चक्षसे महो देवाय तद् ऋतꣳ सपर्यत दूरेदृशे देवजाताय केतवे दिवस् पुत्राय सूर्याय शꣳसत

namo mitrasya varuṇasya cakṣase maho devāya tad ṛtaṁ saparyata dūredṛśe devajātāya ketave divas putrāya sūryāya śaṁsata

Homage to the eye of Mitra and Varuṇa. Serve that ṛta belonging to the great god. Sing forth to the beacon seen far off, born of the gods, to the son of heaven, to Sūrya.

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VS 4.36

वरुणस्योत्तम्भनम् असि वरुणस्य स्कम्भसर्जनी स्थः वरुणस्य ऋतसदन्य् असि वरुणस्य ऋतसदनम् असि वरुणस्य ऋतसदनम् आ सीद

varuṇasyottambhanam asi varuṇasya skambhasarjanī sthaḥ varuṇasya ṛtasadany asi varuṇasya ṛtasadanam asi varuṇasya ṛtasadanam ā sīda

Thou art Varuṇa's prop-up; ye two are the releasers of Varuṇa's pillar; thou art the seat of Varuṇa's ṛta; thou art the seat of Varuṇa's ṛta; sit down on the seat of Varuṇa's ṛta.

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VS 4.37

या ते धामानि हविषा यजन्ति ता ते विश्वा परिभूर् अस्तु यज्ञम् गयस्फानः प्रतरणः सुवीरो वीरहा प्रचरा सोम दुर्यान्

yā te dhāmāni haviṣā yajanti tā te viśvā paribhūr astu yajñam gayasphānaḥ prataraṇaḥ suvīro vīrahā pracarā soma duryān

Whatever abodes of thine they worship with oblation, let all those of thine encompass the sacrifice. Increasing the homestead, carrying (us) across, rich in heroes, slaying heroes — proceed, Soma, to the dwellings.

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