Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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ii. 2. 7.
He who desires cattle should offer an oblation to Indra; cattle are connected with Indra; verily he has
recourse to Indra with his own share; verily he gives him cattle; verily he becomes possessed of
cattle; it is an oblation; verily for him from his own place of birth he produces cattle. He who desires
cattle should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, the powerful; cattle are power; verily he has
recourse to Indra, the powerful, with his own share; he gives him [1] power and cattle; verily he
becomes possessed of cattle. He who desires splendour should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to
Indra, possessed of heat; heat is splendour; verily he has recourse to Indra with his own share; he
bestows upon him splendour, verily he becomes resplendent. He who desires food should offer a cake
on eleven potsherds to Indra of the hymn; the hymn is the food of the gods; verily he has recourse to
Indra of the hymn with his own share [2]; he gives him food; verily he becomes an eater of food. He
who desires prosperity should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, possessed of heat, and to
Indra, the powerful, and to Indra of the hymn; in that he offers to Indra, possessed of heat, he thereby
makes his head; in that (he offers) to Indra, the powerful, he thereby makes his body; in that (he
offers) to Indra of the hymn, he becoming prosperous finds support in food; verily he prospers. He
who is seized by misfortune should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra [3], deliverer from
tribulation, tribulation is misfortune; verily he has recourse to Indra, deliverer from tribulation, with
his own share; verily he delivers him from the misfortune, from tribulation. He whom enemies
menace or invade his realms should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, repeller of foes; verily
he has recourse to Indra, repeller of foes, with his own share; verily he repels foes from him [4]. He
who is bound or beset should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, the protector; verily he has
recourse to Indra, the protector, with his own share; verily he protects him. He to whom the great
sacrifice does not resort should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, of the Arka and the
Açvamedha; the Arka and the Açvamedha are the two end bodies of the great sacrifice; verily he has
recourse to Indra, of the Arka and the Açvamedha, with his own share; verily he moves for him the
great sacrifice from the ends, and the great sacrifice resorts to him.
ii. 2. 8.
He who desires a village should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, who goes straight forward;
verily he has recourse to Indra, who goes straight forward, with his own share; verily he makes his
followers obedient to him; he becomes possessed of a village. He whose dart is not as it were sharp
should offer an oblation to Indrani; the deity of the arrow is Indrani; verily he has recourse to Indrani
with her own share; she sharpens his arrow. Balbaja grass he should fasten to the kindling-stick [1];
where the cow being covered made water, thence grew the Balbaja; verily making him follow the
way of the cows he causes him to obtain cows. To Indra, the angry, the wise, he should offer a cake
on eleven potsherds when battle is joined; with power, with anger, and with wisdom one wins the
battle; verily he has recourse to Indra, the angry, the wise, with his own share; verily he bestows upon
him power, anger, and mind; he wins [2] the battle. The same offering should he make whose mind is
affected and who as it were injures himself, for these are departed from him; verily he whose mind is
affected and who injures himself has recourse to Indra, the angry, the wise, with his own share; verily
he bestows upon him power, anger, and wisdom; his mind is not affected and he does not injure
himself. He who desires, 'May people be fain to give to me', should offer a cake on eleven potsherds
to Indra, the giver [3]; verily he has recourse to Indra, the giver, with his own share; verily he makes
people fain to give to him; people become fain to give to him. He upon whom what is as it were
ready to be given is not bestowed should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, the bestower;
verily he has recourse to Indra, the bestower, with his own share; verily he makes (men) bestow upon
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