Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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ii. 4. 5.
a O Agni come to us with kine;
O drop, delight us with increase;
Indra is the supporter in our homes.
b Savitr, the thousandfold,
May he delight us in our homes;
May Pusan come, may wealth (be ours).
c May Dhatr give us wealth,
The lord, the ruler of the world;
May he favour us with a full (gift).
d Tvastr the bull, the strong,
May he delight us in our homes,
With a thousand, with ten thousand.
e Thou whereby the gods moved immortality [1],
Enduring fame, in the sky,
O increase of wealth, vouchsafe us
A herd of kine for life.
f Agni, lord of the house, Soma, all-winning, Savitr the wise; hail!
g O Agni, lord of the house, with thy ghee portion do thou vouchsafe strength and force to him who
advanceth; may I not wander from the highest of the path; may I become the head; hail!
ii. 4. 6.
He who desires cattle should sacrifice with the Çitra (offering); Çitra is this (earth); in that in this
(earth) all things are produced, thereby is this (earth) variegated (citra); he who knowing thus
sacrifices with the Çitra desirous of cattle is propagated with offspring, with cattle, with pairings.
With the offering to Agni he strews, with that to Soma he impregnates seed, the seed impregnated
Tvastr develops into forms; there are (offerings) to Sarasvant and Sarasvati; that is the divine pair;
verily in the midst he bestows upon him a divine [1] pair, for growth, for propagation. There is an
oblation to Sinivali; Sinivali is speech, speech is growth; verily he approaches speech and growth.
The last is to Indra, and thereby there is a pair. Seven are these offerings, the tame animals are seven,
the wild seven; the metres are seven, for the winning of both. Then he offers these oblations; these
gods are the lords of growth; verily they bestow growth upon him, he grows with offspring and cattle;
moreover in that he offers these oblations, (they serve) for support.
ii. 4. 7.
a Thou I art connected with the Maruts, thou art the force of the Maruts, cleave the stream of the
waters.
b Stay, O Maruts, the speeding falcon,
Swift as mind, the strong, the glorious;
That whereby the dread host goeth set loose,
Do ye, O Açvins, put around; hail!
c East wind, raining, quicken; Ravat! Hail! Storming, raining, dread; Ravat! Hail! Thundering,
raining, formidable; Ravat! Hail! Thundering without lightning, lightning, raining, resplendent;
Ravat! Hail! Raining over night, satisfying; Ravat! [1] Hail! Famed as having rained I much; Ravat!
Hail! Raining while the sun shines, radiant; Ravat! Hail! Thundering, lightning, raining, waxing
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