Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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furrows, for propagation. In twelve furrows he scatters; the year has twelve months; verily with the
year he cooks food for him. If he who piles the fire [5] should eat of what has not been obtained, he
would be separated from what has been obtained. Those trees which bear fruit he should sprinkle in
the kindling-wood, to obtain what has not been obtained. From the quarters he gathers clods; verily
winning the strength of the quarters, he piles the fire in the strength of the quarters; he should take a
clod from the quarter where is he whom he hates, (saying), 'Food and strength do I take hence', verily
he wins from that quarter food and strength, and hungry is he who is in that quarter. He scatters over
the high altar, for on the high altar is the fire piled; the high altar is cattle; verily he wins cattle;
(verily it serves) for the avoidance of passing over a limb of the sacrifice.
v. 2. 6.
'O Agni, strength and fame are thine', (with these words) he scatters sand; that is the hymn of Agni
Vaiçvanara; verily with the hymn he wins (Agni) Vaiçvanara. With six (verses) he scatters; the year
has six seasons, Agni Vaiçvanara is the year; verily straightway he wins Vaiçvanara. This metre is
called the ocean; offspring are born like the ocean; in that he scatters sand with this (hymn), (it is) for
the propagation of offspring. Indra [1] hurled his bolt at Vrtra; it parted into three, one third the
wooden sword, one-third the chariot, one-third the sacrificial post; the interior reeds which were
crushed became gravel; that is the explanation of gravel; gravel is a thunderbolt, the fire is an animal;
in that he supports the fire with gravel, he encircles with the bolt cattle for him; therefore cattle are
encircled with the bolt; therefore the stronger does not receive the weaker. He should support (the
fire) with twenty-one (pieces of gravel) for one who desires cattle [2]; there are seven breaths in the
head, cattle are the breaths; verily he wins cattle for him by the breaths. With twenty-seven (should
he support it) for one who has foes; thus making the threefold bolt he hurls it at his foe, to lay him
low. He should support (it) with unnumbered ones, to win what is unnumbered. If he desire of a man,
'May he be without cattle', then without piling the gravel in support, he should separate the sand;
verily he pours forth for him the seed on all sides in (a place) not encircled; verily he becomes
without cattle [3]. If he desire of a man, 'May he be rich in cattle,' he should separate the sand, after
piling the gravel; verily he pours forth for him the seed in one direction in an encircled (place), and
he becomes rich in cattle. With (a verse) addressed to Soma he separates (the sand); Soma is
impregnator of seed; verily he impregnates seed; with a Gayatri for a Brahman, for the Brahman is
connected with the Gayatri, with a Tristubh for a Rajanya, for the Rajanya is connected with the
Tristubh. To Çamyu, son of Brhaspati, the sacrifice did not resort; it entered the fire [4]; it departed
from the fire in the form of a black antelope, it entered the horse, it became the intermediate hoof of
the horse; in that he makes the horse advance, he wins the sacrifice which has entered the horse. 'By
Prajapati must the fire be piled', they say; the horse is connected with Prajapati; in that he makes the
horse advance, by Prajapati he piles the fire. He puts down a lotus leaf; the lotus leaf is the birthplace
of the fire; verily he piles the fire with its own birthplace. 'Thou art the back of the waters', (with
these words) he puts (it) down; the lotus leaf is the back of the waters; verily with its form he puts it
down.
v. 2. 7.
'The holy power born', (with these words) he puts down the gold disk. Prajapati created creatures with
the Brahman class as first; verily the sacrificer creates offspring with the Brahman as first; 'the holy
power born', he says; therefore the Brahman is the first; the first he becomes who knows thus. The
theologians say, 'Nor on earth, nor in the atmosphere, nor on sky should the fire be piled'; if he were
to pile (it) on earth, he would afflict the earth with pain; nor trees, nor plants would [1] be born; if he
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