Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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is strength; verily he gives him strength. 'May the All-gods thee', he says; the All-gods are the
breaths; verily with the breaths [1] he raises him up; I bear up with their thoughts, O Agni', he says;
verily he unites him with the thought for which he lifts him up. 'May the five regions divine aid the
sacrifice, the goddesses', he says, for he moves forward along the quarters. 'Driving away poverty and
hostility', he says, for smiting away the Raksases. 'Giving to the lord of the sacrifice increase of
wealth,' he says; increase of wealth is cattle [2]; verily he wins cattle. He takes (him) with six
(verses); the seasons are six; verily with the seasons he takes him; two have (the word) 'embracing',
for the smiting away of the Raksases. 'With the rays of the sun, with tawny hair, before us', he says,
for instigation. 'Then let our pure invocations be accepted', he says; the pure (one) is food; verily he
wins food. The gods and the Asuras were in conflict; the gods saw the unassailable (hymn) and with
it they conquered the Asuras [3]; that is why the unassailable (hymn) has its name. In that the second
Hotr recites the unassailable (hymn) the sacrificer conquers his foes therewith unassailably; verily
also he conquers what has not been conquered. (The hymn) has ten verses; the Viraj has ten syllables,
by the Viraj are kept apart these two worlds; (verily it serves) to keep apart these two worlds. Again
the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj, in eating food. The
atmosphere is as it were unreal; the Agnidh's altar is as it were the atmosphere; on the Agnidh's altar
[4] he puts down a stone, for reality; with two (verses), for support. 'As measurer, he standeth in the
midst of the sky', he says; verily with this he measures; 'in the middle of the sky is the dappled stone
set down', he says; the dappled is food; verily he wins food. With four (verses) he goes up to the tail;
the metres are four; verily (he goes) with the metres. 'All have caused Indra to wax', he says; verily he
attains increase. 'True lord and lord of strength' [5], he says; strength is food; verily he wins food. 'Let
the sacrifice invoke favour, and bring the gods', he says; favour is offspring and cattle; verily be
bestows on himself offspring and cattle. 'Let the god, Agni, offer and bring to us the gods', he says, to
make the cry, Godspeed! 'He hath seized me with the impulse of strength, with 'elevation', he says;
elevation is yonder sun in rising; depression is it when setting; verily with holy power he elevates
himself, with holy power he depresses his foe.
v. 4. 7.
'Along the eastern quarter do thou advance, wise one', he says; verily with this (verse) he moves to
the world of heaven. 'Mount ye, with Agni, to the vault', he says; verily with this he mounts these
worlds. 'From earth have I mounted to the atmosphere,' he says; verily with it he mounts these
worlds. 'Going to the heaven they look not away', he says; verily he goes to the world of heaven. 'O
Agni, advance [1] first of worshippers', he says; verily with it he bestows eyesight upon both gods
and men. He steps upon (the altar) with five (verses); the sacrifice is fivefold; verily he goes to the
world of heaven with the full extent of the sacrifice. 'Night and dawn', he recites as the Puronuvakya,
for preparation. O Agni, of a thousand eyes', he says; Prajapati is of a thousand; (verily it serves) to
obtain Prajapati. 'To thee as such let us pay honour; to strength hail!' he says; strength is food; verily
he wins food [2]. He offers on the naturally perforated brick (a ladle) of Udumbara wood filled with
curds; curds are strength, the Udumbara is strength, the naturally perforated is yonder (sky); verily he
places strength in yonder (sky); therefore we live on strength coming hitherward from yonder. He
puts (it) in place with three (verses); the fire is threefold; verily be makes the whole extent of the fire
attain support. 'Enkindled, O Agni, shine before us', (with these words) he takes (the kindling-stick)
of Udumbara wood; this is a pipe with projections; by it [3] the gods made piercings of hundreds of
the Asuras; in that he takes up the kindling-stick with this (verse), the sacrificer hurls the hundredslaying
(verse) as a bolt at his enemy, to lay him low without fail. 'Let us pay homage to thee in thy
highest birth, O Agni ', (with these words) he takes up (the kindling-stick) of Vikankata wood; verily
he wins radiance. 'That various of Savitr, the adorable', (with these words) be takes up (the kindlingstick)
of Çami wood, for soothing. The fire milks the piler-up of the fire; the piler-up, milks the fire;
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