Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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The fires [4] of the dust
That have entered within the earth,
Of them thou art the highest;
Do thou instigate us to life.
'Thee, O Agni, with the mind have I obtained; thee, O Agni, with the fervour have I obtained; thee, O
Agni, with the consecration have I obtained; thee, O Agni, with the observances have I obtained;
thee, O Agni, with the pressing-day have I obtained; thee, O Agni, with the sacrificial fees have I
obtained; thee, O Agni, with the concluding bath have I obtained; thee, O Agni, with the barren cow
have I obtained; thee, O Agni, with the cry of Godspeed I have I obtained', he says; I this is the
obtaining of Agni verily therewith he obtains him.
v. 5. 8.
He pays reverence in front with the Gayatra (Saman); verily he confers breath upon him. (He
reverences) the wings with the Brhat and the Rathantara; verily he confers might upon him. (He
reverences) the tail with the seasonal Yajñayajñiya; verily he finds support in the seasons. He pays
reverence with the Prstha (Stotras); the Prsthas are brilliance; verily he confers brilliance upon him.
Prajapati created Agni; he, created, went away from him; him he checked (avarayata) by the
Varavantiya, and that is why the Varavantiya has it name. By the Çyaita he congealed him, and that is
why the Çyaita has its name [1]. In that he reverences, with the Varavantiya, he restrains him, and by
the Çyaita he congeals him. At the joinings of the wings he reverences with the heart of Prajapati;
verily he attains his affection.
With the eastern quarter I place thee, with the Gayatri metre, with Agni as the deity;
with the head of Agni I put down the head of Agni.
With the southern quarter I place thee, with the Tristubh metre, with Indra as the deity;
with the wing of Agni I put down the wing of Agni.
With the western quarter I place thee [2], with the Jagati metre, with Savitr as the
deity; with the tail of Agni I put down the tail of Agni.
With the northern quarter I place thee, with the Anustubh metre, with Mitra and
Varuna as the deity; with the wing of Agni I put down the wing of Agni.
With the upright quarter I place thee, with the Pankti metre, with Brhaspati as the
deity, with the back of Agni I put down the back of Agni.
He who piles the fire without its body is without a body in yonder world; he who piles it with its
body is with his body in yonder world. He puts down the body bricks; this is the body of the fire;
verily he piles the fire with its body; he has his body in yonder world who knows thus.
v. 5. 9.
a O Agni, the ocean, thy arrow called the young, with it be gentle
to us; homage to this of thine; may we prosper, living on this of thine.
b O Agni, the boisterous; c the abysmal; d the strong; e the desirable;
thy arrow called young, with it be gentle to us; homage to this of thine;
may we prosper, living on this of thine.
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