Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
v. 6. 10.
Prajapati piled the fire as the year by the seasons; by the spring he piled its front half, by the summer
its right wing, by the rains its tail, by the autumn its left wing, by the winter its middle. By the
Brahman class he piled its front half, by the lordly class its right wing, by cattle its tail, by the people
its left wing, by hope its middle. He who knowing thus piles the fire piles it with the seasons; verily
he wins all [1]; they hearken to him who has piled the fire, he eats food, he is resplendent. The first
layer is this (earth), the mortar the plants and trees; the second is the atmosphere, the mortar the birds;
the third is yonder (sky), the mortar the Naksatras; the fourth the sacrifice, the mortar the sacrificial
fee; the fifth the sacrificer, the mortar offspring; if he were to pile it with three layers, he would
obstruct the sacrifice, the fee, the self, offspring; therefore should it be piled with five layers; verily
he preserves all. In that there [2] are three layers, (it is) since Agni is threefold; in that there are two
(more), the sacrificer has two feet, (it is) for support; there are five layers, man is five fold; verily he
preserves himself. There are five layers, he covers (them) with five (sets of) mortar, these make up
ten, man has ten elements; he preserves man in his full extent. Again the Viraj has ten elements, the
Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj and the eating of food. The sixth layer is the year,
mortar is the seasons; there are six layers, six (sets of) mortar, they make up twelve, the year has
twelve months; verily he finds support in the year.
v. 6. 11.
The Horse Sacrifice (continued)
The red, the dark red, the jujube red, these are for Prajapati; the brown, the reddish-brown, the parrot
brown, these are for Rudra. The white, the white-eyed, the white-necked, these have the fathers as
their deities. Three black barren cows are for Varuna, three white barren cows for the Sun; the duskyspotted
hornless ones are for Mitra and Brhaspati.
v. 6. 12.
The dappled, the one with cross-lines dappled, the one with dappled marks running up, these are for
the Maruts; the bright, the ruddy woolled, the white, are for Sarasvati; the piebald, the grey piebald,
the slightly piebald, these are for the All-gods; three dark barren cows are for Pusan, three ruddy
barren cows for Mitra; the red-spotted hornless ones are for Indra and Brhaspati.
v. 6. 13.
The white limbed, the one with white limbs on one side the one with white limbs on both sides, these
are for Indra and Vayu; the one with white ear-holes, that with one white ear-hole, the one with both
white ear-holes, they are for Mitra and Varuna; the one with a pure tail, the one with a completely
pure tail, the one with a tail in lumps, these are for the Açvins; three barren cows of varied colours
are for the All-gods, three white for the supreme lord; the white-spotted hornless ones are for Soma
and Pusan.
v. 6. 14.
The humped, the bull, the dwarf (animal), these are for Indra and Varuna; the one with white hump,
the white-backed, the white-rumped, these are for Indra and Brhaspati; the white-footed, the white-
289