Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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v. 7. 3.
a Thou art the thunderbolt of Indra, slaying foes;
Guarding our bodies, lying in wait;
He who in east, south, west,
In the north, as a foe plots against us,
May he strike on this rock.
The gods and the Asuras were in conflict; the Asuras sought to force them from the quarters; the gods
repelled them with arrow and thunder bolt; in that he puts down the thunderbolt (bricks), he repels his
foes with arrow and thunderbolt; in the quarters [1] he puts down; verily he puts round him those
citadels of the gods, which guard the body.
b O Agni and Visnu,
May these songs gladden you in unison;
Come ye with radiance and strength.
The theologians say, 'Since they do not offer to any deity, then what deity has the stream of wealth?'
Wealth is Agni, this stream is his; wealth is Visnu, this stream is his; with a verse addressed to Agni
and Visnu he offers the stream of wealth; verily he unites them with their proper portions; verily also
[2] he makes this libation to have an abode; he wins that for desire of which he makes this offering.
The fire is Rudra; now two are his bodies, the dread the one, the auspicious the other; in that he offers
the Çatarudriya, he soothes with it his dread form; in that he offers the stream of wealth, he delights
with it his auspicious form. He, who knows the support of the stream of wealth [3], finds support. If
there is any butter left over, in it he should cook a mess for the Brahmans, four Brahmans should eat
it; the Brahman is Agni Vaiçvanara, Vaiçvanara, is the form dear to Agni; verily he establishes it in
his dear form. He should give four cows; verily with them the sacrificer in yonder world milks the
fire.
v. 7. 4.
a 'To thought I offer with mind, with ghee', he says; the oblation to Viçvakarman is called the
undeceivable; the foe cannot deceive him who has piled; verily also he wins the gods.
b 'O Agni, to-day', (with these words) he offers with a Pankti verse, and by the Pankti and the libation
he grasps the beginning of the sacrifice.
C 'Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni; seven thy tongues', he says; verily he wins the Hotr's
offices. Agni went away from the gods, desiring a portion [1]; to him they assigned this as a portion;
that is the Agnihotra, of Agni; then is he born indeed when he is completely piled. Verily to him on
birth he gives food; he delighted delights him, he becomes richer.
d The theologians say, 'Since it is as the Garhapatya that (the fire) is piled, then where is its
Ahavaniya?' 'Yonder sun', he should reply, for in it they offer to all the gods [2]. He who knowing
thus piles the fire straightway makes pleased the gods.
e O Agni, the glorious, lead him to glory;
Bring hither the fame that is Indra's;
May he be head, overlord, resplendent,
Most famed of his equals.
With look auspicious first they underwent
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