Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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his gift comes impelled by the Soma. 'Lead it by the path of Mitra', he says, for atonement. 'Go ye on
by the path of holy order, of brilliant gifts', he says; holy order is truth; verily with truth, with holy
order, he divides them. 'Leading prosperity by the path of the sacrifice', he says, for the gifts go by
the path of the sacrifice. 'May I win a Brahman to-day [3], a seer and sprung from seers', he says; the
learned man is a Brahman, a seer and sprung from seers; therefore he says thus. 'Gaze on the heaven,
gaze on the atmosphere', he says; verily he makes him go to the world of' heaven. 'Join those in the
seat', he says, for friendship. 'Given by us, go to the gods, full of sweetness; enter the giver', he says;
'we here are givers; do ye there enter us, full of sweetness' [4], he says in effect. He gives gold; gold
is light; verily he places light before, to light up the world of heaven. He gives to the Agnidh; verily
he delights the seasons headed by Agni; he gives to the Brahman priest, for instigation; he gives to
the Hotr; the Hotr is the self of the sacrifice; verily he unites the self of the sacrifice with the gifts.
vi. 6. 2.
He offers the Samistayajuses, for the completion of the sacrifice. Whatever is harsh or injured in the
sacrifice, what he passes over, what he does not pass over, what he does redundantly, what he does
not do, all that he propitiates with them. He offers nine; nine are the breaths in man, the sacrifice is
commensurate with man; all the sacrifice he delights thus. He offers six with Rcs; the seasons are six;
verily he delights the seasons; he offers three with Yajuses [1]; these worlds are three; verily he
delights these worlds. 'O sacrifice, go to the sacrifice; go to the lord of the sacrifice', he says; verily
he makes it go to the lord of the sacrifice. 'Go to thine own birthplace', he says; verily be makes it go
to his own birthplace. 'This is thy sacrifice, O lord of the sacrifice, with its, utterance of hymns and
producing noble heroes', he says; verily he confers strength upon the sacrificer. Vasistha Satyahavya
asked Devabhaga, 'When thou didst cause to sacrifice the Srñjayas, with many sacrificers, didst thou
cause the sacrifice to rest upon the sacrifice [2] or on the lord of the sacrifice? He replied, 'On the
lord of the sacrifice.' 'But in truth Srñjayas have been defeated', he said, 'the sacrifice should have
been made to rest on the sacrifice, to prevent the defeat of the sacrificer.' 'Ye gods, that find the way,
finding the way, go on the way', he says; verily he makes the sacrifice to rest upon the sacrifice, to
prevent the defeat of the sacrificer.
vi. 6. 3.
He offers the Avabhrthayajuses; whatever sin he has committed in the year before, verily that thereby
he propitiates. He goes to the waters for the final bath; Varuna is in the waters; verily straightway he
propitiates Varuna. The Raksases, following along by the path, seek to injure the sacrifice; the
Prastotr follows along with the Saman, the slayer of Raksases, is the Saman; (verily it serves) for the
smiting away of the Raksases. Thrice he performs the finale; these worlds are three; verily from these
worlds [1] he smites away the Raksases. Each one performs the finale; for each one is infested by the
Raksases, for the smiting away of the Raksases. 'King Varuna hath made a broad (path)', he says, for
support. 'A hundred remedies are thine, O king, a thousand', he says; verily he makes medicine for
him. 'The noose of Varuna is overcome', he says verily he overcomes the noose of Varuna. He makes
offering over the strew, for the support of the oblations; verily also he offers in what has fire. He
offers the fore-offerings omitting that to the strew [2]; the strew is offspring; verily he frees offspring
from Varuna's noose. He offers the two portions of butter; verily he does not obstruct the two eyes of
the sacrifice. He sacrifices to Varuna; verily he frees him from Varuna's noose. He sacrifices to Agni
and Varuna; verily straightway he frees him from Varuna's noose. He offers two after-offerings,
omitting that to the strew; the strew is offspring; verily he frees offspring from Varuna's noose. He
offers four fore-offerings and two after-offerings; they make up six, the seasons are six [3]; verily he
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