Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

THE YAJUR VEDA
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world of heaven, the Viraj is strength; verily they win strength. They experience not misery through
hunger, and are not hungry, for the performers of Sattras are as it were afflicted with hunger. The two
Agnistomas on either side are the rims, the Ukthyas in the middle the nave, and that is the circling
wheel of the gods. In that they go [2] by that Sadaha, they mount the wheel of the gods, for safety.
They obtain prosperity. They go with the Sadaha; there are six seasons; verily in the seasons they find
support. The go with a Jyotistoma on either hand; verily on either hand they find support in the world
of heaven. There are two Sadahas, they make up twelve days. Man is of twelve parts, two thighs, two
arms, the trunk and the head, four members, and the breasts as the eleventh and twelfth [3]. Therefore
(the days) follow man. There are three Sadahas, they make up eighteen days, nine and nine. Nine are
the breaths in man; verily they follow the breaths. There are four Sadahas, they make up twenty-four
days. The year consists of twenty-four half-months; verily they follow the year. 'The year is not
fixed', they say. 'It is greater than a support.' The Brahmana of the month is that of the year also verily
they go finding support in each month.
vii. 4. 12.
The Horse Sacrifice (continued)
a Let the ram aid thee with cooked food, the dark-necked with goats, the cotton-tree with increase,
the Parna-tree with the holy power (Brahman), the fig-tree with the sacrifice, the banyan with the
beakers, the Udumbara with strength, the Gayatri with the metres, the Trivrt with the Stomas. b Ye
are helpers; let the helpers help thee. Deal among dear things, best among things to be sought,
treasure lord of treasures, thee we hail, O my radiant one.
vii. 4. 13.
To (the waters of) wells hail!
To those of the pools hail!
To those of the clefts hail!
To those of holes hail!
To those which are dug for hail!
To those of lakes hail!
To those of morasses hail!
To those of ponds hail!
To those of tanks hail!
To those of marshes hail!
To those of rain hail!
To those without rain hail!
To those of hail hail!
To those of rime hail!
To those which glide hail!
To those which are stagnant hail!
To those of the streams hail!
To those of the rivers hail!
To those of the ocean hail!
To all hail!
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