The 4 Vedas

Vishva Dharma ki Jay! (Victory to Universal Dharma!)
the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he wins food by the Viraj. He offers to the kindlingsticks;
verily he finds support in this world. He offers to Tanunapat [2]; verily in the sacrifice and in the
atmosphere he finds support. He offers to the oblations; verily in cattle he finds support. He offers to the
sacrificial strew; verily he finds support in the paths that lead to the gods. He offers with the cry of
'Hail!'; verily he finds support in the world of heaven. So many are the worlds of the gods; verily in them
in order he finds support. The gods and the Asuras contended as to these worlds. The gods by the foresacrifices
drove the Asuras away from these worlds; that is why the fore-sacrifices [3] are so called. He
for whom knowing thus are offered the fore-sacrifices, drives his enemy away from these worlds. He
offers stepping near, for conquest. He who knows the pairing of the fore sacrifices is propagated with
offspring, with cattle, with pairings. He offers to the kindling-sticks as many, to Tanunapat as one, and
that makes a pair. He offers to the kindling-sticks as many, to the sacrificial strew as one, and that makes
a pair. That is the pairing of the fore-sacrifices. He who knows thus [4] is propagated with offspring,
with cattle, with pairings. These deities were not sacrificed to by the gods; then the Asuras were fain to
harm the sacrifice. The gods divided the Gayatri, five syllables in front and three behind. Then the
sacrifice was protected, and the sacrificer. In that the fore- and after-sacrifices are offered, protection is
afforded to the sacrifice and to the sacrificer, for the overcoming of the enemy. Therefore a covering is
larger in front and smaller behind. The gods thought that the sacrifice must be completed (in the foresacrifice)
before the Raksases [5] with the cry of 'Hail!' They completed it with the cry of 'Hail!' in the
fore-sacrifices. They split the sacrifice who complete it with the cry of 'Hail!' in the fore-sacrifices.
Having offered the fore sacrifices he sprinkles the oblations, for the continuity of the sacrifice; then
verily he makes the oblation, and then he proceeds in order. The fore-sacrifices are the father, the aftersacrifices
the son; in that having offered the fore-sacrifices he sprinkles the oblations, the father makes
common property with the son [6]. Therefore they say, who know it or who know not, 'How is it the
son's only, how is the father's common?' That which spills when the fore-sacrifices are offered is not
really spilt. The Gayatri conceives through it, and produces offspring and cattle for the sacrificer.
2.2.6.2 Mantra 2: The Portions of Butter
The two portions of the oblation are the eyes of the sacrifice. In that he offers the two portions of the
oblation, he inserts the two eyes of the sacrifice. He offers in the front place; therefore the eyes are in
front. He offers evenly; therefore the eyes are even. By Agni the sacrificer discerns the world of the
gods, by Soma the world of the Pitrs; in the north part he offers to Agni, in the south to Soma, for these
worlds are thus, as it were, to illumine these worlds. Agni and Soma are the kings of the gods [1]. They
are sacrificed to between the gods, to separate the gods. Therefore men are separated by the king. The
theologians say, 'What is it that the sacrificer does in the sacrifice to support both those animals which
have incisors on one side only and those which have incisors on both?' When he has repeated a Rc, he
makes an offering of the portion of the oblation with the jusana formula; by that means he supports those
with incisors on one side only. When he has repeated a Rc, he makes an offering of the sacrificial food
(havis) with a Rc; by that means he supports those with incisors on both sides. The Puronuvakya
contains the word 'head'; verily he makes him head of his peers [2]. He offers with averse containing the
word 'team' (niyut); verily he appropriates (ni-yu) the cattle of his enemy. Keçin Satyakami said to
Keçin Darbhya, 'The seven-footed Çakvari I shall use for thee at the sacrifice to-morrow, by whose
strength one defeats the enemies that have arisen and those that shall be, by the first half of whose
strength the ox feeds, by the second half the cow.' The Puronuvakya is marked in front; verily he defeats
the enemies that have arisen; the Yajya is marked behind [3]; verily he defeats the enemies that shall be.
The Puronuvakya is marked in front; verily he places light in this world; the Yajya is marked behind;
verily he places light in yonder world. Full of light become these worlds to him who knows thus. The
Puronuvakya, is marked in front; therefore the ox feeds with the first half. The Yajya is marked behind;
therefore the cow feeds with the second half. Him who knows thus these two enjoy. The oblation is a
bolt, the portions of the oblation are a bolt [4], the Vasat call is a bolt; thus forges be a threefold bolt and
hurls it at his foe, so as not to make a failure. He utters the Vasat call in anger, to lay low his foe. The
Ano Bhadraha Kritavayo Yantu Vishwataha (Let noble thoughts come from every side) – Rg Veda 622