I make it pleasant for me with my husband. m Thou art the thread of Visnu. This mantra offers a comparative study of vidyā and avidyā. Do thou, O Vaiçvanara, find a way for the Brahman; f Go to the fold where the cattle are. strengthen increase of wealth, d For us be born a hero of great deeds, a Prosperity to-day, O Savitr, prosperity to-morrow, To (Agni) Vaiçvanara he offers on twelve potsherds; the sacrificial fee is gold. e For a prop, a support, of the five quarters I take thee. u O Agni, mighty one, bring to us One must approach a bona fide spiritual master in order to understand the transcendental message of the Vedas. Her support then hast thou invoked', he replied. d May mind enter thee. Who carouse in company with Yama. In his offspring a strong one is born who knows thus. Trending questions. As a father his son [4], do thou protect him. a Indra for you we invoke 4. The sages fetch it from in front, To heat hail! Fill with boney these words of ours. In it I place thee along with the sacrificer. 'The wives of the gods, Agni, the lord of the house, are the pair of the sacrifice; by sacrifice to these deities may I be propagated with a pair.' b The gods, mind-born, mind-using, You both I summon for the winning of strength. The god first of the bright ones; k Ye are overcomers of foes. from the wind the sacrifice I grasp. r May we not [5], O strong one, in this distress, Through the emptying of the Dhruva the sacrifice is emptied, through the sacrifice the sacrificer, through the sacrificer offspring. When ye have eaten and drunken, p Of the seasons the winter and the cool I delight; delighted may they two delight me. m O Agni, thy pure, n Go ye two to the place of the gods. a Ye that yoke early be unloosed With these Vyahrtis he should set down the Agnihotra. 'Who (ka) yoketh thee? Springeth along the bends of the ways. d The Raksas is enclosed, the evil spirits are enclosed. h O god Savitr, bind thou in the furthest distance with a hundred fetters him who hateth us and whom we hate, thence let him not free. Like a hero in every contest; b Ye are water; may I share your water. 'Her too I have invoked', he said, who supports people in distress and succours them as they improve.' YAJURVEDA Vedas are the most sacred amongst all the Hindu Scriptures. In the udder of the sun maiden, in the lap of Aditi, That shinest in the darkness, with our devotion, a Him, as aforetime, as of old, as always, as now, May they all be in our house. The pious man singeth of him, the undying, as he kindleth him. t What time the strong sang praise to the strong, Bodiless means that a body dies, body do excreta, bodies are made up of impure blood and flesh. p May heaven rain for thee. r I grasp thee radiance in the radiance, thee resplendent in the resplendence for every sacrifice, for the gods, for every prayer. Attend the life of the sacrifice. If he desire of sacrificers, 'May the blessing of the sacrifice fall to them equally', he should place for them one of the Vyahrtis at the half-verse of the Puronuvakya, one before the Yajya, and one at the half-verse of the Yajya, and thus the blessing of the sacrifice falls to them equally. n O Visnu, guard the offering. o Harm not the sacrifice nor the lord of the sacrifice, O all-knowing; This food is plants, plants are available to people as they increase; he who knows thus becomes an eater of food. It has 16 verses. The cow is milked willingly, and willingly the Ida is milked for the sacrificer; these are the teats of Ida, 'Ida is invoked'. d For a prop, a support, of the five seasons I take thee. This sacrifice was in the beginning Paramesthin's, and by means of it he reached the supreme goal. Far away drive ill-fortune. The Hotr is a Bhargava; the Saman of the Brahman is the Çrayantiya; the Agnistoma Saman is the Varavantiya. The ocean contains several living creatures, plants, fishes, reefs, corals etc. Agni desired it and went away with it. fortune, uncut, with wealth of heroes, (give us) riches. This is thy d What then? gods. To Savitr (he offers) on twelve potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a speckled (ox). A thousandfold, strong. a May Dhatr the giver, may Savitr, rejoice in this, Do ye bedew our pasturage with ghee; Thou, O king, art the Brahman priest; thou art Indra, the kindly. Go to the metes, hail! I Thou art the secure one. Agni Vaiçvanara eagerly desired, O most strong, O impetuous one, come hither; 'By I sacrifice to the divine strew, may I be possessed of children', he says; by the strew Prajapati created offspring, verily he creates offspring. c Thou art the seat of Aditi. Having drunk the ghee, the sweet, the delightful product of the cow, O Indra and Agni, slayers of Vrtra, accept with joy [1]. a For food thee, for strength thee! i. Displaying his strength Dadhikra These veda-vāda-rata people, however, have their own ācāryas, who are not in the chain of transcendental succession. The radiant sages have been praised with newest hymn; May we be lords of strength [4]. d Thou art the seat of the Pitrs. Yajurveda Chapter 40 Verse 8-9. Further us, O lord of the world Do thou give food and strength to us; c Be not against us in battles, O god Indra The plants, the mountains, a Thou, O Agni, art Rudra, the Asura of the mighty sky, To Indra thee, to him of the Brhat (Saman), 'May he unite this scattered sacrifice', he says, for continuity. If he were to collect them one by one, they would have the Pitrs as their divinity; if all together, (they would have) men as their divinity. Bright in the woods, spreading from house to house. A characterless women can look very attractive. God is pure and do not possess a body that is why a solid figure is atleast better. woman. The wrong to Çudra or Aryan, 'Her too I have invoked', he said, 'in whose step people drink the ghee they live upon.' 'By sacrifice to the god Visnu, by the sacrifice may I attain health and wealth and security', he says; Visnu is the sacrifice; verily the sacrifice finds support at the end. From thee strength riseth forth. l I gather thee with good gathering. To Indra hail! The son of the sky, the sun, do ye sing. b The pain that hath reached thy vital airs, that (hath reached) thine eye, that (hath reached) thine ear, what is harsh in thee, what is in its place,--let that swell, let that hereby be pure. c Thou art barley (yava); bar (yavaya) from us foes, bar evil spirits. Chapters 32 - 33. After speaking he remains silent, to support the sacrifice. Cattle attend the cooked offerings of him who has established a fire. 538) I The Raksas is obstructed, the evil spirits are obstructed. Collection universallibrary Contributor Osmania University Language English. Tearless, slaying not man, furthering the prayer. e Thou art he who is appropriated; make our food full of sweetness for us; to all the powers of sky and earth thee! There is (an offering) to Mitra and Brhaspati; in the milk of a white (cow) with a white calf which has curdled itself, and in butter which has churned itself, in a dish of Açvattha wood [2] with four corners (made) of a branch which has fallen of itself, he should scatter husked and unhusked rice grains; the husked ones in the milk are Brhaspati's, the unhusked in the butter are Mitra's; the Vedi must be self-made, the strew self-cut, the kindling-stick self-made; the sacrificial fee is the white (cow) with a white calf. f O divine straw, lot me not hit thee either across or along, r To Indra thee! May they guard us, may they protect us, Yes, let us two mount the heaven; I will mount the heaven for us both. Pure to the drinkers of the pure, (to them) whose share ye are; hail Loosen and remove the evil we have done p The two which slay the Raksas, which slay the spell, and which are of Visnu. e The sap of the waters, the vigorous, d Sit thou on the smooth, sit thou on the pleasant seat. d Thou art a bowl of rock, may the supporter of the sky recognize thee. c In the impulse of thee, of true impulse, may I win a support for my speech. Let power encompass thee, Preference is given to Manasika Pooja which means a person who wish to worship any god, need to assume god s image in his mind and concentrate on that god and worship in his mind Manasika. ... [Yajurveda 32:3] 1 0 0. jazz 4 years ago Report. m Dadhikra with his glory hath overspread the five peoples, He establishes with Darbha grass, for variety. (He offers) to Sarasvati an oblation; the sacrificial fee is a calf. The generous one is the sacrifice; (with the words) 'Do thou proclaim', he calls her; with 'Be it proclaimed' [2], he lets (the calf) go up to her; with 'Utter', he raises (the pail); with 'We that do utter', he sits down beside her, and with the Vasat call he milks. Idol worshiping is not prohibited in Vedas, but considered as least kind of worshiping. h Support the sky, fill the atmosphere, make firm the earth. The far-darting, powerful one, the winged one, (Yajurveda 40:8) (Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph I. H. Griffith pg. i To Vayu thee; to Varuna thee; to Nirrti thee; to Rudra thee! d May I acquire body, skin, son, and grandson. It has 22 verses. f Thou art the strength of the Angirases, soft as wool; grant me strength, guard me, harm me not. Seated on this strew enjoy yourselves. Whence born thou didst shine; i O Agni [2] be thou our nearest, o Thou art of Vishu; to Visnu thee! 'By sacrifice to the god, Agni Svistakrt, may I attain security through the sacrifice, having long life', he says; verily he confers life on himself, and finds support through the sacrifice. e I place thee that burnest. h Guard me from the lustre of the Naksatras. i Kindled, O Agni, shine for me; kindling thee, O Agni, may I shine. May we enjoy thy loving kindness. Our protector, kindly, a shield; 'The sacrificer should win both beasts of the wild and of the village', they say; in that he refrains from those of the village, thereby be wins them; in that he eats of the wild, thereby he wins them of the wild. Thou art a lioness, [2] bestowing increase of wealth; hail! s The Anus have wrought a chariot for thy steed; a Ye twain shall be summoned, O Indra and Agni. e Be mind ready. He hath come to the top, bearing sweetness, k Guard from the contact of earth. k Do thou, O shining and purifying one, May no plotter of evil overpower us. Guarded from ill the blind Mamateya, With brilliance thou shinest, Please see my answer to this here : answer to Why can’t Hindus just stop worshipping the forces of nature and also idols? Do ye protect us ever with your blessings. Rejoicing in the mush. d Here hath he first been established by the establishers, May Bhaga, may Brhaspati, O Agni let no trouble from thee overwhelm us. Far away drive ill-fortune. Yajurveda 32. o Fare along the broad atmosphere. Again guard us on all sides. g Ye are the spotted steeds of the Maruts. b Rudra, king of the sacrifice, And reached again the mother o For splendour I take thee. Prohibition of Idol Worship in Yajurveda "There is no image of him. c The instigation of strength rested on this sky c To the gods the servants of the gods have come, the priests, the eager You are not keeping the Holy Books on the floor but on a higher place preferably wrapped by a bright coloured cloth (so that it is prominently visible and it is not trampled or lost). b O bounteous one, restrain (it), protect Soma, guard wealth, win food by sacrifice, I place within thee sky and earth, within thee the broad atmosphere; in unison with the gods, the lower and the higher, O bounteous one, do thou rejoice in the Antaryama (cup). Rich in seed, was Agni born. To Soma, lord of the forest, hail! e In that, when born, O Agni, thou didst survey the worlds, 'By sacrifice to the god Indra, may I be powerful', he says; verily he becomes powerful. Pour within thy belly the wave of sweetness; g Thou art the body of Soma, guard my body. He pays reverence; that is as if an inferior brings (something) to a superior and pays him honour. Of the others break on their bows. Who duly offereth thee glad reception. k White robed is he, thundering, standing in the firmament. g Let me hit thy joints, Go to Mitra and Varuna, hail! 'May the bundle bestow increase of wealth, rich in ghee, rich in houses, a thousandfold, strong', he says; he obtains a thousand cattle. g O thou in whom joy is taken, may I attain joy from thee; O thou who art invoked, may I obtain invocation [1] from thee. g This is thy birthplace; to expiration thee! Varuna hath set skill in the heart [1], Agni in dwellings, May he by day [1] and night protect us from the foe. 377) Yajurveda Chapter 40 Verse 8 “He is bodiless and pure”. k Guardian of the eye art thou, O Agni, guard my eye. c The Raksas is burnt, the evil spirits are burnt. h The sacrificial fee is what he wears. Hither bring the food of those o Thou art be whose light is the Brahman, whose home is the heaven. Honour to him who hath done this. 1 Thou art the impetuous, the cloudy. h May I be victorious through the victory of Indra and Agni. m Gold hued in the glowing of the dawns, In summary idol worship is NOT allowed in Hinduism since the god have no image. All these are Varuna's ordinances. c Fear not men. Yajurveda Chapter 32, Verse 3 It is mentioned in Yajurveda na tasya pratima asti& There is no image of Him& It is mentioned in Yajurveda Chapter 40 verse 8 He is bodiless and pure. b May Agni, named Nabhas, know (thee). He makes a discrimination; verily he makes the holy power (Brahman). b Do thou mount the dread (quarter); let the Tristubh of metres help thee, the Pañcadaça Stoma, the Brhat Saman, the deity Indra, the treasure the ruling class. With life, with lordship of cattle (endow) me The are enter darkness those who worship natural things, They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti.i.e. He quickeneth the seed of the waters. There are discriminations, to sever speech and preserve the sacrificer [2]. 'I yoke thee with the divine Brahman', he says; this is the yoking of the fire; verily [1] with it he yokes it. For each sacrifice for the worshippers; For glory shining with immortal life; g The Raksas is shaken off, the evil spirits are shaken off. Let us speak forth in praise of Indra. Whom Apnavana and the Bhrgus caused to shine, c May mind enter thee. a With the impulse of strength, This is thy birthplace; to Indra and Agni thee! a The instigation of strength pressed in aforetime a Thou art Madhu and Madhava; thou art Çukra and Çuci; thou art Nabha and Nabbasya; thou art Isa and Urja; thou art Saha and Sahasya; thou art Tapa and Tapasya. For present aid let us invoke. s Let the roarings of Agni rise to the heaven, Thus the ultimate purpose of all religions is to bring one back to Godhead. a Great is Indra of the Sodaçin, That be may stimulate our prayers.' s Thou art a deceiver; may I be undeceived, may I deceive N. N. n Streams, health-bringing, like milch cows, Now more and more is thy divine gift increased, h May the two Ankas, the two Nyankas, which are on either side of the chariot, Kṛṣna Yajurveda 2. Hail! h Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, seven thy tongues; v Thou art the holder, thou art the self-holder. b Ye divine waters, that go in front and first purify, forward lead May we as Purohitas watch over the kingship. Thou art the stone which maketh the sacrifice for the gods; make this sacrifice deep, with thy highest edge, (make) the Soma well pressed for Indra, rich in sweetness, in milk, bringing rain. o If laws of you wise ones, O gods, o Who yoketh thee? a Thou I art the abode of riches for me; thou art the resort of the afflicted for me; protect me when in want; protect me when afflicted. O giver! The Shukla Yajurveda is related with the Aditya-school and the Krishna Yajurveda is related with the Brahma-school. Leading prosperity by the path of the sacrifice. (He offers) to Indra and Agni on twelve potsherds, and an oblation (caru) to the All-gods; the sacrificial fee is a first-born calf. h This is your king, O Bharatas; Soma is the king of us Brahmans. Irresistible is Agni [1], the very vigorous, all-conquering, All knowing, be kindly to us; f Then to the father, with the All-gods, to the strong one, e The bull hath stablished the sky, the atmosphere; May your tongue move forth to the ghee. c O King Soma, come hither, descend. Which is elevation and depression; 'Thou art a deceiver; may I be undeceived; may I deceive N. N.', he says; by that deceit the gods deceived the Asuras; verily by this he deceives his foe. May he lengthen our days. [Yajurveda 32:3] 0 0. ssrvj. May Indra's inspiration be in every limb. He who [2] knowing thus offers the new and full moon sacrifices reaches the supreme goal. I asked you whether there is electricity in your house and you said, “Yes”. Which like men changing garments we bear, Who knoweth all, If a man pays reverence to the fire facing it, it burns him; if with averted (face), he is deprived of offspring and cattle; he should pay reverence with (face) somewhat to the side, then (the fire) does not burn him, he is not deprived of offspring or cattle. g Thou art the seat of the Pitrs. k Great, grasping the sky, imperishable. Vayu is the calf. Who with constant oblation, who with praise, f Thou art the prop of Varuna's pillar. That he may cause their prayers to be accomplished; The word "Pratima" in Sanskrit means “image” or “likeness”. Generous, to the pressed drink of the generous one. Drink the Soma, for joy, to thy content; f May I be united with offspring, offspring with me; may I be united with increase of wealth, increase of wealth with me. l Hail! The entire work is in verses without prose portions as in the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda. f Ye divine waters, make it palatable, a very palatable offering for the f Swell, ye waters and plants. i I place thee that art immortal. For on you both I call that are ready to listen, But if you go enough beyond the imagination of people, to world you are already God. He at whose impulse the resplendent light shone high, l May thy mother approve thee, thy father, thy brother sprung of the same womb, thy friend in the herd. g Rich art thou, lord of riches, Of the impetuous eagle, (after him) Dadhikravan, Come wise and foreseeing one to the sacrifice. Such men, unable to recognize their own foolishness, never consider how it is that God can be entrapped by māyā, His own illusory energy. Whereby they led Indra beyond his foes. r Rich in cattle, in sheep, O Agni, in horses, is the sacrifice, g Soma the king, Varuna, d May I be victorious through the victory of Agni. 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