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KYTS 6.3 Chaatvaalaad Dhishniyaanupavapati

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  • verse 1
    कृष्ण यजुर्वेदीय तैत्तिरीय संहितायां षष्ठकाण्डे तृतीयः प्रश्नः - सोममन्त्रब्राह्मणनिरूपणं
    kṛṣṇa yajurvēdīya taittirīya saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhakāṇḍē tṛtīyaḥ praśnaḥ - sōmamantrabrāhmaṇanirūpaṇaṃ
    meaning

    Chapter heading: In the Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya Samhita, sixth kanda, third prashna — the section on Soma mantra-brahmana exposition.

  • verse 2
    ओ-न्नमः परमात्मने, श्री महागणपतये नमः,श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः । ह॒रिः॒ ओम् ॥
    ō-nnamaḥ paramātmanē, śrī mahāgaṇapatayē namaḥ,śrī gurubhyō namaḥ । ha̠ri̠ḥ ōm ॥
    meaning

    Salutation to the supreme Self, to Sri Maha Ganapati, to the teachers — Hari Om.

  • verse 3
    चात्वा॑ला॒-द्धिष्णि॑या॒नुप॑ वपति॒ योनि॒र्वै य॒ज्ञस्य॒ चात्वा॑लं-यँ॒ज्ञस्य॑ सयोनि॒त्वाय॑ दे॒वा वै य॒ज्ञ-म्परा॑-ऽजयन्त॒ तमाग्नी᳚द्ध्रा॒-त्पुन॒रपा॑जयन्ने॒तद्वै य॒ज्ञस्या-प॑राजितं॒-यँदाग्नी᳚द्ध्रं॒-यँदाग्नी᳚द्ध्रा॒द्धिष्णि॑यान्. वि॒हर॑ति॒ यदे॒व य॒ज्ञस्या-प॑राजित॒-न्तत॑ ए॒वैन॒-म्पुन॑स्तनुते परा॒जित्ये॑व॒ खलु॒ वा ए॒ते य॑न्ति॒ ये ब॑हिष्पवमा॒नग्ं सर्प॑न्ति बहिष्पवमा॒ने स्तु॒त [स्तु॒ते, आ॒हाग्नी॑द॒ग्नीन्. वि] 1
    chātvā̍lā̠-ddhiṣṇi̍yā̠nupa̍ vapati̠ yōni̠rvai ya̠jñasya̠ chātvā̍laṃ ya̠jñasya̍ sayōni̠tvāya̍ dē̠vā vai ya̠jña-mparā̍-'jayanta̠ tamāgnī̎ddhrā̠-tpuna̠rapā̍jayannē̠tadvai ya̠jñasyā-pa̍rājita̠ṃ yadāgnī̎ddhra̠ṃ yadāgnī̎ddhrā̠ddhiṣṇi̍yān. vi̠hara̍ti̠ yadē̠va ya̠jñasyā-pa̍rājita̠-ntata̍ ē̠vaina̠-mpuna̍stanutē parā̠jityē̍va̠ khalu̠ vā ē̠tē ya̍nti̠ yē ba̍hiṣpavamā̠nagṃ sarpa̍nti bahiṣpavamā̠nē stu̠ta [stu̠tē, ā̠hāgnī̍da̠gnīn. vi] 1
    meaning

    He scatters the dhishniya fires from the pit-altar — the pit is the sacrifice's womb; by scattering from the womb he returns the sacrifice to its origin; as the gods retrieved a lost sacrifice, so does this act.

  • verse 4
    आ॒हाग्नी॑द॒ग्नीन्. वि ह॑र ब॒र्॒हि-स्स्तृ॑णाहि पुरो॒डाशा॒ग्ं॒ अल॑-ङ्कु॒र्विति॑ य॒ज्ञमे॒वाप॒जित्य॒ पुन॑स्तन्वा॒ना य॒न्त्यङ्गा॑रै॒र्द्वे सव॑ने॒ वि ह॑रति श॒लाका॑भि-स्तृ॒तीयग्ं॑ सशुक्र॒त्वायाथो॒ स-म्भ॑रत्ये॒वैन॒द्धिष्णि॑या॒ वा अ॒मुष्मि॑न् ँलो॒के सोम॑मरक्ष॒-न्तेभ्यो-ऽधि॒ सोम॒मा-ऽह॑र॒-न्त म॑न्व॒वाय॒न्त-म्पर्य॑विश॒न्॒. य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ वि॒न्दते॑ [य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ वि॒न्दते᳚, प॒रि॒वे॒ष्टार॒-न्ते] 2
    ā̠hāgnī̍da̠gnīn. vi ha̍ra ba̠r̠hi-sstṛ̍ṇāhi purō̠ḍāśā̠gṃ̠ ala̍-ṅku̠rviti̍ ya̠jñamē̠vāpa̠jitya̠ puna̍stanvā̠nā ya̠ntyaṅgā̍rai̠rdvē sava̍nē̠ vi ha̍rati śa̠lākā̍bhi-stṛ̠tīyagṃ̍ saśukra̠tvāyāthō̠ sa-mbha̍ratyē̠vaina̠ddhiṣṇi̍yā̠ vā a̠muṣmi̍n ँlō̠kē sōma̍marakṣa̠-ntēbhyō-'dhi̠ sōma̠mā-'ha̍ra̠-nta ma̍nva̠vāya̠nta-mparya̍viśa̠n̠. ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ vi̠ndatē̍ [ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ vi̠ndatē̎, pa̠ri̠vē̠ṣṭāra̠-ntē] 2
    meaning

    The agnidh priest spreads the sacred grass, prepares the sacrificial cakes and so forth — by gathering the sacrifice that was lost through earlier defeats, the priests bring the whole rite back to its proper footing.

  • verse 5
    परिवे॒ष्टार॒-न्ते सो॑मपी॒थेन॒ व्या᳚र्ध्यन्त॒ ते दे॒वेषु॑ सोमपी॒थमै᳚च्छन्त॒ ता-न्दे॒वा अ॑ब्रुव॒-न्द्वेद्वे॒ नाम॑नी कुरुद्ध्व॒मथ॒ प्र वा॒-ऽऽफ्स्यथ॒ न वेत्य॒ग्नयो॒ वा अथ॒ धिष्णि॑या॒स्तस्मा᳚-द्द्वि॒नामा᳚ ब्राह्म॒णो-ऽर्धु॑क॒स्तेषां॒-येँ नेदि॑ष्ठ-म्प॒र्यवि॑श॒-न्ते सो॑मपी॒थ-म्प्रा-ऽप्नु॑वन्नाहव॒नीय॑ आग्नी॒द्ध्रीयो॑ हो॒त्रीयो॑ मार्जा॒लीय॒स्तस्मा॒-त्तेषु॑ जुह्वत्यति॒हाय॒ वष॑-ट्करोति॒ वि ह्ये॑ [वि हि, ए॒ते सो॑मपी॒थेना-ऽऽर्ध्य॑न्त] 3
    parivē̠ṣṭāra̠-ntē sō̍mapī̠thēna̠ vyā̎rdhyanta̠ tē dē̠vēṣu̍ sōmapī̠thamai̎chChanta̠ tā-ndē̠vā a̍bruva̠-ndvēdvē̠ nāma̍nī kuruddhva̠matha̠ pra vā̠-''phsyatha̠ na vētya̠gnayō̠ vā atha̠ dhiṣṇi̍yā̠stasmā̎-ddvi̠nāmā̎ brāhma̠ṇō-'rdhu̍ka̠stēṣā̠ṃ yē nēdi̍ṣṭha-mpa̠ryavi̍śa̠-ntē sō̍mapī̠tha-mprā-'pnu̍vannāhava̠nīya̍ āgnī̠ddhrīyō̍ hō̠trīyō̍ mārjā̠līya̠stasmā̠-ttēṣu̍ juhvatyati̠hāya̠ vaṣa̍-ṭkarōti̠ vi hyē̍ [vi hi, ē̠tē sō̍mapī̠thēnā-''rdhya̍nta] 3
    meaning

    The soma-drinkers were surrounded; seeking the soma drink among the gods they went and the gods told them to choose two names — so the drinkers became identified by two names and thereby obtained a share in the soma.

  • verse 6
    -ते सो॑मपी॒थेना-ऽऽर्ध्य॑न्त दे॒वा वै याः प्राची॒-राहु॑ती॒-रजु॑हवु॒र्ये पु॒रस्ता॒दसु॑रा॒ आस॒-न्ताग्​ स्ताभिः॒ प्राणु॑दन्त॒ याः प्र॒तीची॒र्ये प॒श्चादसु॑रा॒ आस॒-न्ताग्​स्ताभि॒-रपा॑नुदन्त॒ प्राची॑र॒न्या आहु॑तयो हू॒यन्ते᳚ प्र॒त्यङ्ङासी॑नो॒ धिष्णि॑या॒न्. व्याघा॑रयति प॒श्चाच्चै॒व पुरस्ता᳚च्च॒ यज॑मानो॒ भ्रातृ॑व्या॒-न्प्र णु॑दते॒ तस्मा॒-त्परा॑चीः प्र॒जाः प्र वी॑यन्ते प्र॒तीची᳚- [प्र॒तीचीः᳚, जा॒य॒न्ते॒ प्रा॒णा वा ए॒ते] 4
    -tē sō̍mapī̠thēnā-''rdhya̍nta dē̠vā vai yāḥ prāchī̠-rāhu̍tī̠-raju̍havu̠ryē pu̠rastā̠dasu̍rā̠ āsa̠-ntāg​ stābhi̠ḥ prāṇu̍danta̠ yāḥ pra̠tīchī̠ryē pa̠śchādasu̍rā̠ āsa̠-ntāg​stābhi̠-rapā̍nudanta̠ prāchī̍ra̠nyā āhu̍tayō hū̠yantē̎ pra̠tyaṅṅāsī̍nō̠ dhiṣṇi̍yā̠n. vyāghā̍rayati pa̠śchāchchai̠va purastā̎chcha̠ yaja̍mānō̠ bhrātṛ̍vyā̠-npra ṇu̍datē̠ tasmā̠-tparā̍chīḥ pra̠jāḥ pra vī̍yantē pra̠tīchī̎- [pra̠tīchī̎ḥ, jā̠ya̠ntē̠ prā̠ṇā vā ē̠tē] 4
    meaning

    By means of the soma drink the gods drove away the asuras who were in front in the east — what was offered eastward became the divine share, and so the gods conquered the asuras through the sacrificial direction.

  • verse 7
    -र्जायन्ते प्रा॒णा वा ए॒ते यद्धिष्णि॑या॒ यद॑द्ध्व॒र्युः प्र॒त्य-न्धिष्णि॑या-नति॒सर्पे᳚-त्प्रा॒णान्-थ्सङ्क॑र्​षे-त्प्र॒मायु॑क-स्स्या॒न्नाभि॒र्वा ए॒षा य॒ज्ञस्य॒ यद्धोतो॒र्ध्वः खलु॒ वै नाभ्यै᳚ प्रा॒णो-ऽवां॑अपा॒नो यद॑ध्व॒र्युः प्र॒त्यं होता॑रमति॒सर्पे॑दपा॒ने प्रा॒ण-न्द॑ध्या-त्प्र॒मायु॑क-स्स्या॒न्नाद्ध्व॒र्युरुप॑ गाये॒-द्वाग्वी᳚र्यो॒ वा अ॑द्ध्व॒र्यु-र्यद॑द्ध्व॒र्युरु॑प॒-गाये॑दु-द्गा॒त्रे [ ] 5
    -rjāyantē prā̠ṇā vā ē̠tē yaddhiṣṇi̍yā̠ yada̍ddhva̠ryuḥ pra̠tya-ndhiṣṇi̍yā-nati̠sarpē̎-tprā̠ṇān-thsaṅka̍r​ṣē-tpra̠māyu̍ka-ssyā̠nnābhi̠rvā ē̠ṣā ya̠jñasya̠ yaddhōtō̠rdhvaḥ khalu̠ vai nābhyai̎ prā̠ṇō-'vā̍ṃapā̠nō yada̍dhva̠ryuḥ pra̠tyaṃ hōtā̍ramati̠sarpē̍dapā̠nē prā̠ṇa-nda̍dhyā-tpra̠māyu̍ka-ssyā̠nnāddhva̠ryurupa̍ gāyē̠-dvāgvī̎ryō̠ vā a̍ddhva̠ryu-ryada̍ddhva̠ryuru̍pa̠-gāyē̍du-dgā̠trē [ ] 5
    meaning

    The dhishniyas are truly vital breaths — if the adhvaryu moved away from them the life-breaths would be withdrawn; the sacrificer's life-force would be taken away; hence one does not leave the ritual fires.

  • verse 8
    वाच॒ग्ं॒ स-म्प्र य॑च्छे-दुप॒दासु॑का-ऽस्य॒ वा-ख्स्या᳚द्ब्रह्मवा॒दिनो॑ वदन्ति॒ नासग्ग्॑स्थिते॒ सोमे᳚-ऽद्ध्व॒र्युः प्र॒त्यङ्-ख्सदो-ऽती॑या॒दथ॑ क॒था दा᳚क्षि॒णानि॒ होतु॑मेति॒ यामो॒ हि स तेषा॒-ङ्कस्मा॒ अह॑ दे॒वा यामं॒-वाँ-ऽया॑मं॒-वाँ-ऽनु॑ ज्ञास्य॒न्तीत्यु-त्त॑रे॒णा-ऽऽग्नी᳚द्ध्र-म्प॒रीत्य॑ जुहोति दाक्षि॒णानि॒ न प्रा॒णान्​थ्स-ङ्क॑र्​षति॒ न्य॑न्ये धिष्णि॑या उ॒प्यन्ते॒ नान्ये या-न्नि॒वप॑ति॒ तेन॒ ता-न्प्री॑णाति॒ या-न्ननि॒वप॑ति॒ यद॑नुदि॒शति॒ तेन॒ तान् ॥ 6 ॥(स्तु॒ते - वि॒न्दते॒ - हि - वी॑यन्ते प्र॒तीची॑ - रुद्ग्रा॒त्र - उ॒प्यन्ते॒ - चतु॑र्दश च) (अ. 1)
    vācha̠gṃ̠ sa-mpra ya̍chChē-dupa̠dāsu̍kā-'sya̠ vā-khsyā̎dbrahmavā̠dinō̍ vadanti̠ nāsagg̍sthitē̠ sōmē̎-'ddhva̠ryuḥ pra̠tyaṅ-khsadō-'tī̍yā̠datha̍ ka̠thā dā̎kṣi̠ṇāni̠ hōtu̍mēti̠ yāmō̠ hi sa tēṣā̠-ṅkasmā̠ aha̍ dē̠vā yāma̠ṃ vā-'yā̍ma̠ṃ vā-'nu̍ jñāsya̠ntītyu-tta̍rē̠ṇā-''gnī̎ddhra-mpa̠rītya̍ juhōti dākṣi̠ṇāni̠ na prā̠ṇān​thsa-ṅka̍r​ṣati̠ nya̍nyē dhiṣṇi̍yā u̠pyantē̠ nānyē yā-nni̠vapa̍ti̠ tēna̠ tā-nprī̍ṇāti̠ yā-nnani̠vapa̍ti̠ yada̍nudi̠śati̠ tēna̠ tān ॥ 6 ॥(stu̠tē - vi̠ndatē̠ - hi - vī̍yantē pra̠tīchī̍ - rudgrā̠tra - u̠pyantē̠ - chatu̍rdaśa cha) (a. 1)
    meaning

    Speech should be held in check lest it become impure — so brahmavadins say; while the soma stands in place the adhvaryu should not turn backward, for speech is the vow and the dhishniyas are the guard of speech.

  • verse 9
    सु॒व॒र्गाय॒ वा ए॒तानि॑ लो॒काय॑ हूयन्ते॒ य-द्वै॑सर्ज॒नानि॒ द्वाभ्या॒-ङ्गार्​ह॑पत्ये जुहोति द्वि॒पा-द्यज॑मानः॒ प्रति॑ष्ठित्या॒ आग्नी᳚द्ध्रे जुहोत्य॒न्तरि॑क्ष ए॒वा-ऽऽक्र॑मत आहव॒नीये॑ जुहोति सुव॒र्गमे॒वैनं॑-लोँ॒क-ङ्ग॑मयति दे॒वान्. वै सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒कं-यँ॒तो रक्षाग्॑स्य जिघाग्ंस॒न्ते सोमे॑न॒ राज्ञा॒ रक्षाग्॑-स्यप॒हत्या॒प्तु-मा॒त्मान॑-ङ्कृ॒त्वा सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒कमा॑य॒-न्रक्ष॑सा॒-मनु॑पलाभा॒या ऽऽत्त॒-स्सोमो॑ भव॒त्यथ॑ [भव॒त्यथ॑, वै॒स॒र्ज॒नानि॑ जुहोति॒] 7
    su̠va̠rgāya̠ vā ē̠tāni̍ lō̠kāya̍ hūyantē̠ ya-dvai̍sarja̠nāni̠ dvābhyā̠-ṅgār​ha̍patyē juhōti dvi̠pā-dyaja̍māna̠ḥ prati̍ṣṭhityā̠ āgnī̎ddhrē juhōtya̠ntari̍kṣa ē̠vā-''kra̍mata āhava̠nīyē̍ juhōti suva̠rgamē̠vaina̍ṃ lō̠ka-ṅga̍mayati dē̠vān. vai su̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠kaṃ ya̠tō rakṣāg̍sya jighāgṃsa̠ntē sōmē̍na̠ rājñā̠ rakṣāg̍-syapa̠hatyā̠ptu-mā̠tmāna̍-ṅkṛ̠tvā su̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠kamā̍ya̠-nrakṣa̍sā̠-manu̍palābhā̠yā ''tta̠-ssōmō̍ bhava̠tyatha̍ [bhava̠tyatha̍, vai̠sa̠rja̠nāni̍ juhōti̠] 7
    meaning

    These oblations are poured for the heavenly world — the two poured at the householder's fire make the two-footed sacrificer established; with three at the ahavaniya fire the three-fold sacrifice is complete.

  • verse 10
    वैसर्ज॒नानि॑ जुहोति॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्यै॒ त्वग्ं सो॑म तनू॒कृद्भ्य॒ इत्या॑ह तनू॒कृद्ध्य॑ष द्वेषो᳚भ्यो॒-ऽन्यकृ॑तेभ्य॒ इत्या॑हा॒न्यकृ॑तानि॒ हि रक्षाग्॑स्यु॒रु य॒न्ता-ऽसि॒ वरू॑थ॒मित्या॑हो॒रु ण॑स्कृ॒धीति॒ वावैतदा॑ह जुषा॒णो अ॒प्तुराज्य॑स्य वे॒त्वित्या॑हा॒प्तुमे॒व यज॑मान-ङ्कृ॒त्वा सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒क-ङ्ग॑मयति॒ रक्ष॑सा॒-मनु॑पलाभा॒या-ऽऽ सोम॑-न्ददत॒ [सोम॑-न्ददते, आ ग्राव्ण्ण॒ आ] 8
    vaisarja̠nāni̍ juhōti̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyai̠ tvagṃ sō̍ma tanū̠kṛdbhya̠ ityā̍ha tanū̠kṛddhya̍ṣa dvēṣō̎bhyō̠-'nyakṛ̍tēbhya̠ ityā̍hā̠nyakṛ̍tāni̠ hi rakṣāg̍syu̠ru ya̠ntā-'si̠ varū̍tha̠mityā̍hō̠ru ṇa̍skṛ̠dhīti̠ vāvaitadā̍ha juṣā̠ṇō a̠pturājya̍sya vē̠tvityā̍hā̠ptumē̠va yaja̍māna-ṅkṛ̠tvā su̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠ka-ṅga̍mayati̠ rakṣa̍sā̠-manu̍palābhā̠yā-'' sōma̍-ndadata̠ [sōma̍-ndadatē, ā grāvṇṇa̠ ā] 8
    meaning

    The releasing oblations are poured to drive away evil — 'O Soma, you who are skin-maker' — this is for those who would harm the body; he says 'that made by others' to ward off harm done by strangers and enemies.

  • verse 11
    आ ग्राव्ण्ण॒ आ वा॑य॒व्या᳚न्या द्रो॑णकल॒शमु-त्पत्नी॒मा न॑य॒न्त्यन्वनाग्ं॑सि॒ प्र व॑र्तयन्ति॒ याव॑दे॒वास्यास्ति॒ तेन॑ स॒ह सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒कमे॑ति॒ नय॑वत्य॒र्चा-ऽऽग्नी᳚द्ध्रे जुहोति सुव॒र्गस्य॑ लो॒कस्या॒भिनी᳚त्यै॒ ग्राव्ण्णो॑ वाय॒व्या॑नि द्रोणकल॒शमाग्नी᳚द्ध्र॒ उप॑ वासयति॒ वि ह्ये॑न॒-न्तैर्गृ॒ह्णते॒ य-थ्स॒होप॑वा॒सये॑-दपुवा॒येत॑ सौ॒म्यर्चा प्र पा॑दयति॒ स्वयै॒- [प्र पा॑दयति॒ स्वय᳚, ए॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वत॑या॒] 9
    ā grāvṇṇa̠ ā vā̍ya̠vyā̎nyā drō̍ṇakala̠śamu-tpatnī̠mā na̍ya̠ntyanvanāgṃ̍si̠ pra va̍rtayanti̠ yāva̍dē̠vāsyāsti̠ tēna̍ sa̠ha su̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠kamē̍ti̠ naya̍vatya̠rchā-''gnī̎ddhrē juhōti suva̠rgasya̍ lō̠kasyā̠bhinī̎tyai̠ grāvṇṇō̍ vāya̠vyā̍ni drōṇakala̠śamāgnī̎ddhra̠ upa̍ vāsayati̠ vi hyē̍na̠-ntairgṛ̠hṇatē̠ ya-thsa̠hōpa̍vā̠sayē̍-dapuvā̠yēta̍ sau̠myarchā pra pā̍dayati̠ svayai̠- [pra pā̍dayati̠ svaya̎, ē̠vaina̍-ndē̠vata̍yā̠] 9
    meaning

    He brings the pressing stones, the wooden tub, the upside-down vessel — as many as exist — turning them in their course; this is the proper ritual placement of the soma vessels according to the prescription.

  • verse 12
    -वैन॑-न्दे॒वत॑या॒ प्र पा॑दय॒त्यदि॑त्या॒-स्सदो॒-ऽस्यदि॑त्या॒-स्सद॒ आ सी॒देत्या॑ह यथाय॒जुरे॒वैत-द्यज॑मानो॒ वा ए॒तस्य॑ पु॒रा गो॒प्ता भ॑वत्ये॒ष वो॑ देव सवित॒-स्सोम॒ इत्या॑ह सवि॒तृप्र॑सूत ए॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वता᳚भ्य॒-स्स-म्प्रय॑च्छत्ये॒त-त्त्वग्ं सो॑म दे॒वो दे॒वानुपा॑गा॒ इत्या॑ह दे॒वो ह्ये॑ष स- [दे॒वो ह्ये॑ष सन्न्, दे॒वानु॒पैती॒दम॒ह-] 10
    -vaina̍-ndē̠vata̍yā̠ pra pā̍daya̠tyadi̍tyā̠-ssadō̠-'syadi̍tyā̠-ssada̠ ā sī̠dētyā̍ha yathāya̠jurē̠vaita-dyaja̍mānō̠ vā ē̠tasya̍ pu̠rā gō̠ptā bha̍vatyē̠ṣa vō̍ dēva savita̠-ssōma̠ ityā̍ha savi̠tṛpra̍sūta ē̠vaina̍-ndē̠vatā̎bhya̠-ssa-mpraya̍chChatyē̠ta-ttvagṃ sō̍ma dē̠vō dē̠vānupā̍gā̠ ityā̍ha dē̠vō hyē̍ṣa sa- [dē̠vō hyē̍ṣa sann, dē̠vānu̠paitī̠dama̠ha-] 10
    meaning

    He advances it toward the deity with 'Aditi's seat, Aditi's seat you are' — so he makes the sacrificer approach the seat of Aditi; the sacrificer himself goes forward to the divine seat through this mantra.

  • verse 13
    -न्दे॒वानु॒पैती॒दम॒ह-म्म॑नु॒ष्यो॑ मनु॒ष्या॑नित्या॑ह मनु॒ष्यो᳚(1॒) ह्ये॑ष स-न्म॑नु॒ष्या॑नु॒पैति॒ यदे॒त-द्यजु॒र्न ब्रू॒यादप्र॑जा अप॒शुर्यज॑मान-स्स्या-थ्स॒ह प्र॒जया॑ सह रा॒यस्पोषे॒णेत्या॑ह प्र॒जयै॒व प॒शुभिः॑ स॒हेमं-लोँ॒कमु॒पाव॑र्तते॒ नमो॑ दे॒वेभ्य॒ इत्या॑ह नमस्का॒रो हि दे॒वानाग्॑ स्व॒धा पि॒तृभ्य॒ इत्या॑ह स्वधाका॒रो हि [स्वधाका॒रो हि, पि॒तृ॒णामि॒दम॒ह-] 11
    -ndē̠vānu̠paitī̠dama̠ha-mma̍nu̠ṣyō̍ manu̠ṣyā̍nityā̍ha manu̠ṣyō̎(1̠) hyē̍ṣa sa-nma̍nu̠ṣyā̍nu̠paiti̠ yadē̠ta-dyaju̠rna brū̠yādapra̍jā apa̠śuryaja̍māna-ssyā-thsa̠ha pra̠jayā̍ saha rā̠yaspōṣē̠ṇētyā̍ha pra̠jayai̠va pa̠śubhi̍-ssa̠hēmaṃ lō̠kamu̠pāva̍rtatē̠ namō̍ dē̠vēbhya̠ ityā̍ha namaskā̠rō hi dē̠vānāg̍ sva̠dhā pi̠tṛbhya̠ ityā̍ha svadhākā̠rō hi [svadhākā̠rō hi, pi̠tṛ̠ṇāmi̠dama̠ha-] 11
    meaning

    He says 'I, a human, approach the gods, I approach the humans' — for this sacrificer as a human joins the divine community; if he did not say this yajus he would bring human contamination into the divine world.

  • verse 14
    पि॑तृ॒णामि॒दम॒ह-न्निर्वरु॑णस्य॒ पाशा॒दित्या॑ह वरुणपा॒शादे॒व निर्मु॑च्य॒ते ऽग्ने᳚ व्रतपत आ॒त्मनः॒ पूर्वा॑ त॒नूरा॒देयेत्या॑हुः॒ को हि तद्वेद॒ य-द्वसी॑या॒न्-थ्स्वे वशे॑ भू॒ते पुन॑र्वा॒ ददा॑ति॒ न वेति॒ ग्रावा॑णो॒ वै सोम॑स्य॒ राज्ञो॑ मलिम्लुसे॒ना य ए॒वं-विँ॒द्वा-न्ग्राव्ण्ण॒ आग्नी᳚द्ध्र उपवा॒सय॑ति॒ नैन॑-म्मलिम्लुसे॒ना वि॑न्दति ॥ 12 ॥(अथ॑-ददते॒ - स्वया॒ - सन्थ् - स्व॑धाका॒रो हि - वि॑न्दति) (अ. 2)
    pi̍tṛ̠ṇāmi̠dama̠ha-nnirvaru̍ṇasya̠ pāśā̠dityā̍ha varuṇapā̠śādē̠va nirmu̍chya̠tē 'gnē̎ vratapata ā̠tmana̠ḥ pūrvā̍ ta̠nūrā̠dēyētyā̍hu̠ḥ kō hi tadvēda̠ ya-dvasī̍yā̠n-thsvē vaśē̍ bhū̠tē puna̍rvā̠ dadā̍ti̠ na vēti̠ grāvā̍ṇō̠ vai sōma̍sya̠ rājñō̍ malimlusē̠nā ya ē̠vaṃ vi̠dvā-ngrāvṇṇa̠ āgnī̎ddhra upavā̠saya̍ti̠ naina̍-mmalimlusē̠nā vi̍ndati ॥ 12 ॥(atha̍-dadatē̠ - svayā̠ - santh - sva̍dhākā̠rō hi - vi̍ndati) (a. 2)
    meaning

    He says 'I am freed from Varuna's noose, from the ancestors' — by this mantra he releases himself from the bond of Varuna; Agni as the vow-lord is invoked to accept the earlier body of the sacrificer.

  • verse 15
    वै॒ष्ण॒व्यर्चा हु॒त्वा यूप॒मच्छै॑ति वैष्ण॒वो वै दे॒वत॑या॒ यूप॒-स्स्वयै॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वत॒या ऽच्छै॒त्यत्य॒न्यानगा॒-न्नान्या-नुपा॑गा॒मित्या॒हाति॒ ह्य॑न्यानेति॒ नान्या-नु॒पैत्य॒र्वाक्त्वा॒ परै॑रविद-म्प॒रो-ऽव॑रै॒रित्या॑हा॒र्वाघ्ये॑न॒-म्परै᳚र्वि॒न्दति॑ प॒रो-ऽव॑रै॒स्त-न्त्वा॑ जुषे [जुषे, वै॒ष्ण॒व-न्दे॑वय॒ज्याया॒] 13
    vai̠ṣṇa̠vyarchā hu̠tvā yūpa̠machChai̍ti vaiṣṇa̠vō vai dē̠vata̍yā̠ yūpa̠-ssvayai̠vaina̍-ndē̠vata̠yā 'chChai̠tyatya̠nyānagā̠-nnānyā-nupā̍gā̠mityā̠hāti̠ hya̍nyānēti̠ nānyā-nu̠paitya̠rvāktvā̠ parai̍ravida-mpa̠rō-'va̍rai̠rityā̍hā̠rvāghyē̍na̠-mparai̎rvi̠ndati̍ pa̠rō-'va̍rai̠sta-ntvā̍ juṣē [juṣē, vai̠ṣṇa̠va-ndē̍vaya̠jyāyā̠] 13
    meaning

    Having offered with the Vaishnavi verse, he goes to the sacrificial post — the post belongs to Vishnu by nature; through the Vishnu deity he goes to that deity's proper place at the post.

  • verse 16
    वैष्ण॒व-न्दे॑वय॒ज्याया॒ इत्या॑ह देवय॒ज्यायै॒ ह्ये॑न-ञ्जु॒षते॑ दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता मद्ध्वा॑-ऽन॒क्त्वित्या॑ह॒ तेज॑सै॒वैन॑-मन॒क्त्योष॑धे॒ त्राय॑स्वैन॒ग्ग्॒ स्वधि॑ते॒ मैनग्ं॑ हिग्ंसी॒रित्या॑ह॒ वज्रो॒ वै स्वधि॑ति॒-श्शान्त्यै॒ स्वधि॑तेर्वृ॒क्षस्य॒ बिभ्य॑तः प्रथ॒मेन॒ शक॑लेन स॒ह तेजः॒ परा॑ पतति॒ यः प्र॑थ॒म-श्शक॑लः परा॒पते॒-त्तमप्या ह॑रे॒-थ्सते॑जस- [ह॑रे॒-थ्सते॑जसम्, ए॒वैन॒मा] 14
    vaiṣṇa̠va-ndē̍vaya̠jyāyā̠ ityā̍ha dēvaya̠jyāyai̠ hyē̍na-ñju̠ṣatē̍ dē̠vastvā̍ savi̠tā maddhvā̍-'na̠ktvityā̍ha̠ tēja̍sai̠vaina̍-mana̠ktyōṣa̍dhē̠ trāya̍svaina̠gg̠ svadhi̍tē̠ mainagṃ̍ higṃsī̠rityā̍ha̠ vajrō̠ vai svadhi̍ti̠-śśāntyai̠ svadhi̍tērvṛ̠kṣasya̠ bibhya̍taḥ pratha̠mēna̠ śaka̍lēna sa̠ha tēja̠ḥ parā̍ patati̠ yaḥ pra̍tha̠ma-śśaka̍laḥ parā̠patē̠-ttamapyā ha̍rē̠-thsatē̍jasa- [ha̍rē̠-thsatē̍jasam, ē̠vaina̠mā] 14
    meaning

    When he anoints the post he anoints the sacrifice — the post stands for the whole sacrifice; by anointing the post he anoints all the components together in one act.

  • verse 17
    -मे॒वैन॒मा ह॑रती॒मे वै लो॒का यूपा᳚-त्प्रय॒तो बि॑भ्यति॒ दिव॒मग्रे॑ण॒ मा ले॑खीर॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒-म्मद्ध्ये॑न॒ मा हिग्ं॑सी॒रित्या॑है॒भ्य ए॒वैनं॑-लोँ॒केभ्यः॑ शमयति॒ वन॑स्पते श॒तव॑ल्​शो॒ वि रो॒हेत्या॒व्रश्च॑ने जुहोति॒ तस्मा॑-दा॒व्रश्च॑ना-द्वृ॒क्षाणा॒-म्भूयाग्ं॑स॒ उत्ति॑ष्ठन्ति स॒हस्र॑वल्​शा॒ वि व॒यग्ं रु॑हे॒मेत्या॑हा॒- ऽऽशिष॑मे॒वैतामा शा॒स्ते ऽन॑क्षसङ्ग- [शा॒स्ते ऽन॑क्षसङ्गम्, वृ॒श्चे॒-द्यद॑क्षस॒ङ्गं-] 15
    -mē̠vaina̠mā ha̍ratī̠mē vai lō̠kā yūpā̎-tpraya̠tō bi̍bhyati̠ diva̠magrē̍ṇa̠ mā lē̍khīra̠ntari̍kṣa̠-mmaddhyē̍na̠ mā higṃ̍sī̠rityā̍hai̠bhya ē̠vaina̍ṃ lō̠kēbhya̍-śśamayati̠ vana̍spatē śa̠tava̍l​śō̠ vi rō̠hētyā̠vraścha̍nē juhōti̠ tasmā̍-dā̠vraścha̍nā-dvṛ̠kṣāṇā̠-mbhūyāgṃ̍sa̠ utti̍ṣṭhanti sa̠hasra̍val​śā̠ vi va̠yagṃ ru̍hē̠mētyā̍hā̠- ''śiṣa̍mē̠vaitāmā śā̠stē 'na̍kṣasaṅga- [śā̠stē 'na̍kṣasaṅgam, vṛ̠śchē̠-dyada̍kṣasa̠ṅgaṃ-] 15
    meaning

    He binds the sacrificial animal to the post with a rope of reed grass — reed is Prajapati's; by binding with Prajapati's material he protects the animal under Prajapati's authority.

  • verse 18
    -ँवृश्चे॒-द्यद॑क्षस॒ङ्गं-वृँ॒श्चेद॑धई॒षं-यँज॑मानस्य प्र॒मायु॑कग्ग्​ स्या॒द्य-ङ्का॒मये॒ताप्र॑तिष्ठित-स्स्या॒दित्या॑रो॒ह-न्तस्म॑ वृश्चेदे॒ष वै वन॒स्पती॑ना॒-मप्र॑तिष्ठि॒तो-ऽप्र॑तिष्ठित ए॒व भ॑वति॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑ताप॒शु-स्स्या॒दित्य॑प॒र्ण-न्तस्मै॒ शुष्का᳚ग्रं-वृँश्चेदे॒ष वै वन॒स्पती॑ना-मपश॒व्यो॑-ऽप॒शुरे॒व भ॑वति॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑त पशु॒मान्-थ्स्या॒दिति॑ बहुप॒र्ण-न्तस्मै॑ बहुशा॒खं-वृँ॑श्चेदे॒ष वै [ ] 16
    -ँvṛśchē̠-dyada̍kṣasa̠ṅgaṃ vṛ̠śchēda̍dhaī̠ṣaṃ yaja̍mānasya pra̠māyu̍kagg​ syā̠dya-ṅkā̠mayē̠tāpra̍tiṣṭhita-ssyā̠dityā̍rō̠ha-ntasma̍ vṛśchēdē̠ṣa vai vana̠spatī̍nā̠-mapra̍tiṣṭhi̠tō-'pra̍tiṣṭhita ē̠va bha̍vati̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍tāpa̠śu-ssyā̠ditya̍pa̠rṇa-ntasmai̠ śuṣkā̎graṃ vṛśchēdē̠ṣa vai vana̠spatī̍nā-mapaśa̠vyō̍-'pa̠śurē̠va bha̍vati̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍ta paśu̠mān-thsyā̠diti̍ bahupa̠rṇa-ntasmai̍ bahuśā̠khaṃ vṛ̍śchēdē̠ṣa vai [ ] 16
    meaning

    He cuts the omentum first — the omentum is the portion for the gods; by cutting what is divine first he gives priority to the gods over the human portions of the sacrifice.

  • verse 19
    वन॒स्पती॑ना-म्पश॒व्यः॑ पशु॒माने॒व भ॑वति॒ प्रति॑ष्ठितं-वृँश्चे-त्प्रति॒ष्ठाका॑मस्यै॒ष वै वन॒स्पती॑ना॒-म्प्रति॑ष्ठितो॒ य-स्स॒मे भूम्यै॒ स्वाद्योने॑ रू॒ढः प्रत्ये॒व ति॑ष्ठति॒ यः प्र॒त्यङ्ङुप॑नत॒स्तं-वृँ॑श्चे॒-थ्स हि मेध॑म॒भ्युप॑नतः॒ पञ्चा॑रत्नि॒-न्तस्मै॑ वृश्चे॒द्य-ङ्का॒मये॒तोपै॑न॒मुत्त॑रो य॒ज्ञो न॑मे॒दिति॒ पञ्चा᳚क्षरा प॒ङ्क्तिः पाङ्क्तो॑ य॒ज्ञ उपै॑न॒मुत्त॑रो य॒ज्ञो [य॒ज्ञः, न॒म॒ति॒ षड॑रत्नि] 17
    vana̠spatī̍nā-mpaśa̠vya̍ḥ paśu̠mānē̠va bha̍vati̠ prati̍ṣṭhitaṃ vṛśchē-tprati̠ṣṭhākā̍masyai̠ṣa vai vana̠spatī̍nā̠-mprati̍ṣṭhitō̠ ya-ssa̠mē bhūmyai̠ svādyōnē̍ rū̠ḍhaḥ pratyē̠va ti̍ṣṭhati̠ yaḥ pra̠tyaṅṅupa̍nata̠staṃ vṛ̍śchē̠-thsa hi mēdha̍ma̠bhyupa̍nata̠ḥ pañchā̍ratni̠-ntasmai̍ vṛśchē̠dya-ṅkā̠mayē̠tōpai̍na̠mutta̍rō ya̠jñō na̍mē̠diti̠ pañchā̎kṣarā pa̠ṅktiḥ pāṅktō̍ ya̠jña upai̍na̠mutta̍rō ya̠jñō [ya̠jñaḥ, na̠ma̠ti̠ ṣaḍa̍ratni] 17
    meaning

    He cooks the omentum in the fire — the fire transforms the raw into the cooked, the human into the divine; the omentum is offered cooked so the gods receive what is fully transformed.

  • verse 20
    न॑मति॒ षड॑रत्नि-म्प्रति॒ष्ठाका॑मस्य॒ षड्वा ऋ॒तव॑ ऋ॒तुष्वे॒व प्रति॑ तिष्ठति स॒प्तार॑त्नि-म्प॒शुका॑मस्य स॒प्तप॑दा॒ शक्व॑री प॒शव॒-श्शक्व॑री प॒शूने॒वाव॑ रुन्धे॒ नवा॑रत्नि॒-न्तेज॑स्कामस्य त्रि॒वृता॒ स्तोमे॑न॒ सम्मि॑त॒-न्तेज॑स्त्रि॒वृ-त्ते॑ज॒स्व्ये॑व भ॑व॒-त्येका॑दशारत्नि-मिन्द्रि॒यका॑म॒-स्यैका॑दशाक्षरा त्रि॒ष्टुगि॑न्द्रि॒य-न्त्रि॒ष्टुगि॑न्द्रिया॒व्ये॑व भ॑वति॒ पञ्च॑दशारत्नि॒-म्भ्रातृ॑व्यवतः पञ्चद॒शो वज्रो॒ भ्रातृ॑व्याभिभूत्यै स॒प्तद॑शारत्नि-म्प्र॒जाका॑मस्य सप्तद॒शः प्र॒जाप॑तिः प्र॒जाप॑ते॒राप्त्या॒ एक॑विग्ंशत्यरत्नि-म्प्रति॒ष्ठाका॑म-स्यैकवि॒ग्ं॒श-स्स्तोमा॑ना-म्प्रति॒ष्ठा प्रति॑ष्ठित्या अ॒ष्टाश्रि॑र्भव-त्य॒ष्टाक्ष॑रा गाय॒त्री तेजो॑ गाय॒त्री गा॑य॒त्री य॑ज्ञमु॒ख-न्तेज॑सै॒व गा॑यत्रि॒या य॑ज्ञमु॒खेन॒ सम्मि॑तः ॥ 18 ॥(जु॒षे॒ - सते॑जस॒ - मन॑क्षसङ्गं - बहुशा॒खं-वृँ॑श्चेदे॒ष वै - य॒ज्ञ उपै॑न॒मुत्त॑रो य॒ज्ञ - आप्त्या॒ - एका॒न्नविग्ं॑श॒तिश्च॑) (अ. 3)
    na̍mati̠ ṣaḍa̍ratni-mprati̠ṣṭhākā̍masya̠ ṣaḍvā ṛ̠tava̍ ṛ̠tuṣvē̠va prati̍ tiṣṭhati sa̠ptāra̍tni-mpa̠śukā̍masya sa̠ptapa̍dā̠ śakva̍rī pa̠śava̠-śśakva̍rī pa̠śūnē̠vāva̍ rundhē̠ navā̍ratni̠-ntēja̍skāmasya tri̠vṛtā̠ stōmē̍na̠ sammi̍ta̠-ntēja̍stri̠vṛ-ttē̍ja̠svyē̍va bha̍va̠-tyēkā̍daśāratni-mindri̠yakā̍ma̠-syaikā̍daśākṣarā tri̠ṣṭugi̍ndri̠ya-ntri̠ṣṭugi̍ndriyā̠vyē̍va bha̍vati̠ pañcha̍daśāratni̠-mbhrātṛ̍vyavataḥ pañchada̠śō vajrō̠ bhrātṛ̍vyābhibhūtyai sa̠ptada̍śāratni-mpra̠jākā̍masya saptada̠śaḥ pra̠jāpa̍tiḥ pra̠jāpa̍tē̠rāptyā̠ ēka̍vigṃśatyaratni-mprati̠ṣṭhākā̍ma-syaikavi̠gṃ̠śa-sstōmā̍nā-mprati̠ṣṭhā prati̍ṣṭhityā a̠ṣṭāśri̍rbhava-tya̠ṣṭākṣa̍rā gāya̠trī tējō̍ gāya̠trī gā̍ya̠trī ya̍jñamu̠kha-ntēja̍sai̠va gā̍yatri̠yā ya̍jñamu̠khēna̠ sammi̍taḥ ॥ 18 ॥(ju̠ṣē̠ - satē̍jasa̠ - mana̍kṣasaṅgaṃ - bahuśā̠khaṃ vṛ̍śchēdē̠ṣa vai - ya̠jña upai̍na̠mutta̍rō ya̠jña - āptyā̠ - ēkā̠nnavigṃ̍śa̠tiścha̍) (a. 3)
    meaning

    He offers the omentum with the Vaishnavi oblation — Vishnu is the sacrifice; by offering with a Vishnu mantra the omentum is given to the sacrifice itself and thus to all the gods together.

  • verse 21
    पृ॒थि॒व्यै त्वा॒-ऽन्तरि॑क्षाय त्वा दि॒वे त्वेत्या॑है॒भ्य ए॒वैनं॑-लोँ॒केभ्यः॒ प्रोक्ष॑ति॒ परा᳚ञ्च॒-म्प्रोक्ष॑ति॒ परा॑ङिव॒ हि सु॑व॒र्गो लो॒कः क्रू॒रमि॑व॒ वा ए॒त-त्क॑रोति॒ य-त्खन॑त्य॒पो-ऽव॑ नयति॒ शान्त्यै॒ यव॑मती॒रव॑ नय॒त्यूर्ग्वै यवो॒ यज॑मानेन॒ यूप॒-स्सम्मि॑तो॒ यावा॑ने॒व यज॑मान॒-स्ताव॑ती-मे॒वास्मि॒-न्नूर्ज॑-न्दधाति [मे॒वास्मि॒-न्नूर्ज॑-न्दधाति, पि॒तृ॒णाग्ं सद॑नम॒सीति॑] 19
    pṛ̠thi̠vyai tvā̠-'ntari̍kṣāya tvā di̠vē tvētyā̍hai̠bhya ē̠vaina̍ṃ lō̠kēbhya̠ḥ prōkṣa̍ti̠ parā̎mcha̠-mprōkṣa̍ti̠ parā̍ṅiva̠ hi su̍va̠rgō lō̠kaḥ krū̠rami̍va̠ vā ē̠ta-tka̍rōti̠ ya-tkhana̍tya̠pō-'va̍ nayati̠ śāntyai̠ yava̍matī̠rava̍ naya̠tyūrgvai yavō̠ yaja̍mānēna̠ yūpa̠-ssammi̍tō̠ yāvā̍nē̠va yaja̍māna̠-stāva̍tī-mē̠vāsmi̠-nnūrja̍-ndadhāti [mē̠vāsmi̠-nnūrja̍-ndadhāti, pi̠tṛ̠ṇāgṃ sada̍nama̠sīti̍] 19
    meaning

    He says 'to Agni svaha, to Soma svaha' — the offering to Agni and Soma covers the entire divine order; these two represent all the gods and the full scope of the sacrifice.

  • verse 22
    पितृ॒णाग्ं सद॑नम॒सीति॑ ब॒र्॒हिरव॑ स्तृणाति पितृदेव॒त्या᳚(1॒)ग्ग्॒ ह्ये॑त-द्यन्निखा॑तं॒-यँ-द्ब॒र्॒हिरन॑वस्तीर्य मिनु॒या-त्पि॑तृदेव॒त्यो॑ निखा॑त-स्स्या-द्ब॒र्॒हिर॑व॒स्तीर्य॑ मिनोत्य॒स्यामे॒वैन॑-म्मिनोति यूपशक॒लमवा᳚स्यति॒ सते॑जसमे॒वैन॑-म्मिनोति दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता मद्ध्वा॑-ऽन॒क्त्वित्या॑ह॒ तेज॑सै॒वैन॑मनक्ति सुपिप्प॒लाभ्य॒-स्त्वौष॑धीभ्य॒ इति॑ च॒षाल॒-म्प्रति॑- [च॒षाल॒-म्प्रति॑, मु॒ञ्च॒ति॒ तस्मा᳚च्छीर्​ष॒त] 20
    pitṛ̠ṇāgṃ sada̍nama̠sīti̍ ba̠r̠hirava̍ stṛṇāti pitṛdēva̠tyā̎(1̠)gg̠ hyē̍ta-dyannikhā̍ta̠ṃ ya-dba̠r̠hirana̍vastīrya minu̠yā-tpi̍tṛdēva̠tyō̍ nikhā̍ta-ssyā-dba̠r̠hira̍va̠stīrya̍ minōtya̠syāmē̠vaina̍-mminōti yūpaśaka̠lamavā̎syati̠ satē̍jasamē̠vaina̍-mminōti dē̠vastvā̍ savi̠tā maddhvā̍-'na̠ktvityā̍ha̠ tēja̍sai̠vaina̍manakti supippa̠lābhya̠-stvauṣa̍dhībhya̠ iti̍ cha̠ṣāla̠-mprati̍- [cha̠ṣāla̠-mprati̍, mu̠ñcha̠ti̠ tasmā̎chChīr​ṣa̠ta] 20
    meaning

    The patnisala oblations are poured in the wife's room — the wife's room is prosperity; the wives of the gods dwell in that prosperity and by offering there their share is honoured.

  • verse 23
    -मुञ्चति॒ तस्मा᳚च्छीर्​ष॒त ओष॑धयः॒ फल॑-ङ्गृह्णन्त्य॒नक्ति॒ तेजो॒ वा आज्यं॒-यँज॑मानेनाग्नि॒ष्ठा-ऽश्रि॒-स्सम्मि॑ता॒ यद॑ग्नि॒ष्ठा-मश्रि॑म॒नक्ति॒ यज॑मानमे॒व तेज॑सा ऽनक्त्या॒न्त-म॑नक्त्या॒न्तमे॒व यज॑मान॒-न्तेज॑सानक्ति स॒र्वतः॒ परि॑ मृश॒त्यप॑रिवर्ग-मे॒वास्मि॒-न्तेजो॑ दधा॒त्यु-द्दिवग्ग्॑ स्तभा॒ना-ऽन्तरि॑क्ष-म्पृ॒णेत्या॑है॒षां-लोँ॒कानां॒-विँधृ॑त्यै वैष्ण॒व्यर्चा [वैष्ण॒व्यर्चा, क॒ल्प॒य॒ति॒ वै॒ष्ण॒वो वै] 21
    -muñchati̠ tasmā̎chChīr​ṣa̠ta ōṣa̍dhaya̠ḥ phala̍-ṅgṛhṇantya̠nakti̠ tējō̠ vā ājya̠ṃ yaja̍mānēnāgni̠ṣṭhā-'śri̠-ssammi̍tā̠ yada̍gni̠ṣṭhā-maśri̍ma̠nakti̠ yaja̍mānamē̠va tēja̍sā 'naktyā̠nta-ma̍naktyā̠ntamē̠va yaja̍māna̠-ntēja̍sānakti sa̠rvata̠ḥ pari̍ mṛśa̠tyapa̍rivarga-mē̠vāsmi̠-ntējō̍ dadhā̠tyu-ddivagg̍ stabhā̠nā-'ntari̍kṣa-mpṛ̠ṇētyā̍hai̠ṣāṃ lō̠kānā̠ṃ vidhṛ̍tyai vaiṣṇa̠vyarchā [vaiṣṇa̠vyarchā, ka̠lpa̠ya̠ti̠ vai̠ṣṇa̠vō vai] 21
    meaning

    He pours for Ida, Sarasvati, and Bharati — these three are the triple speech; by pouring for these three he consecrates the complete power of sacred speech in the sacrifice.

  • verse 24
    क॑ल्पयति वैष्ण॒वो वै दे॒वत॑या॒ यूप॒-स्स्वयै॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वत॑या कल्पयति॒ द्वाभ्या᳚-ङ्कल्पयति द्वि॒पा-द्यज॑मानः॒ प्रति॑ष्ठित्यै॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑त॒ तेज॑सैन-न्दे॒वता॑भिरिन्द्रि॒येण॒ व्य॑र्धयेय॒-मित्य॑ग्नि॒ष्ठा-न्तस्याश्रि॑-माहव॒नीया॑दि॒त्थं-वेँ॒त्थं-वाँ-ऽति॑ नावये॒-त्तेज॑सै॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वता॑भिरिन्द्रि॒येण॒ व्य॑र्धयति॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑त॒ तेज॑सैन-न्दे॒वता॑भिरिन्द्रि॒येण॒ सम॑र्धयेय॒मि- [सम॑र्धयेय॒मिति॑, अ॒ग्नि॒ष्ठा-] 22
    ka̍lpayati vaiṣṇa̠vō vai dē̠vata̍yā̠ yūpa̠-ssvayai̠vaina̍-ndē̠vata̍yā kalpayati̠ dvābhyā̎-ṅkalpayati dvi̠pā-dyaja̍māna̠ḥ prati̍ṣṭhityai̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍ta̠ tēja̍saina-ndē̠vatā̍bhirindri̠yēṇa̠ vya̍rdhayēya̠-mitya̍gni̠ṣṭhā-ntasyāśri̍-māhava̠nīyā̍di̠tthaṃ vē̠tthaṃ vā-'ti̍ nāvayē̠-ttēja̍sai̠vaina̍-ndē̠vatā̍bhirindri̠yēṇa̠ vya̍rdhayati̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍ta̠ tēja̍saina-ndē̠vatā̍bhirindri̠yēṇa̠ sama̍rdhayēya̠mi- [sama̍rdhayēya̠miti̍, a̠gni̠ṣṭhā-] 22
    meaning

    Having offered to the deities, the adhvaryu calls for the Vasha cry — the Vasha is the drawing down of the gods; by the Vasha the gods are pulled to the offering and made to consume it.

  • verse 25
    -त्य॑ग्नि॒ष्ठा-न्तस्याश्रि॑माहव॒नीये॑न॒ स-म्मि॑नुया॒-त्तेज॑सै॒वैन॑-न्दे॒वता॑भिरिन्द्रि॒येण॒ सम॑र्धयति ब्रह्म॒वनि॑-न्त्वा क्षत्र॒वनि॒मित्या॑ह यथाय॒जुरे॒वैत-त्परि॑ व्यय॒त्यूर्ग्वै र॑श॒ना यज॑मानेन॒ यूप॒-स्सम्मि॑तो॒ यज॑मानमे॒वोर्जा सम॑र्धयति नाभिद॒घ्ने परि॑ व्ययति नाभिद॒घ्न ए॒वास्मा॒ ऊर्ज॑-न्दधाति॒ तस्मा᳚न्नाभिद॒घ्न ऊ॒र्जा भु॑ञ्जते॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑तो॒र्जैनं॒- [य-ङ्का॒मये॑तो॒र्जैन᳚म्, व्य॑र्धयेय॒-] 23
    -tya̍gni̠ṣṭhā-ntasyāśri̍māhava̠nīyē̍na̠ sa-mmi̍nuyā̠-ttēja̍sai̠vaina̍-ndē̠vatā̍bhirindri̠yēṇa̠ sama̍rdhayati brahma̠vani̍-ntvā kṣatra̠vani̠mityā̍ha yathāya̠jurē̠vaita-tpari̍ vyaya̠tyūrgvai ra̍śa̠nā yaja̍mānēna̠ yūpa̠-ssammi̍tō̠ yaja̍mānamē̠vōrjā sama̍rdhayati nābhida̠ghnē pari̍ vyayati nābhida̠ghna ē̠vāsmā̠ ūrja̍-ndadhāti̠ tasmā̎nnābhida̠ghna ū̠rjā bhu̍ñjatē̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍tō̠rjaina̠ṃ- [ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍tō̠rjaina̎m, vya̍rdhayēya̠-] 23
    meaning

    The svishtakrit oblation is the final one — it completes and rectifies the whole sacrifice; what was done imperfectly is healed by the svishtakrit which belongs to Agni.

  • verse 26
    ँव्य॑र्धयेय॒-मित्यू॒र्ध्वां-वाँ॒ तस्यावा॑चीं॒-वाँ-ऽवो॑हेदू॒र्जैवैनं॒-व्यँ॑र्धयति॒ यदि॑ का॒मये॑त॒ वर्​षु॑कः प॒र्जन्यः॑ स्या॒दित्य-वा॑ची॒मवो॑हे॒-द्वृष्टि॑मे॒व नि य॑च्छति॒ यदि॑ का॒मये॒ताव॑र्​षुक-स्स्या॒दित्यू॒र्ध्वामुदू॑हे॒-द्वृष्टि॑मे॒वो-द्य॑च्छति पितृ॒णा-न्निखा॑त-म्मनु॒ष्या॑णामू॒र्ध्व-न्निखा॑ता॒दा र॑श॒नाया॒ ओष॑धीनाग्ं रश॒ना विश्वे॑षा- [विश्वे॑षाम्, दे॒वाना॑-] 24
    ँvya̍rdhayēya̠-mityū̠rdhvāṃ vā̠ tasyāvā̍chī̠ṃ vā-'vō̍hēdū̠rjaivaina̠ṃ vya̍rdhayati̠ yadi̍ kā̠mayē̍ta̠ var​ṣu̍kaḥ pa̠rjanya̍-ssyā̠ditya-vā̍chī̠mavō̍hē̠-dvṛṣṭi̍mē̠va ni ya̍chChati̠ yadi̍ kā̠mayē̠tāva̍r​ṣuka-ssyā̠dityū̠rdhvāmudū̍hē̠-dvṛṣṭi̍mē̠vō-dya̍chChati pitṛ̠ṇā-nnikhā̍ta-mmanu̠ṣyā̍ṇāmū̠rdhva-nnikhā̍tā̠dā ra̍śa̠nāyā̠ ōṣa̍dhīnāgṃ raśa̠nā viśvē̍ṣā- [viśvē̍ṣām, dē̠vānā̍-] 24
    meaning

    The barhis blades of sacred grass are what the gods sat on — they are the seat of the sacrifice; by spreading the barhis before the fire one prepares the seat for the gods to be present.

  • verse 27
    -न्दे॒वाना॑-मू॒र्ध्वग्ं र॑श॒नाया॒ आ च॒षाला॒दिन्द्र॑स्य च॒षालग्ं॑ सा॒द्ध्याना॒मति॑रिक्त॒ग्ं॒ स वा ए॒ष स॑र्वदेव॒त्यो॑ यद्यूपो॒ यद्यूप॑-म्मि॒नोति॒ सर्वा॑ ए॒व दे॒वताः᳚ प्रीणाति य॒ज्ञेन॒ वै दे॒वा-स्सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒कमा॑य॒-न्ते॑-ऽमन्यन्त मनु॒ष्या॑ नो॒-ऽन्वाभ॑विष्य॒न्तीति॒ ते यूपे॑न योपयि॒त्वा सु॑व॒र्गं ँलो॒कमा॑य॒-न्तमृष॑यो॒ यूपे॑नै॒वानु॒ प्राजा॑न॒-न्त-द्यूप॑स्य यूप॒त्वं- [यूप॒त्वम्, य-द्यूप॑-] 25
    -ndē̠vānā̍-mū̠rdhvagṃ ra̍śa̠nāyā̠ ā cha̠ṣālā̠dindra̍sya cha̠ṣālagṃ̍ sā̠ddhyānā̠mati̍rikta̠gṃ̠ sa vā ē̠ṣa sa̍rvadēva̠tyō̍ yadyūpō̠ yadyūpa̍-mmi̠nōti̠ sarvā̍ ē̠va dē̠vatā̎ḥ prīṇāti ya̠jñēna̠ vai dē̠vā-ssu̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠kamā̍ya̠-ntē̍-'manyanta manu̠ṣyā̍ nō̠-'nvābha̍viṣya̠ntīti̠ tē yūpē̍na yōpayi̠tvā su̍va̠rgaṃ ँlō̠kamā̍ya̠-ntamṛṣa̍yō̠ yūpē̍nai̠vānu̠ prājā̍na̠-nta-dyūpa̍sya yūpa̠tvaṃ- [yūpa̠tvam, ya-dyūpa̍-] 25
    meaning

    He offers the completed portions in the correct sequence — the sequence is the order of the sacrifice; maintaining proper sequence ensures the merit flows in the right direction.

  • verse 28
    ँय-द्यूप॑-म्मि॒नोति॑ सुव॒र्गस्य॑ लो॒कस्य॒ प्रज्ञा᳚त्यै पु॒रस्ता᳚-न्मिनोति पु॒रस्ता॒द्धि य॒ज्ञस्य॑ प्रज्ञा॒यते प्र॑ज्ञात॒ग्ं॒ हि त-द्यदति॑पन्न आ॒हुरि॒द-ङ्का॒र्य॑मासी॒दिति॑ सा॒द्ध्या वै दे॒वा य॒ज्ञमत्य॑मन्यन्त॒ तान्. य॒ज्ञो नास्पृ॑श॒-त्तान्. य-द्य॒ज्ञस्याति॑रिक्त॒मासी॒-त्तद॑स्पृश॒दति॑रिक्तं॒-वाँ ए॒त-द्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ यद॒ग्नाव॒ग्नि-म्म॑थि॒त्वा प्र॒हर॒त्यति॑रिक्तमे॒त- [प्र॒हर॒त्यति॑रिक्तमे॒तत्, यूप॑स्य॒] 26
    ँya-dyūpa̍-mmi̠nōti̍ suva̠rgasya̍ lō̠kasya̠ prajñā̎tyai pu̠rastā̎-nminōti pu̠rastā̠ddhi ya̠jñasya̍ prajñā̠yatē pra̍jñāta̠gṃ̠ hi ta-dyadati̍panna ā̠huri̠da-ṅkā̠rya̍māsī̠diti̍ sā̠ddhyā vai dē̠vā ya̠jñamatya̍manyanta̠ tān. ya̠jñō nāspṛ̍śa̠-ttān. ya-dya̠jñasyāti̍rikta̠māsī̠-ttada̍spṛśa̠dati̍rikta̠ṃ vā ē̠ta-dya̠jñasya̠ yada̠gnāva̠gni-mma̍thi̠tvā pra̠hara̠tyati̍riktamē̠ta- [pra̠hara̠tyati̍riktamē̠tat, yūpa̍sya̠] 26
    meaning

    The dakshina cow given to the adhvaryu completes the circuit of the sacrifice — the cow is all-sustaining power; by giving the cow the sacrificer releases the life-force back into the world.

  • verse 29
    -द्यूप॑स्य॒ यदू॒र्ध्व-ञ्च॒षाला॒-त्तेषा॒-न्त-द्भा॑ग॒धेय॒-न्ताने॒व तेन॑ प्रीणाति दे॒वा वै सग्ग्​स्थि॑ते॒ सोमे॒ प्र स्रुचो-ऽह॑र॒-न्प्र यूप॒-न्ते॑-ऽमन्यन्त यज्ञवेश॒सं-वाँ इ॒द-ङ्कु॑र्म॒ इति॒ ते प्र॑स्त॒रग्ग्​ स्रु॒चा-न्नि॒ष्क्रय॑ण-मपश्य॒न्-थ्स्वरुं॒-यूँप॑स्य॒ सग्ग्​स्थि॑ते॒ सोमे॒ प्र प्र॑स्त॒रग्ं हर॑ति जु॒होति॒ स्वरु॒मय॑ज्ञवेशसाय ॥ 27 ॥(द॒धा॒ति॒ - प्रत्यृ॒ - चा - सम॑र्धयेय॒मित्यू॒ - र्जैनं॒ - ँविश्वे॑षां - ँयूप॒त्व - मति॑रिक्तमे॒त-द्- द्विच॑त्वारिग्ंशच्च) (अ. 4)
    -dyūpa̍sya̠ yadū̠rdhva-ñcha̠ṣālā̠-ttēṣā̠-nta-dbhā̍ga̠dhēya̠-ntānē̠va tēna̍ prīṇāti dē̠vā vai sagg​sthi̍tē̠ sōmē̠ pra sruchō-'ha̍ra̠-npra yūpa̠-ntē̍-'manyanta yajñavēśa̠saṃ vā i̠da-ṅku̍rma̠ iti̠ tē pra̍sta̠ragg​ sru̠chā-nni̠ṣkraya̍ṇa-mapaśya̠n-thsvaru̠ṃ yūpa̍sya̠ sagg​sthi̍tē̠ sōmē̠ pra pra̍sta̠ragṃ hara̍ti ju̠hōti̠ svaru̠maya̍jñavēśasāya ॥ 27 ॥(da̠dhā̠ti̠ - pratyṛ̠ - chā - sama̍rdhayēya̠mityū̠ - rjaina̠ṃ - ँviśvē̍ṣāṃ - ँyūpa̠tva - mati̍riktamē̠ta-d- dvicha̍tvārigṃśachcha) (a. 4)
    meaning

    The upavasatha is the eve of the soma pressing — by keeping the upavasatha properly the sacrificer purifies himself in preparation for handling the sacred soma on the following day.

  • verse 30
    सा॒द्ध्या वै दे॒वा अ॒स्मिँल्लो॒क आ॑स॒-न्नान्य-त्कि॑-ञ्च॒न मि॒ष-त्ते᳚-ऽग्निमे॒वाग्नये॒ मेधा॒या ऽल॑भन्त॒ न ह्य॑न्यदा॑ल॒भ्यं॑-मवि॑न्द॒-न्ततो॒ वा इ॒माः प्र॒जाः प्राजा॑यन्त॒ यद॒ग्नाव॒ग्नि-म्म॑थि॒त्वा प्र॒हर॑ति प्र॒जाना᳚-म्प्र॒जन॑नाय रु॒द्रो वा ए॒ष यद॒ग्निर्यज॑मानः प॒शुर्य-त्प॒शुमा॒लभ्या॒ग्नि-म्मन्थे᳚-द्रु॒द्राय॒ यज॑मान॒- [यज॑मानम्, अपि॑ दद्ध्या-] 28
    sā̠ddhyā vai dē̠vā a̠smiँllō̠ka ā̍sa̠-nnānya-tki̍-ñcha̠na mi̠ṣa-ttē̎-'gnimē̠vāgnayē̠ mēdhā̠yā 'la̍bhanta̠ na hya̍nyadā̍la̠bhyaṃ̍-mavi̍nda̠-ntatō̠ vā i̠māḥ pra̠jāḥ prājā̍yanta̠ yada̠gnāva̠gni-mma̍thi̠tvā pra̠hara̍ti pra̠jānā̎-mpra̠jana̍nāya ru̠drō vā ē̠ṣa yada̠gniryaja̍mānaḥ pa̠śurya-tpa̠śumā̠labhyā̠gni-mmanthē̎-dru̠drāya̠ yaja̍māna̠- [yaja̍mānam, api̍ daddhyā-] 28
    meaning

    He bathes and puts on the initiatory garment — the bath removes the impurities of the ordinary world; the special garment marks the transition from the human realm to the sacrificial realm.

  • verse 31
    -मपि॑ दद्ध्या-त्प्र॒मायु॑क-स्स्या॒दथो॒ खल्वा॑हुर॒ग्नि-स्सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॑ ह॒विरे॒तद्य-त्प॒शुरिति॒ य-त्प॒शुमा॒लभ्या॒ग्नि-म्मन्थ॑ति ह॒व्यायै॒वा-ऽऽस॑न्नाय॒ सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॑ जनय-त्युपा॒कृत्यै॒व मन्थ्य॒-स्तन्नेवा-ऽऽल॑ब्ध॒-न्नेवाना॑लब्ध-म॒ग्ने-र्ज॒नित्र॑-म॒सीत्या॑हा॒ग्नेर्​ह्ये॑त-ज्ज॒नित्रं॒-वृँष॑णौ स्थ॒ इत्या॑ह॒ वृष॑णौ॒ [वृष॑णौ, ह्ये॑ता-] 29
    -mapi̍ daddhyā-tpra̠māyu̍ka-ssyā̠dathō̠ khalvā̍hura̠gni-ssarvā̍ dē̠vatā̍ ha̠virē̠tadya-tpa̠śuriti̠ ya-tpa̠śumā̠labhyā̠gni-mmantha̍ti ha̠vyāyai̠vā-''sa̍nnāya̠ sarvā̍ dē̠vatā̍ janaya-tyupā̠kṛtyai̠va manthya̠-stannēvā-''la̍bdha̠-nnēvānā̍labdha-ma̠gnē-rja̠nitra̍-ma̠sītyā̍hā̠gnēr​hyē̍ta-jja̠nitra̠ṃ vṛṣa̍ṇau stha̠ ityā̍ha̠ vṛṣa̍ṇau̠ [vṛṣa̍ṇau, hyē̍tā-] 29
    meaning

    He enters the sacrificial enclosure properly oriented — the enclosure is the bounded sacred space; by entering correctly he aligns himself with the cosmic structure of the sacrifice.

  • verse 32
    ह्ये॑ता-वु॒र्वश्य॑स्या॒यु-र॒सीत्या॑ह मिथुन॒त्वाय॑ घृ॒तेना॒क्ते वृष॑ण-न्दधाथा॒मित्या॑ह॒ वृष॑ण॒ग्ग्॒ ह्ये॑ते दधा॑ते॒ ये अ॒ग्नि-ङ्गा॑य॒त्र-ञ्छन्दो-ऽनु॒ प्र जा॑य॒स्वेत्या॑ह॒ छन्दो॑भिरे॒वैन॒-म्प्र ज॑नयत्य॒ग्नये॑ म॒थ्यमा॑ना॒यानु॑ ब्रू॒हीत्या॑ह सावि॒त्रीमृच॒मन्वा॑ह सवि॒तृप्र॑सूत ए॒वैन॑-म्मन्थति जा॒तायानु॑ ब्रूहि [ब्रूहि, प्र॒ह्रि॒यमा॑णा॒या-ऽनु॑] 30
    hyē̍tā-vu̠rvaśya̍syā̠yu-ra̠sītyā̍ha mithuna̠tvāya̍ ghṛ̠tēnā̠ktē vṛṣa̍ṇa-ndadhāthā̠mityā̍ha̠ vṛṣa̍ṇa̠gg̠ hyē̍tē dadhā̍tē̠ yē a̠gni-ṅgā̍ya̠tra-ñChandō-'nu̠ pra jā̍ya̠svētyā̍ha̠ Chandō̍bhirē̠vaina̠-mpra ja̍nayatya̠gnayē̍ ma̠thyamā̍nā̠yānu̍ brū̠hītyā̍ha sāvi̠trīmṛcha̠manvā̍ha savi̠tṛpra̍sūta ē̠vaina̍-mmanthati jā̠tāyānu̍ brūhi [brūhi, pra̠hri̠yamā̍ṇā̠yā-'nu̍] 30
    meaning

    The adhvaryu prepares the soma tub and its accessories — the proper preparation of the vessel ensures the soma will be received and contained according to the divine prescription.

  • verse 33
    प्रह्रि॒यमा॑णा॒या-ऽनु॑ ब्रू॒हीत्या॑ह॒ काण्डे॑काण्ड ए॒वैन॑-ङ्क्रि॒यमा॑णे॒ सम॑र्धयति गाय॒त्री-स्सर्वा॒ अन्वा॑ह गाय॒त्रछ॑न्दा॒ वा अ॒ग्नि-स्स्वेनै॒वैन॒-ञ्छन्द॑सा॒ सम॑र्धयत्य॒ग्निः पु॒रा भव॑त्य॒ग्नि-म्म॑थि॒त्वा प्र ह॑रति॒ तौ स॒भं​वँ॑न्तौ॒ यज॑मानम॒भि स-म्भ॑वतो॒ भव॑त-न्न॒-स्सम॑नसा॒वित्या॑ह॒ शान्त्यै᳚ प्र॒हृत्य॑ जुहोति जा॒तायै॒वास्मा॒ अन्न॒मपि॑ दधा॒त्याज्ये॑न जुहोत्ये॒तद्वा अ॒ग्नेः प्रि॒य-न्धाम॒ यदाज्य॑-म्प्रि॒येणै॒वैन॒-न्धाम्ना॒ सम॑र्धय॒त्यथो॒ तेज॑सा ॥ 31 ॥(यज॑मान-माह॒ वृष॑णौ-जा॒तायानु॑ ब्रू॒ह्या-प्य॒ -ष्टाद॑श च) (अ. 5)
    prahri̠yamā̍ṇā̠yā-'nu̍ brū̠hītyā̍ha̠ kāṇḍē̍kāṇḍa ē̠vaina̍-ṅkri̠yamā̍ṇē̠ sama̍rdhayati gāya̠trī-ssarvā̠ anvā̍ha gāya̠traCha̍ndā̠ vā a̠gni-ssvēnai̠vaina̠-ñChanda̍sā̠ sama̍rdhayatya̠gniḥ pu̠rā bhava̍tya̠gni-mma̍thi̠tvā pra ha̍rati̠ tau sa̠bhaṃva̍ntau̠ yaja̍mānama̠bhi sa-mbha̍vatō̠ bhava̍ta-nna̠-ssama̍nasā̠vityā̍ha̠ śāntyai̎ pra̠hṛtya̍ juhōti jā̠tāyai̠vāsmā̠ anna̠mapi̍ dadhā̠tyājyē̍na juhōtyē̠tadvā a̠gnēḥ pri̠ya-ndhāma̠ yadājya̍-mpri̠yēṇai̠vaina̠-ndhāmnā̠ sama̍rdhaya̠tyathō̠ tēja̍sā ॥ 31 ॥(yaja̍māna-māha̠ vṛṣa̍ṇau-jā̠tāyānu̍ brū̠hyā-pya̠ -ṣṭāda̍śa cha) (a. 5)
    meaning

    He draws the soma plant forward and treats it with reverence — the soma plant is the king of plants and the body of the divine drink; by reverencing it he acknowledges its sacred status.

  • verse 34
    इ॒षे त्वेति॑ ब॒र्॒हिरा द॑त्त इ॒च्छत॑ इव॒ ह्ये॑ष यो यज॑त उप॒वीर॒सीत्या॒होप॒ ह्ये॑नानाक॒रोत्युपो॑ दे॒वा-न्दैवी॒र्विशः॒ प्रागु॒रित्या॑ह॒ दैवी॒र्​ह्ये॑ता विशः॑ स॒तीर्दे॒वानु॑प॒यन्ति॒ वह्नी॑रु॒शिज॒ इत्या॑ह॒र्त्विजो॒ वै वह्न॑य उ॒शिज॒-स्तस्मा॑दे॒वमा॑ह॒ बृह॑स्पते धा॒रया॒ वसू॒नी- [वसू॒नीति॑, आ॒ह॒ ब्रह्म॒ वै] 32
    i̠ṣē tvēti̍ ba̠r̠hirā da̍tta i̠chChata̍ iva̠ hyē̍ṣa yō yaja̍ta upa̠vīra̠sītyā̠hōpa̠ hyē̍nānāka̠rōtyupō̍ dē̠vā-ndaivī̠rviśa̠ḥ prāgu̠rityā̍ha̠ daivī̠r​hyē̍tā viśa̍-ssa̠tīrdē̠vānu̍pa̠yanti̠ vahnī̍ru̠śija̠ ityā̍ha̠rtvijō̠ vai vahna̍ya u̠śija̠-stasmā̍dē̠vamā̍ha̠ bṛha̍spatē dhā̠rayā̠ vasū̠nī- [vasū̠nīti̍, ā̠ha̠ brahma̠ vai] 32
    meaning

    The soma vessels are placed in their positions — each vessel has its own deity and its own place in the ritual arrangement; misplacement would disorder the sacrifice.

  • verse 35
    -त्या॑ह॒ ब्रह्म॒ वै दे॒वाना॒-म्बृह॒स्पति॒ र्ब्रह्म॑णै॒वास्मै॑ प॒शूनव॑ रुन्धे ह॒व्या ते᳚ स्वदन्ता॒मित्या॑ह स्व॒दय॑त्ये॒वैना॒-न्देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्वसु॑ र॒ण्वेत्या॑ह॒ त्वष्टा॒ वै प॑शू॒ना-म्मि॑थु॒नानाग्ं॑ रूप॒कृ-द्रू॒पमे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति॒ रेव॑ती॒ रम॑द्ध्व॒मित्या॑ह प॒शवो॒ वै रे॒वतीः᳚ प॒शूने॒वास्मै॑ रमयति दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒व इति॑ [इति॑, र॒श॒नामा द॑त्ते॒] 33
    -tyā̍ha̠ brahma̠ vai dē̠vānā̠-mbṛha̠spati̠ rbrahma̍ṇai̠vāsmai̍ pa̠śūnava̍ rundhē ha̠vyā tē̎ svadantā̠mityā̍ha sva̠daya̍tyē̠vainā̠-ndēva̍ tvaṣṭa̠rvasu̍ ra̠ṇvētyā̍ha̠ tvaṣṭā̠ vai pa̍śū̠nā-mmi̍thu̠nānāgṃ̍ rūpa̠kṛ-drū̠pamē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti̠ rēva̍tī̠ rama̍ddhva̠mityā̍ha pa̠śavō̠ vai rē̠vatī̎ḥ pa̠śūnē̠vāsmai̍ ramayati dē̠vasya̍ tvā savi̠tuḥ pra̍sa̠va iti̍ [iti̍, ra̠śa̠nāmā da̍ttē̠] 33
    meaning

    The cups for the gods are prepared separately from those for the priests — the gods' portions are drawn first, the priests' after; this order preserves the priority of the divine.

  • verse 36
    रश॒नामा द॑त्ते॒ प्रसू᳚त्या अ॒श्विनो᳚र्बा॒हुभ्या॒-मित्या॑हा॒श्विनौ॒ हि दे॒वाना॑मद्ध्व॒र्यू आस्ता᳚-म्पू॒ष्णो हस्ता᳚भ्या॒मित्या॑ह॒ यत्या॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ त्वा देवहविः॒ पाशे॒ना-ऽऽ र॑भ॒ इत्या॑ह स॒त्यं-वाँ ऋ॒तग्ं स॒त्येनै॒वैन॑मृ॒तेना ऽऽर॑भते ऽक्ष्ण॒या परि॑ हरति॒ वद्ध्य॒ग्ं॒ हि प्र॒त्यञ्च॑-म्प्रति मु॒ञ्चन्ति॒ व्यावृ॑त्त्यै॒ धर्​षा॒ मानु॑षा॒निति॒ नि यु॑नक्ति॒ धृत्या॑ अ॒द्भ्य- [अ॒द्भ्यः, त्वौष॑धीभ्यः॒] 34
    raśa̠nāmā da̍ttē̠ prasū̎tyā a̠śvinō̎rbā̠hubhyā̠-mityā̍hā̠śvinau̠ hi dē̠vānā̍maddhva̠ryū āstā̎-mpū̠ṣṇō hastā̎bhyā̠mityā̍ha̠ yatyā̍ ṛ̠tasya̍ tvā dēvahavi̠ḥ pāśē̠nā-'' ra̍bha̠ ityā̍ha sa̠tyaṃ vā ṛ̠tagṃ sa̠tyēnai̠vaina̍mṛ̠tēnā ''ra̍bhatē 'kṣṇa̠yā pari̍ harati̠ vaddhya̠gṃ̠ hi pra̠tyañcha̍-mprati mu̠ñchanti̠ vyāvṛ̍ttyai̠ dhar​ṣā̠ mānu̍ṣā̠niti̠ ni yu̍nakti̠ dhṛtyā̍ a̠dbhya- [a̠dbhyaḥ, tvauṣa̍dhībhya̠ḥ] 34
    meaning

    The soma pressed at the morning pressing is the gods' share — the morning pressing is for the gods themselves; the priests and sacrificer drink later in the day.

  • verse 37
    -स्त्वौष॑धीभ्यः॒ प्रोक्षा॒मीत्या॑हा॒द्भ्यो ह्ये॑ष ओष॑धीभ्य-स्स॒भं​वँ॑ति॒ य-त्प॒शुर॒पा-म्पे॒रुर॒सीत्या॑है॒ष ह्य॑पा-म्पा॒ता यो मेधा॑या-ऽऽ र॒भ्यते᳚ स्वा॒त्त-ञ्चि॒-थ्सदे॑वग्ं ह॒व्यमापो॑ देवी॒-स्स्वद॑तैन॒मित्या॑ह स्व॒दय॑त्ये॒वैन॑-मु॒परि॑ष्टा॒-त्प्रोक्ष॑त्यु॒परि॑ष्टादे॒वैन॒-म्मेद्ध्य॑-ङ्करोति पा॒यय॑त्यन्तर॒त ए॒वैन॒-म्मेद्ध्य॑-ङ्करोत्य॒धस्ता॒दुपो᳚क्षति स॒र्वत॑ ए॒वैन॒-म्मेद्ध्य॑-ङ्करोति ॥ 35 ॥(वसू॒नीति॑-प्रस॒व इत्य॒-द्भ्यो᳚-ऽन्तर॒त ए॒वैनं॒ - दश॑ च) (अ. 6)
    -stvauṣa̍dhībhya̠ḥ prōkṣā̠mītyā̍hā̠dbhyō hyē̍ṣa ōṣa̍dhībhya-ssa̠bhaṃva̍ti̠ ya-tpa̠śura̠pā-mpē̠rura̠sītyā̍hai̠ṣa hya̍pā-mpā̠tā yō mēdhā̍yā-'' ra̠bhyatē̎ svā̠tta-ñchi̠-thsadē̍vagṃ ha̠vyamāpō̍ dēvī̠-ssvada̍taina̠mityā̍ha sva̠daya̍tyē̠vaina̍-mu̠pari̍ṣṭā̠-tprōkṣa̍tyu̠pari̍ṣṭādē̠vaina̠-mmēddhya̍-ṅkarōti pā̠yaya̍tyantara̠ta ē̠vaina̠-mmēddhya̍-ṅkarōtya̠dhastā̠dupō̎kṣati sa̠rvata̍ ē̠vaina̠-mmēddhya̍-ṅkarōti ॥ 35 ॥(vasū̠nīti̍-prasa̠va itya̠-dbhyō̎-'ntara̠ta ē̠vaina̠ṃ - daśa̍ cha) (a. 6)
    meaning

    The hotri recites while the soma flows — the simultaneous recitation and pressing unites word and substance; the sacred sound transforms the liquid into the divine drink.

  • verse 38
    अ॒ग्निना॒ वै होत्रा॑ दे॒वा असु॑रा-न॒भ्य॑भव-न्न॒ग्नये॑ समि॒द्ध्यमा॑ना॒यानु॑ ब्रू॒हीत्या॑ह॒ भ्रातृ॑व्याभिभूत्यै स॒प्तद॑श सामिधे॒नीरन्वा॑ह सप्तद॒शः प्र॒जाप॑तिः प्र॒जाप॑ते॒राप्त्यै॑ स॒प्तद॒शान्वा॑ह॒ द्वाद॑श॒ मासाः॒ पञ्च॒र्तव॒-स्स सं॑​वँथ्स॒र-स्सं॑​वँथ्स॒र-म्प्र॒जा अनु॒ प्रजा॑यन्ते प्र॒जाना᳚-म्प्र॒जन॑नाय दे॒वा वै सा॑मिधे॒नीर॒नूच्य॑ य॒ज्ञ-न्नान्व॑पश्य॒न्-थ्स प्र॒जाप॑ति-स्तू॒ष्णी-मा॑घा॒र- [-मा॑घा॒रम्, आ ऽघा॑रय॒-त्ततो॒ वै] 36
    a̠gninā̠ vai hōtrā̍ dē̠vā asu̍rā-na̠bhya̍bhava-nna̠gnayē̍ sami̠ddhyamā̍nā̠yānu̍ brū̠hītyā̍ha̠ bhrātṛ̍vyābhibhūtyai sa̠ptada̍śa sāmidhē̠nīranvā̍ha saptada̠śaḥ pra̠jāpa̍tiḥ pra̠jāpa̍tē̠rāptyai̍ sa̠ptada̠śānvā̍ha̠ dvāda̍śa̠ māsā̠ḥ pañcha̠rtava̠-ssa sa̍ṃvathsa̠ra-ssa̍ṃvathsa̠ra-mpra̠jā anu̠ prajā̍yantē pra̠jānā̎-mpra̠jana̍nāya dē̠vā vai sā̍midhē̠nīra̠nūchya̍ ya̠jña-nnānva̍paśya̠n-thsa pra̠jāpa̍ti-stū̠ṣṇī-mā̍ghā̠ra- [-mā̍ghā̠ram, ā 'ghā̍raya̠-ttatō̠ vai] 36
    meaning

    The soma is offered into the fire — what the fire accepts is transformed; even the soma drink has a portion that goes into the fire for the cosmic order.

  • verse 39
    -मा ऽघा॑रय॒-त्ततो॒ वै दे॒वा य॒ज्ञमन्व॑पश्य॒न्॒. य-त्तू॒ष्णी-मा॑घा॒र-मा॑घा॒रय॑ति य॒ज्ञस्यानु॑ख्यात्या॒ असु॑रेषु॒ वै य॒ज्ञ आ॑सी॒-त्त-न्दे॒वास्तू᳚ष्णीग्ं हो॒मेना॑वृञ्जत॒ य-त्तू॒ष्णी-मा॑घा॒र-मा॑घा॒रय॑ति॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्यै॒ व त-द्य॒ज्ञं-वृँ॑ङ्क्ते परि॒धी॑न्-थ्स-म्मा᳚र्​ष्टि पु॒नात्ये॒वैना॒-न्त्रिस्त्रि॒-स्स-म्मा᳚र्​ष्टि॒ त्र्या॑वृ॒द्धि य॒ज्ञो-ऽथो॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्यै॒ द्वाद॑श॒ स-म्प॑द्यन्ते॒ द्वाद॑श॒ [द्वाद॑श, मासा᳚-स्सं​वँथ्स॒र-] 37
    -mā 'ghā̍raya̠-ttatō̠ vai dē̠vā ya̠jñamanva̍paśya̠n̠. ya-ttū̠ṣṇī-mā̍ghā̠ra-mā̍ghā̠raya̍ti ya̠jñasyānu̍khyātyā̠ asu̍rēṣu̠ vai ya̠jña ā̍sī̠-tta-ndē̠vāstū̎ṣṇīgṃ hō̠mēnā̍vṛñjata̠ ya-ttū̠ṣṇī-mā̍ghā̠ra-mā̍ghā̠raya̍ti̠ bhrātṛ̍vyasyai̠ va ta-dya̠jñaṃ vṛ̍ṅktē pari̠dhī̍n-thsa-mmā̎r​ṣṭi pu̠nātyē̠vainā̠-ntristri̠-ssa-mmā̎r​ṣṭi̠ tryā̍vṛ̠ddhi ya̠jñō-'thō̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyai̠ dvāda̍śa̠ sa-mpa̍dyantē̠ dvāda̍śa̠ [dvāda̍śa, māsā̎-ssaṃvathsa̠ra-] 37
    meaning

    The grahas (cups) are drawn in the proper sequence — each cup has its deity, its priest, and its time; following the sequence maintains the integrity of the soma ceremony.

  • verse 40
    मासा᳚-स्सं​वँथ्स॒र-स्सं॑​वँथ्स॒रमे॒व प्री॑णा॒त्यथो॑ सं​वँथ्स॒रमे॒वास्मा॒ उप॑ दधाति सुव॒र्गस्य॑ लो॒कस्य॒ सम॑ष्ट्यै॒ शिरो॒ वा ए॒त-द्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ यदा॑घा॒रो᳚-ऽग्नि-स्सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॒ यदा॑घा॒र-मा॑घा॒रय॑ति शीर्​ष॒त ए॒व य॒ज्ञस्य॒ यज॑मान॒-स्सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॒ अव॑ रुन्धे॒ शिरो॒ वा ए॒त-द्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ यदा॑घा॒र आ॒त्मा प॒शुरा॑घा॒रमा॒घार्य॑ प॒शुग्ं सम॑नक्त्या॒त्मन्ने॒व य॒ज्ञस्य॒ [य॒ज्ञस्य॑, शिरः॒ प्रति॑ दधाति॒] 38
    māsā̎-ssaṃvathsa̠ra-ssa̍ṃvathsa̠ramē̠va prī̍ṇā̠tyathō̍ saṃvathsa̠ramē̠vāsmā̠ upa̍ dadhāti suva̠rgasya̍ lō̠kasya̠ sama̍ṣṭyai̠ śirō̠ vā ē̠ta-dya̠jñasya̠ yadā̍ghā̠rō̎-'gni-ssarvā̍ dē̠vatā̠ yadā̍ghā̠ra-mā̍ghā̠raya̍ti śīr​ṣa̠ta ē̠va ya̠jñasya̠ yaja̍māna̠-ssarvā̍ dē̠vatā̠ ava̍ rundhē̠ śirō̠ vā ē̠ta-dya̠jñasya̠ yadā̍ghā̠ra ā̠tmā pa̠śurā̍ghā̠ramā̠ghārya̍ pa̠śugṃ sama̍naktyā̠tmannē̠va ya̠jñasya̠ [ya̠jñasya̍, śira̠ḥ prati̍ dadhāti̠] 38
    meaning

    The patnivata soma is drawn for the wives of the gods — the gods' wives have their share just as the gods do; this drawing completes the offering to the full divine family.

  • verse 41
    शिरः॒ प्रति॑ दधाति॒ स-न्ते᳚ प्रा॒णो वा॒युना॑ गच्छता॒मित्या॑ह वायुदेव॒त्यो॑ वै प्रा॒णो वा॒यावे॒वास्य॑ प्रा॒ण-ञ्जु॑होति॒ सं-यँज॑त्रै॒रङ्गा॑नि॒ सं-यँ॒ज्ञप॑तिरा॒शिषेत्या॑ह य॒ज्ञप॑तिमे॒वास्या॒-ऽऽशिष॑-ङ्गमयति वि॒श्वरू॑पो॒ वै त्वा॒ष्ट्र उ॒परि॑ष्टा-त्प॒शुम॒भ्य॑वमी॒-त्तस्मा॑-दु॒परि॑ष्टा-त्प॒शोर्नाव॑ द्यन्ति॒ यदु॒परि॑ष्टा-त्प॒शुग्ं स॑म॒नक्ति॒ मेद्ध्य॑मे॒वै- [मेद्ध्य॑मे॒व, ए॒न॒-ङ्क॒रो॒त्यृ॒त्विजो॑] 39
    śira̠ḥ prati̍ dadhāti̠ sa-ntē̎ prā̠ṇō vā̠yunā̍ gachChatā̠mityā̍ha vāyudēva̠tyō̍ vai prā̠ṇō vā̠yāvē̠vāsya̍ prā̠ṇa-ñju̍hōti̠ saṃ yaja̍trai̠raṅgā̍ni̠ saṃ ya̠jñapa̍tirā̠śiṣētyā̍ha ya̠jñapa̍timē̠vāsyā̠-''śiṣa̍-ṅgamayati vi̠śvarū̍pō̠ vai tvā̠ṣṭra u̠pari̍ṣṭā-tpa̠śuma̠bhya̍vamī̠-ttasmā̍-du̠pari̍ṣṭā-tpa̠śōrnāva̍ dyanti̠ yadu̠pari̍ṣṭā-tpa̠śugṃ sa̍ma̠nakti̠ mēddhya̍mē̠vai- [mēddhya̍mē̠va, ē̠na̠-ṅka̠rō̠tyṛ̠tvijō̍] 39
    meaning

    The soma is consecrated with mantras as it is drawn — the mantras identify the soma with the deity for whom it is drawn; without the mantras the liquid is just a plant juice.

  • verse 42
    -न॑-ङ्करोत्यृ॒त्विजो॑ वृणीते॒ छन्दाग्॑स्ये॒व वृ॑णीते स॒प्त वृ॑णीते स॒प्त ग्रा॒म्याः प॒शवः॑ स॒प्ता-ऽऽर॒ण्या-स्स॒प्त छन्दाग्॑स्यु॒भय॒स्या व॑रुद्ध्या॒ एका॑दश प्रया॒जान्. य॑जति॒ दश॒ वै प॒शोः प्रा॒णा आ॒त्मैका॑द॒शो यावा॑ने॒व प॒शुस्त-म्प्र य॑जति व॒पामेकः॒ परि॑ शय आ॒त्मैवा-ऽऽत्मान॒-म्परि॑ शये॒ वज्रो॒ वै स्वधि॑ति॒र्वज्रो॑ यूपशक॒लो घृ॒त-ङ्खलु॒ वै दे॒वा वज्र॑-ङ्कृ॒त्वा सोम॑मघ्न-न्घृ॒तेना॒क्तौ प॒शु-न्त्रा॑येथा॒मित्या॑ह॒ वज्रे॑णै॒वैनं॒-वँशे॑ कृ॒त्वा-ऽऽल॑भते ॥ 40 ॥(आ॒घा॒रं - प॑द्यन्ते॒ द्वाद॑शा॒ - ऽऽत्मन्ने॒व य॒ज्ञस्य॒ - मेध्य॑मे॒व - खलु॒ वा - अ॒ष्टाद॑श च) (अ. 7)
    -na̍-ṅkarōtyṛ̠tvijō̍ vṛṇītē̠ Chandāg̍syē̠va vṛ̍ṇītē sa̠pta vṛ̍ṇītē sa̠pta grā̠myāḥ pa̠śava̍-ssa̠ptā-''ra̠ṇyā-ssa̠pta Chandāg̍syu̠bhaya̠syā va̍ruddhyā̠ ēkā̍daśa prayā̠jān. ya̍jati̠ daśa̠ vai pa̠śōḥ prā̠ṇā ā̠tmaikā̍da̠śō yāvā̍nē̠va pa̠śusta-mpra ya̍jati va̠pāmēka̠ḥ pari̍ śaya ā̠tmaivā-''tmāna̠-mpari̍ śayē̠ vajrō̠ vai svadhi̍ti̠rvajrō̍ yūpaśaka̠lō ghṛ̠ta-ṅkhalu̠ vai dē̠vā vajra̍-ṅkṛ̠tvā sōma̍maghna-nghṛ̠tēnā̠ktau pa̠śu-ntrā̍yēthā̠mityā̍ha̠ vajrē̍ṇai̠vaina̠ṃ vaśē̍ kṛ̠tvā-''la̍bhatē ॥ 40 ॥(ā̠ghā̠raṃ - pa̍dyantē̠ dvāda̍śā̠ - ''tmannē̠va ya̠jñasya̠ - mēdhya̍mē̠va - khalu̠ vā - a̠ṣṭāda̍śa cha) (a. 7)
    meaning

    The sacrificer partakes of the soma — having offered to the gods the sacrificer takes his rightful share; the drinking seals the relationship between human and divine.

  • verse 43
    पर्य॑ग्नि करोति सर्व॒हुत॑मे॒वैन॑-ङ्करो॒त्य-स्क॑न्दा॒या-स्क॑न्न॒ग्ं॒ हि त-द्य-द्धु॒तस्य॒ स्कन्द॑ति॒ त्रिः पर्य॑ग्नि करोति॒ त्र्या॑वृ॒द्धि य॒ज्ञो-ऽथो॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्यै ब्रह्मवा॒दिनो॑ वदन्त्यन्वा॒रभ्यः॑ प॒शू(3)-र्नान्वा॒रभ्या(3) इति॑ मृ॒त्यवे॒ वा ए॒ष नी॑यते॒ य-त्प॒शुस्तं-यँद॑न्वा॒रभे॑त प्र॒मायु॑को॒ यज॑मान-स्स्या॒दथो॒ खल्वा॑हु-स्सुव॒र्गाय॒ वा ए॒ष लो॒काय॑ नीयते॒ य- [यत्, प॒शुरिति॒] 41
    parya̍gni karōti sarva̠huta̍mē̠vaina̍-ṅkarō̠tya-ska̍ndā̠yā-ska̍nna̠gṃ̠ hi ta-dya-ddhu̠tasya̠ skanda̍ti̠ triḥ parya̍gni karōti̠ tryā̍vṛ̠ddhi ya̠jñō-'thō̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyai brahmavā̠dinō̍ vadantyanvā̠rabhya̍ḥ pa̠śū(3)-rnānvā̠rabhyā(3) iti̍ mṛ̠tyavē̠ vā ē̠ṣa nī̍yatē̠ ya-tpa̠śustaṃ yada̍nvā̠rabhē̍ta pra̠māyu̍kō̠ yaja̍māna-ssyā̠dathō̠ khalvā̍hu-ssuva̠rgāya̠ vā ē̠ṣa lō̠kāya̍ nīyatē̠ ya- [yat, pa̠śuriti̠] 41
    meaning

    The fire vessels are properly tended after the soma offering — the fires must be maintained for they are the gods' mouths; through proper tending the fires remain pure and effective.

  • verse 44
    -त्प॒शुरिति॒ यन्नान्वा॒रभे॑त सुव॒र्गाल्लो॒का-द्यज॑मानो हीयेत वपा॒श्रप॑णीभ्या-म॒न्वार॑भते॒ तन्नेवा॒न्वार॑ब्ध॒-न्नेवान॑न्वारब्ध॒मुप॒ प्रेष्य॑ होतर्​ह॒व्या दे॒वेभ्य॒ इत्या॑हेषि॒तग्ं हि कर्म॑ क्रि॒यते॒ रेव॑तीर्य॒ज्ञप॑ति-म्प्रिय॒धा ऽऽवि॑श॒तेत्या॑ह यथाय॒जुरे॒वैतद॒ग्निना॑ पु॒रस्ता॑देति॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्यै पृथि॒व्या-स्स॒पृञ्चः॑ पा॒हीति॑ ब॒र्॒हि- [ब॒र्॒हिः, उपा᳚-ऽस्य॒त्य-स्क॑न्दा॒या-] 42
    -tpa̠śuriti̠ yannānvā̠rabhē̍ta suva̠rgāllō̠kā-dyaja̍mānō hīyēta vapā̠śrapa̍ṇībhyā-ma̠nvāra̍bhatē̠ tannēvā̠nvāra̍bdha̠-nnēvāna̍nvārabdha̠mupa̠ prēṣya̍ hōtar​ha̠vyā dē̠vēbhya̠ ityā̍hēṣi̠tagṃ hi karma̍ kri̠yatē̠ rēva̍tīrya̠jñapa̍ti-mpriya̠dhā ''vi̍śa̠tētyā̍ha yathāya̠jurē̠vaitada̠gninā̍ pu̠rastā̍dēti̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyai pṛthi̠vyā-ssa̠pṛñcha̍ḥ pā̠hīti̍ ba̠r̠hi- [ba̠r̠hiḥ, upā̎-'sya̠tya-ska̍ndā̠yā-] 42
    meaning

    The evening soma pressing completes the day — the three pressings divide the divine drink across morning, noon, and evening; the evening pressing closes the sacrificial day.

  • verse 45
    -रुपा᳚-ऽस्य॒त्य-स्क॑न्दा॒या-स्क॑न्न॒ग्ं॒ हि त-द्य-द्ब॒र्॒हिषि॒ स्कन्द॒त्यथो॑ बर्​हि॒षद॑मे॒वैन॑-ङ्करोति॒ परां॒आ व॑र्तते-ऽद्ध्व॒र्युः प॒शो-स्स᳚ज्ञ॒म्प्यमा॑ना-त्प॒शुभ्य॑ ए॒व तन्नि ह्नु॑त आ॒त्मनो-ऽना᳚व्रस्काय॒ गच्छ॑ति॒ श्रिय॒-म्प्र प॒शूना᳚प्नोति॒ य ए॒वं-वेँद॑ प॒श्चाल्लो॑का॒ वा ए॒षा प्राच्यु॒दानी॑यते॒ य-त्पत्नी॒ नम॑स्त आता॒नेत्या॑हा-ऽऽदि॒त्यस्य॒ वै र॒श्मय॑ [र॒श्मयः॑, आ॒ता॒नास्तेभ्य॑] 43
    -rupā̎-'sya̠tya-ska̍ndā̠yā-ska̍nna̠gṃ̠ hi ta-dya-dba̠r̠hiṣi̠ skanda̠tyathō̍ bar​hi̠ṣada̍mē̠vaina̍-ṅkarōti̠ parā̠ṃā va̍rtatē-'ddhva̠ryuḥ pa̠śō-ssa̎jña̠mpyamā̍nā-tpa̠śubhya̍ ē̠va tanni hnu̍ta ā̠tmanō-'nā̎vraskāya̠ gachCha̍ti̠ śriya̠-mpra pa̠śūnā̎pnōti̠ ya ē̠vaṃ vēda̍ pa̠śchāllō̍kā̠ vā ē̠ṣā prāchyu̠dānī̍yatē̠ ya-tpatnī̠ nama̍sta ātā̠nētyā̍hā-''di̠tyasya̠ vai ra̠śmaya̍ [ra̠śmaya̍ḥ, ā̠tā̠nāstēbhya̍] 43
    meaning

    The final oblations are offered — after the soma pressings certain additional offerings conclude the day's ceremony and satisfy all deities who were invoked.

  • verse 46
    आता॒नास्तेभ्य॑ ए॒व नम॑स्करोत्यन॒र्वा प्रेहीत्या॑ह॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यो॒ वा अर्वा॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यापनुत्त्यै घृ॒तस्य॑ कु॒ल्यामनु॑ स॒ह प्र॒जया॑ स॒ह रा॒यस्पोषे॒णे-त्या॑हा॒ ऽऽशिष॑मे॒वैतामा शा᳚स्त॒ आपो॑ देवी-श्शुद्धायुव॒ इत्या॑ह यथाय॒जुरे॒वैतत् ॥ 44 ॥(लो॒काय॑ नीयते॒ य-द्- ब॒र॒ःई - र॒श्मयः॑ - स॒प्तत्रिग्ं॑शच्च) (अ. 8)
    ātā̠nāstēbhya̍ ē̠va nama̍skarōtyana̠rvā prēhītyā̍ha̠ bhrātṛ̍vyō̠ vā arvā̠ bhrātṛ̍vyāpanuttyai ghṛ̠tasya̍ ku̠lyāmanu̍ sa̠ha pra̠jayā̍ sa̠ha rā̠yaspōṣē̠ṇē-tyā̍hā̠ ''śiṣa̍mē̠vaitāmā śā̎sta̠ āpō̍ dēvī-śśuddhāyuva̠ ityā̍ha yathāya̠jurē̠vaitat ॥ 44 ॥(lō̠kāya̍ nīyatē̠ ya-d- ba̠ra̠.hī - ra̠śmaya̍ḥ - sa̠ptatrigṃ̍śachcha) (a. 8)
    meaning

    The brahmin priests receive their proper shares — the four main priests are entitled to specific portions; distributing their shares completes the human side of the transaction.

  • verse 47
    प॒शोर्वा आल॑ब्धस्य प्रा॒णाञ्छुगृ॑च्छति॒ वाक्त॒ आ प्या॑यता-म्प्रा॒णस्त॒ आ प्या॑यता॒मित्या॑ह प्रा॒णेभ्य॑ ए॒वास्य॒ शुचग्ं॑ शमयति॒ सा प्रा॒णेभ्यो-ऽधि॑ पृथि॒वीग्ं शु-क्प्र वि॑शति॒ शमहो᳚भ्या॒मिति॒ नि न॑यत्यहोरा॒त्राभ्या॑मे॒व पृ॑थि॒व्यै शुचग्ं॑ शमय॒त्योष॑धे॒ त्रा॑यस्वैन॒ग्ग्॒ स्वधि॑ते॒ मैनग्ं॑ हिग्ंसी॒रित्या॑ह॒ वज्रो॒ वै स्वधि॑ति॒- [स्वधि॑तिः, शान्त्यै॑ पार्​श्व॒त] 45
    pa̠śōrvā āla̍bdhasya prā̠ṇāñChugṛ̍chChati̠ vākta̠ ā pyā̍yatā-mprā̠ṇasta̠ ā pyā̍yatā̠mityā̍ha prā̠ṇēbhya̍ ē̠vāsya̠ śuchagṃ̍ śamayati̠ sā prā̠ṇēbhyō-'dhi̍ pṛthi̠vīgṃ śu-kpra vi̍śati̠ śamahō̎bhyā̠miti̠ ni na̍yatyahōrā̠trābhyā̍mē̠va pṛ̍thi̠vyai śuchagṃ̍ śamaya̠tyōṣa̍dhē̠ trā̍yasvaina̠gg̠ svadhi̍tē̠ mainagṃ̍ higṃsī̠rityā̍ha̠ vajrō̠ vai svadhi̍ti̠- [svadhi̍tiḥ, śāntyai̍ pār​śva̠ta] 45
    meaning

    The sacrificer offers the concluding prayers — at day's end the sacrificer acknowledges the divine help received and prays for the fruits of the sacrifice.

  • verse 48
    -श्शान्त्यै॑ पार्​श्व॒त आ च्छ्य॑ति मद्ध्य॒तो हि म॑नु॒ष्या॑ आ॒ च्छ्यन्ति॑ तिर॒श्चीन॒मा च्छ्य॑त्यनू॒चीन॒ग्ं॒ हि म॑नु॒ष्या॑ आ॒च्छ्यन्ति॒ व्यावृ॑त्त्यै॒ रक्ष॑सा-म्भा॒गो॑-ऽसीति॑ स्थविम॒तो ब॒र्॒हिर॒क्त्वा-ऽपा᳚स्यत्य॒स्नैव रक्षाग्ं॑सि नि॒रव॑दयत इ॒दम॒हग्ं रक्षो॑-ऽध॒म-न्तमो॑ नयामि॒ यो᳚-ऽस्मा-न्द्वेष्टि॒ य-ञ्च॑ व॒य-न्द्वि॒ष्म इत्या॑ह॒ द्वौ वाव पुरु॑षौ॒ य-ञ्चै॒व [ ] 46
    -śśāntyai̍ pār​śva̠ta ā chChya̍ti maddhya̠tō hi ma̍nu̠ṣyā̍ ā̠ chChyanti̍ tira̠śchīna̠mā chChya̍tyanū̠chīna̠gṃ̠ hi ma̍nu̠ṣyā̍ ā̠chChyanti̠ vyāvṛ̍ttyai̠ rakṣa̍sā-mbhā̠gō̍-'sīti̍ sthavima̠tō ba̠r̠hira̠ktvā-'pā̎syatya̠snaiva rakṣāgṃ̍si ni̠rava̍dayata i̠dama̠hagṃ rakṣō̍-'dha̠ma-ntamō̍ nayāmi̠ yō̎-'smā-ndvēṣṭi̠ ya-ñcha̍ va̠ya-ndvi̠ṣma ityā̍ha̠ dvau vāva puru̍ṣau̠ ya-ñchai̠va [ ] 46
    meaning

    The sacred fires are properly arranged for the night — the fires are never allowed to go out; their maintenance overnight protects the sacred space until the next day's rites.

  • verse 49
    द्वेष्टि॒ यश्चै॑न॒-न्द्वेष्टि॒ तावु॒भाव॑ध॒म-न्तमो॑ नयती॒षे त्वेति॑ व॒पामुत्खि॑दती॒च्छत॑ इव॒ ह्ये॑ष यो यज॑ते॒ यदु॑पतृ॒न्द्या-द्रु॒द्रो᳚-ऽस्य प॒शू-न्घातु॑क-स्स्या॒-द्यन्नोप॑तृ॒न्द्या-दय॑ता स्या-द॒न्ययो॑पतृ॒णत्त्य॒न्यया॒ न धृत्यै॑ घृ॒तेन॑ द्यावापृथिवी॒ प्रोर्ण्वा॑था॒मित्या॑ह॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ए॒व रसे॑नान॒क्त्यच्छि॑न्नो॒ [रसे॑नान॒क्त्यच्छि॑न्नः, रायः॑ सु॒वीर॒] 47
    dvēṣṭi̠ yaśchai̍na̠-ndvēṣṭi̠ tāvu̠bhāva̍dha̠ma-ntamō̍ nayatī̠ṣē tvēti̍ va̠pāmutkhi̍datī̠chChata̍ iva̠ hyē̍ṣa yō yaja̍tē̠ yadu̍patṛ̠ndyā-dru̠drō̎-'sya pa̠śū-nghātu̍ka-ssyā̠-dyannōpa̍tṛ̠ndyā-daya̍tā syā-da̠nyayō̍patṛ̠ṇattya̠nyayā̠ na dhṛtyai̍ ghṛ̠tēna̍ dyāvāpṛthivī̠ prōrṇvā̍thā̠mityā̍ha̠ dyāvā̍pṛthi̠vī ē̠va rasē̍nāna̠ktyachChi̍nnō̠ [rasē̍nāna̠ktyachChi̍nnaḥ, rāya̍-ssu̠vīra̠] 47
    meaning

    He performs the night-long vigil — keeping vigil through the night preserves the sacred state initiated at the upavasatha; it prevents contamination before the final soma day.

  • verse 50
    रायः॑ सु॒वीर॒ इत्या॑ह यथाय॒जुरे॒वैत-त्क्रू॒रमि॑व॒ वा ए॒त-त्क॑रोति॒ य-द्व॒पा-मु॑त्खि॒द-त्यु॒र्व॑न्तरि॑क्ष॒-मन्वि॒हीत्या॑ह॒ शान्त्यै॒ प्र वा ए॒षो᳚-ऽस्माल्लो॒काच्च्य॑वते॒ यः प॒शु-म्मृ॒त्यवे॑ नी॒यमा॑नमन्वा॒रभ॑ते वपा॒श्रप॑णी॒ पुन॑र॒न्वार॑भते॒-ऽस्मिन्ने॒व लो॒के प्रति॑ तिष्ठत्य॒ग्निना॑ पु॒रस्ता॑देति॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्या॒ अथो॑ दे॒वता॑ ए॒व ह॒व्येना- [ए॒व ह॒व्येन॑, अन्वे॑ति॒] 48
    rāya̍-ssu̠vīra̠ ityā̍ha yathāya̠jurē̠vaita-tkrū̠rami̍va̠ vā ē̠ta-tka̍rōti̠ ya-dva̠pā-mu̍tkhi̠da-tyu̠rva̍ntari̍kṣa̠-manvi̠hītyā̍ha̠ śāntyai̠ pra vā ē̠ṣō̎-'smāllō̠kāchchya̍vatē̠ yaḥ pa̠śu-mmṛ̠tyavē̍ nī̠yamā̍namanvā̠rabha̍tē vapā̠śrapa̍ṇī̠ puna̍ra̠nvāra̍bhatē̠-'sminnē̠va lō̠kē prati̍ tiṣṭhatya̠gninā̍ pu̠rastā̍dēti̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyā̠ athō̍ dē̠vatā̍ ē̠va ha̠vyēnā- [ē̠va ha̠vyēna̍, anvē̍ti̠] 48
    meaning

    The morning rituals of the soma day are performed — the day begins with the morning pressings and the first oblations before full sunrise.

  • verse 51
    -न्वे॑ति॒ नान्त॒ममङ्गा॑र॒मति॑ हरे॒-द्यद॑न्त॒ममङ्गा॑रमति॒ हरे᳚-द्दे॒वता॒ अति॑ मन्येत॒ वायो॒ वीहि॑ स्तो॒काना॒मित्या॑ह॒ तस्मा॒-द्विभ॑क्ता-स्स्तो॒का अव॑ पद्य॒न्ते-ऽग्रं॒-वाँ ए॒त-त्प॑शू॒नां-यँ-द्व॒पा-ऽग्र॒मोष॑धीना-म्ब॒र्॒हिरग्रे॑णै॒वाग्र॒ग्ं॒ सम॑र्धय॒त्यथो॒ ओष॑धीष्वे॒व प॒शू-न्प्रति॑ष्ठापयति॒ स्वाहा॑कृतीभ्यः॒ प्रेष्येत्या॑ह [ ] 49
    -nvē̍ti̠ nānta̠mamaṅgā̍ra̠mati̍ harē̠-dyada̍nta̠mamaṅgā̍ramati̠ harē̎-ddē̠vatā̠ ati̍ manyēta̠ vāyō̠ vīhi̍ stō̠kānā̠mityā̍ha̠ tasmā̠-dvibha̍ktā-sstō̠kā ava̍ padya̠ntē-'gra̠ṃ vā ē̠ta-tpa̍śū̠nāṃ ya-dva̠pā-'gra̠mōṣa̍dhīnā-mba̠r̠hiragrē̍ṇai̠vāgra̠gṃ̠ sama̍rdhaya̠tyathō̠ ōṣa̍dhīṣvē̠va pa̠śū-nprati̍ṣṭhāpayati̠ svāhā̍kṛtībhya̠ḥ prēṣyētyā̍ha [ ] 49
    meaning

    The noon pressing is performed at midday — the noon pressing is the highest of the three daily soma pressings; it is Indra's portion and the peak of the day's sacrifice.

  • verse 52
    य॒ज्ञस्य॒ समि॑ष्ट्यै प्राणापा॒नौ वा ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नां-यँ-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्यमा॒त्मा व॒पा पृ॑षदा॒ज्यम॑भि॒घार्य॑ व॒पाम॒भि घा॑रयत्या॒त्मन्ने॒व प॑शू॒ना-म्प्रा॑णापा॒नौ द॑धाति॒ स्वाहो॒र्ध्वन॑भस-म्मारु॒त-ङ्ग॑च्छत॒मित्या॑हो॒र्ध्वन॑भा ह स्म॒ वै मा॑रु॒तो दे॒वानां᳚-वँपा॒श्रप॑णी॒ प्र ह॑रति॒ तेनै॒वैने॒ प्र ह॑रति॒ विषू॑ची॒ प्र ह॑रति॒ तस्मा॒-द्विष्व॑ञ्चौ प्राणापा॒नौ ॥ 50 ॥(स्वधि॑ति - श्चै॒वा - च्छि॑न्नो - ह॒व्येने॒ - ष्येत्या॑ह॒ - षट्च॑त्वारिग्ंशच्च) (अ. 9)
    ya̠jñasya̠ sami̍ṣṭyai prāṇāpā̠nau vā ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nāṃ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyamā̠tmā va̠pā pṛ̍ṣadā̠jyama̍bhi̠ghārya̍ va̠pāma̠bhi ghā̍rayatyā̠tmannē̠va pa̍śū̠nā-mprā̍ṇāpā̠nau da̍dhāti̠ svāhō̠rdhvana̍bhasa-mmāru̠ta-ṅga̍chChata̠mityā̍hō̠rdhvana̍bhā ha sma̠ vai mā̍ru̠tō dē̠vānā̎ṃ vapā̠śrapa̍ṇī̠ pra ha̍rati̠ tēnai̠vainē̠ pra ha̍rati̠ viṣū̍chī̠ pra ha̍rati̠ tasmā̠-dviṣva̍ñchau prāṇāpā̠nau ॥ 50 ॥(svadhi̍ti - śchai̠vā - chChi̍nnō - ha̠vyēnē̠ - ṣyētyā̍ha̠ - ṣaṭcha̍tvārigṃśachcha) (a. 9)
    meaning

    The afternoon rites are concluded — after the noon pressing the afternoon rites wind down the day's ceremony and prepare for the final evening pressing.

  • verse 53
    प॒शुमा॒लभ्य॑ पुरो॒डाश॒-न्निर्व॑पति॒ समे॑धमे॒वैन॒मा ल॑भते व॒पया᳚ प्र॒चर्य॑ पुरो॒डाशे॑न॒ प्र च॑र॒त्यूर्ग्वै पु॑रो॒डाश॒ ऊर्ज॑मे॒व प॑शू॒ना-म्म॑द्ध्य॒तो द॑धा॒त्यथो॑ प॒शोरे॒व छि॒द्रमपि॑ दधाति पृषदा॒ज्यस्यो॑प॒हत्य॒ त्रिः पृ॑च्छति शृ॒तग्ं ह॒वी(3)-श्श॑मित॒रिति॒ त्रिष॑त्या॒ हि दे॒वा यो-ऽशृ॑तग्ं शृ॒तमाह॒ स एन॑सा प्राणापा॒नौ वा ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नां- [ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नाम्, य-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्य-म्प॒शोः] 51
    pa̠śumā̠labhya̍ purō̠ḍāśa̠-nnirva̍pati̠ samē̍dhamē̠vaina̠mā la̍bhatē va̠payā̎ pra̠charya̍ purō̠ḍāśē̍na̠ pra cha̍ra̠tyūrgvai pu̍rō̠ḍāśa̠ ūrja̍mē̠va pa̍śū̠nā-mma̍ddhya̠tō da̍dhā̠tyathō̍ pa̠śōrē̠va Chi̠dramapi̍ dadhāti pṛṣadā̠jyasyō̍pa̠hatya̠ triḥ pṛ̍chChati śṛ̠tagṃ ha̠vī(3)-śśa̍mita̠riti̠ triṣa̍tyā̠ hi dē̠vā yō-'śṛ̍tagṃ śṛ̠tamāha̠ sa ēna̍sā prāṇāpā̠nau vā ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nāṃ- [ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nām, ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jya-mpa̠śōḥ] 51
    meaning

    The avabritha bath takes place at the conclusion — the purifying bath in water dissolves the ritual state; the sacrificer returns to ordinary life having gained the merit of the soma sacrifice.

  • verse 54
    -ँय-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्य-म्प॒शोः खलु॒ वा आल॑ब्धस्य॒ हृद॑यमा॒त्मा-ऽभि समे॑ति॒ य-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्येन॒ हृद॑य-मभिघा॒रय॑त्या॒त्मन्ने॒व प॑शू॒ना-म्प्रा॑णापा॒नौ द॑धाति प॒शुना॒ वै दे॒वा-स्सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒कमा॑य॒-न्ते॑-ऽमन्यन्त मनु॒ष्या॑ नो॒-ऽन्वाभ॑विष्य॒न्तीति॒ तस्य॒ शिरः॑ छि॒त्त्वा मेध॒-म्प्राक्षा॑रय॒न्​थ्स प्र॒क्षो॑-ऽभव॒-त्त-त्प्र॒क्षस्य॑ प्रक्ष॒त्वं-यँ-त्प्ल॑क्षशा॒खो-त्त॑रब॒र्॒हि-र्भव॑ति॒ समे॑धस्यै॒व [ ] 52
    -ँya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jya-mpa̠śōḥ khalu̠ vā āla̍bdhasya̠ hṛda̍yamā̠tmā-'bhi samē̍ti̠ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyēna̠ hṛda̍ya-mabhighā̠raya̍tyā̠tmannē̠va pa̍śū̠nā-mprā̍ṇāpā̠nau da̍dhāti pa̠śunā̠ vai dē̠vā-ssu̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠kamā̍ya̠-ntē̍-'manyanta manu̠ṣyā̍ nō̠-'nvābha̍viṣya̠ntīti̠ tasya̠ śira̍-śChi̠ttvā mēdha̠-mprākṣā̍raya̠n​thsa pra̠kṣō̍-'bhava̠-tta-tpra̠kṣasya̍ prakṣa̠tvaṃ ya-tpla̍kṣaśā̠khō-tta̍raba̠r̠hi-rbhava̍ti̠ samē̍dhasyai̠va [ ] 52
    meaning

    The dakshinas and gifts are distributed — at the avabritha the full set of ritual fees are given to all the officiating priests as compensation for their sacred labour.

  • verse 55
    प॒शोरव॑ द्यति प॒शुं-वैँ ह्रि॒यमा॑ण॒ग्ं॒ रक्षा॒ग्॒स्यनु॑ सचन्ते-ऽन्त॒रा यूप॑-ञ्चा-ऽऽहव॒नीय॑-ञ्च हरति॒ रक्ष॑सा॒मप॑हत्यै प॒शोर्वा आल॑ब्धस्य॒ मनो-ऽप॑ क्रामति म॒नोता॑यै ह॒विषो॑-ऽवदी॒यमा॑न॒स्यानु॑ ब्रू॒हीत्या॑ह॒ मन॑ ए॒वास्याव॑ रुन्ध॒ एका॑दशाव॒दाना॒न्यव॑ द्यति॒ दश॒ वै प॒शोः प्रा॒णा आ॒त्मैका॑द॒शो यावा॑ने॒व प॒शुस्तस्या-ऽव॑- [प॒शुस्तस्या-ऽव॑, द्य॒ति॒ हृद॑य॒स्या-] 53
    pa̠śōrava̍ dyati pa̠śuṃ vai hri̠yamā̍ṇa̠gṃ̠ rakṣā̠g̠syanu̍ sachantē-'nta̠rā yūpa̍-ñchā-''hava̠nīya̍-ñcha harati̠ rakṣa̍sā̠mapa̍hatyai pa̠śōrvā āla̍bdhasya̠ manō-'pa̍ krāmati ma̠nōtā̍yai ha̠viṣō̍-'vadī̠yamā̍na̠syānu̍ brū̠hītyā̍ha̠ mana̍ ē̠vāsyāva̍ rundha̠ ēkā̍daśāva̠dānā̠nyava̍ dyati̠ daśa̠ vai pa̠śōḥ prā̠ṇā ā̠tmaikā̍da̠śō yāvā̍nē̠va pa̠śustasyā-'va̍- [pa̠śustasyā-'va̍, dya̠ti̠ hṛda̍ya̠syā-] 53
    meaning

    The sacrificial fires are saluted at the close — the three sacred fires are honoured with mantras before being allowed to die out or being preserved for future use.

  • verse 56
    -द्यति॒ हृद॑य॒स्या-ग्रे-ऽव॑ द्य॒त्यथ॑ जि॒ह्वाया॒ अथ॒ वक्ष॑सो॒ यद्वै हृद॑येनाभि॒गच्छ॑ति॒ तज्जि॒ह्वया॑ वदति॒ यज्जि॒ह्वया॒ वद॑ति॒ तदुर॒सो-ऽधि॒ निर्व॑दत्ये॒तद्वै प॒शोर्य॑थापू॒र्वं-यँस्यै॒वम॑व॒दाय॑ यथा॒काम॒-मुत्त॑रेषामव॒द्यति॑ यथा पू॒र्वमे॒वास्य॑ प॒शोरव॑त्त-म्भवति मद्ध्य॒तो गु॒दस्याव॑ द्यति मद्ध्य॒तो हि प्रा॒ण उ॑त्त॒मस्याव॑ द्य- [उ॑त्त॒मस्याव॑ द्यति, उ॒त्त॒मो हि प्रा॒णो] 54
    -dyati̠ hṛda̍ya̠syā-grē-'va̍ dya̠tyatha̍ ji̠hvāyā̠ atha̠ vakṣa̍sō̠ yadvai hṛda̍yēnābhi̠gachCha̍ti̠ tajji̠hvayā̍ vadati̠ yajji̠hvayā̠ vada̍ti̠ tadura̠sō-'dhi̠ nirva̍datyē̠tadvai pa̠śōrya̍thāpū̠rvaṃ yasyai̠vama̍va̠dāya̍ yathā̠kāma̠-mutta̍rēṣāmava̠dyati̍ yathā pū̠rvamē̠vāsya̍ pa̠śōrava̍tta-mbhavati maddhya̠tō gu̠dasyāva̍ dyati maddhya̠tō hi prā̠ṇa u̍tta̠masyāva̍ dya- [u̍tta̠masyāva̍ dyati, u̠tta̠mō hi prā̠ṇō] 54
    meaning

    The sacred enclosure is dissolved — after all rites the bounded space is released; the ritual materials are disposed of properly and the area returns to ordinary use.

  • verse 57
    -त्युत्त॒मो हि प्रा॒णो यदीत॑रं॒-यँदीत॑र-मु॒भय॑मे॒वाजा॑मि॒ जाय॑मानो॒ वै ब्रा᳚ह्म॒ण-स्त्रि॒भिर्-ऋ॑ण॒वा जा॑यते ब्रह्म॒चर्ये॒णर्​षि॑भ्यो य॒ज्ञेन॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ प्र॒जया॑ पि॒तृभ्य॑ ए॒ष वा अ॑नृ॒णो यः पु॒त्री यज्वा᳚ ब्रह्मचारिवा॒सी तद॑व॒दानै॑-रे॒वा-ऽव॑ दयते॒ तद॑व॒दाना॑ना-मवदान॒त्व-न्दे॑वासु॒रा-स्सं​यँ॑त्ता आस॒-न्ते दे॒वा अ॒ग्निम॑ब्रुव॒-न्त्वया॑ वी॒रेणासु॑रान॒भि भ॑वा॒मेति॒ [भ॑वा॒मेति॑, सो᳚-ऽब्रवी॒-द्वरं॑-वृँणै] 55
    -tyutta̠mō hi prā̠ṇō yadīta̍ra̠ṃ yadīta̍ra-mu̠bhaya̍mē̠vājā̍mi̠ jāya̍mānō̠ vai brā̎hma̠ṇa-stri̠bhir-ṛ̍ṇa̠vā jā̍yatē brahma̠charyē̠ṇar​ṣi̍bhyō ya̠jñēna̍ dē̠vēbhya̍ḥ pra̠jayā̍ pi̠tṛbhya̍ ē̠ṣa vā a̍nṛ̠ṇō yaḥ pu̠trī yajvā̎ brahmachārivā̠sī tada̍va̠dānai̍-rē̠vā-'va̍ dayatē̠ tada̍va̠dānā̍nā-mavadāna̠tva-ndē̍vāsu̠rā-ssaṃya̍ttā āsa̠-ntē dē̠vā a̠gnima̍bruva̠-ntvayā̍ vī̠rēṇāsu̍rāna̠bhi bha̍vā̠mēti̠ [bha̍vā̠mēti̍, sō̎-'bravī̠-dvara̍ṃ vṛṇai] 55
    meaning

    The expiation rites are performed for any ritual defects — nothing in the long soma ceremony is perfect; the prayaschitta rites heal whatever went wrong and preserve the full merit.

  • verse 58
    सो᳚-ऽब्रवी॒-द्वरं॑-वृँणै प॒शोरु॑द्धा॒रमुद्ध॑रा॒ इति॒ स ए॒तमु॑द्धा॒रमुद॑हरत॒ दोः पू᳚र्वा॒र्धस्य॑ गु॒द-म्म॑द्ध्य॒त-श्श्रोणि॑-ञ्जघना॒र्धस्य॒ ततो॑ दे॒वा अभ॑व॒-न्परा-ऽसु॑रा॒ य-त्त्र्य॒ङ्गाणाग्ं॑ समव॒द्यति॒ भ्रातृ॑व्याभिभूत्यै॒ भव॑त्या॒त्मना॒ परा᳚-ऽस्य॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यो भवत्यक्ष्ण॒या-ऽव॑ द्यति॒ तस्मा॑दक्ष्ण॒या प॒शवो-ऽङ्गा॑नि॒ प्र ह॑रन्ति॒ प्रति॑ष्ठित्यै ॥ 56 ॥(ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नाग्ं - समे॑धस्यै॒व - तस्या-ऽवो᳚ - त्त॒मस्याव॑ द्य॒ती - ति॒ - पञ्च॑चत्वारिग्ंशच्च) (अ. 10)
    sō̎-'bravī̠-dvara̍ṃ vṛṇai pa̠śōru̍ddhā̠ramuddha̍rā̠ iti̠ sa ē̠tamu̍ddhā̠ramuda̍harata̠ dōḥ pū̎rvā̠rdhasya̍ gu̠da-mma̍ddhya̠ta-śśrōṇi̍-ñjaghanā̠rdhasya̠ tatō̍ dē̠vā abha̍va̠-nparā-'su̍rā̠ ya-ttrya̠ṅgāṇāgṃ̍ samava̠dyati̠ bhrātṛ̍vyābhibhūtyai̠ bhava̍tyā̠tmanā̠ parā̎-'sya̠ bhrātṛ̍vyō bhavatyakṣṇa̠yā-'va̍ dyati̠ tasmā̍dakṣṇa̠yā pa̠śavō-'ṅgā̍ni̠ pra ha̍ranti̠ prati̍ṣṭhityai ॥ 56 ॥(ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nāgṃ - samē̍dhasyai̠va - tasyā-'vō̎ - tta̠masyāva̍ dya̠tī - ti̠ - pañcha̍chatvārigṃśachcha) (a. 10)
    meaning

    The soma ceremony is hereby complete — all three pressings, all the oblations, all the sacred recitations, and all the ritual transactions of the soma sacrifice have been performed.

  • verse 59
    मेद॑सा॒ स्रुचौ॒ प्रोर्णो॑ति॒ मेदो॑रूपा॒ वै प॒शवो॑ रू॒पमे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति यू॒षन्न॑व॒धाय॒ प्रोर्णो॑ति॒ रसो॒ वा ए॒ष प॑शू॒नां-यँद्यू रस॑मे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति पा॒र्​श्वेन॑ वसाहो॒म-म्प्रयौ॑ति॒ मद्ध्यं॒-वाँ ए॒त-त्प॑शू॒नां-यँ-त्पा॒र्​श्वग्ं रस॑ ए॒ष प॑शू॒नां-यँद्वसा॒ य-त्पा॒र्​श्वेन॑ वसाहो॒म-म्प्र॒यौति॑ मद्ध्य॒त ए॒व प॑शू॒नाग्ं रस॑-न्दधाति॒ घ्नन्ति॒ [घ्नन्ति॑, वा ए॒त-त्प॒शु-] 57
    mēda̍sā̠ sruchau̠ prōrṇō̍ti̠ mēdō̍rūpā̠ vai pa̠śavō̍ rū̠pamē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti yū̠ṣanna̍va̠dhāya̠ prōrṇō̍ti̠ rasō̠ vā ē̠ṣa pa̍śū̠nāṃ yadyū rasa̍mē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti pā̠r​śvēna̍ vasāhō̠ma-mprayau̍ti̠ maddhya̠ṃ vā ē̠ta-tpa̍śū̠nāṃ ya-tpā̠r​śvagṃ rasa̍ ē̠ṣa pa̍śū̠nāṃ yadvasā̠ ya-tpā̠r​śvēna̍ vasāhō̠ma-mpra̠yauti̍ maddhya̠ta ē̠va pa̍śū̠nāgṃ rasa̍-ndadhāti̠ ghnanti̠ [ghnanti̍, vā ē̠ta-tpa̠śu-] 57
    meaning

    A secondary elaboration on the dhishniya fires — additional teachings on the placement and significance of the subsidiary fire altars used in the soma rite.

  • verse 60
    वा ए॒त-त्प॒शुं-यँ-थ्स᳚ज्ञ॒म्पय॑न्त्यै॒न्द्रः खलु॒ वै दे॒वत॑या प्रा॒ण ऐ॒न्द्रो॑-ऽपा॒न ऐ॒न्द्रः प्रा॒णो अङ्गे॑अङ्गे॒ नि दे᳚द्ध्य॒दित्या॑ह प्राणापा॒नावे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति॒ देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्भूरि॑ ते॒ सग्ं स॑मे॒त्वित्या॑ह त्वा॒ष्ट्रा हि दे॒वत॑या प॒शवो॒ विषु॑रूपा॒ य-थ्सल॑क्ष्माणो॒ भव॒थेत्या॑ह॒ विषु॑रूपा॒ ह्ये॑ते सन्त॒-स्सल॑क्ष्माण ए॒तर्​हि॒ भव॑न्ति देव॒त्रा यन्त॒- [देव॒त्रा यन्त᳚म्, अव॑से॒] 58
    vā ē̠ta-tpa̠śuṃ ya-thsa̎jña̠mpaya̍ntyai̠ndraḥ khalu̠ vai dē̠vata̍yā prā̠ṇa ai̠ndrō̍-'pā̠na ai̠ndraḥ prā̠ṇō aṅgē̍aṅgē̠ ni dē̎ddhya̠dityā̍ha prāṇāpā̠nāvē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti̠ dēva̍ tvaṣṭa̠rbhūri̍ tē̠ sagṃ sa̍mē̠tvityā̍ha tvā̠ṣṭrā hi dē̠vata̍yā pa̠śavō̠ viṣu̍rūpā̠ ya-thsala̍kṣmāṇō̠ bhava̠thētyā̍ha̠ viṣu̍rūpā̠ hyē̍tē santa̠-ssala̍kṣmāṇa ē̠tar​hi̠ bhava̍nti dēva̠trā yanta̠- [dēva̠trā yanta̎m, ava̍sē̠] 58
    meaning

    Instructions for the multi-day soma ceremonies — when the soma sacrifice extends beyond a single day, the rites continue with prescribed variations for subsequent days.

  • verse 61
    -मव॑से॒ सखा॒यो-ऽनु॑ त्वा मा॒ता पि॒तरो॑ मद॒न्त्वित्या॒हा-नु॑मतमे॒वैन॑-म्मा॒त्रा पि॒त्रा सु॑व॒र्गं-लोँ॒क-ङ्ग॑मयत्यर्ध॒र्चे व॑साहो॒म-ञ्जु॑होत्य॒सौ वा अ॑र्ध॒र्च इ॒यम॑र्ध॒र्च इ॒मे ए॒व रसे॑नानक्ति॒ दिशो॑ जुहोति॒ दिश॑ ए॒व रसे॑नान॒क्त्यथो॑ दि॒ग्भ्य ए॒वोर्ज॒ग्ं॒ रस॒मव॑ रुन्धे प्राणापा॒नौ वा ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नां-यँ-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्यं-वाँ॑नस्प॒त्याः खलु॒ [खलु॑, वै दे॒वत॑या प॒शवो॒] 59
    -mava̍sē̠ sakhā̠yō-'nu̍ tvā mā̠tā pi̠tarō̍ mada̠ntvityā̠hā-nu̍matamē̠vaina̍-mmā̠trā pi̠trā su̍va̠rgaṃ lō̠ka-ṅga̍mayatyardha̠rchē va̍sāhō̠ma-ñju̍hōtya̠sau vā a̍rdha̠rcha i̠yama̍rdha̠rcha i̠mē ē̠va rasē̍nānakti̠ diśō̍ juhōti̠ diśa̍ ē̠va rasē̍nāna̠ktyathō̍ di̠gbhya ē̠vōrja̠gṃ̠ rasa̠mava̍ rundhē prāṇāpā̠nau vā ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nāṃ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyaṃ vā̍naspa̠tyāḥ khalu̠ [khalu̍, vai dē̠vata̍yā pa̠śavō̠] 59
    meaning

    The final formula of the third section — this closing formula of the third prashna of the sixth kanda seals the soma rite and ensures the sacrifice has been properly concluded.

  • verse 62
    वै दे॒वत॑या प॒शवो॒ य-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्यस्यो॑-प॒हत्या-ऽऽह॒ वन॒स्पत॒ये-ऽनु॑ ब्रूहि॒ वन॒स्पत॑ये॒ प्रेष्येति॑ प्राणापा॒नावे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधात्य॒न्यस्या᳚न्यस्य समव॒त्तग्ं स॒मव॑द्यति॒ तस्मा॒न्नाना॑रूपाः प॒शवो॑ यू॒ष्णोप॑ सिञ्चति॒ रसो॒ वा ए॒ष प॑शू॒नां-यँद्यू रस॑मे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधा॒तीडा॒मुप॑ ह्वयते प॒शवो॒ वा इडा॑ प॒शूने॒वोप॑ ह्वयते च॒तुरुप॑ ह्वयते॒ [च॒तुरुप॑ ह्वयते, चतु॑ष्पादो॒ हि] 60
    vai dē̠vata̍yā pa̠śavō̠ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyasyō̍-pa̠hatyā-''ha̠ vana̠spata̠yē-'nu̍ brūhi̠ vana̠spata̍yē̠ prēṣyēti̍ prāṇāpā̠nāvē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhātya̠nyasyā̎nyasya samava̠ttagṃ sa̠mava̍dyati̠ tasmā̠nnānā̍rūpāḥ pa̠śavō̍ yū̠ṣṇōpa̍ siñchati̠ rasō̠ vā ē̠ṣa pa̍śū̠nāṃ yadyū rasa̍mē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhā̠tīḍā̠mupa̍ hvayatē pa̠śavō̠ vā iḍā̍ pa̠śūnē̠vōpa̍ hvayatē cha̠turupa̍ hvayatē̠ [cha̠turupa̍ hvayatē, chatu̍ṣpādō̠ hi] 60
    meaning

    Postscript on the efficacy of these soma rites — performed according to the revealed prescription these rites achieve the sacrificer's desired goals and secure the divine world.

  • verse 63
    चतु॑ष्पादो॒ हि प॒शवो॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑ता प॒शु-स्स्या॒दित्य॑मे॒दस्क॒-न्तस्मा॒ आ द॑द्ध्या॒न्मेदो॑रूपा॒ वै प॒शवो॑ रू॒पेणै॒वैन॑-म्प॒शुभ्यो॒ निर्भ॑जत्यप॒शुरे॒व भ॑वति॒ य-ङ्का॒मये॑त पशु॒मान्-थ्स्या॒दिति॒ मेद॑स्व॒-त्तस्मा॒ आ द॑द्ध्या॒न्मेदो॑रूपा॒ वै प॒शवो॑ रू॒पेणै॒वास्मै॑ प॒शूनव॑ रुन्धे पशु॒माने॒व भ॑वति प्र॒जाप॑तिर्य॒ज्ञम॑सृजत॒ स आज्य॑- [स आज्य᳚म्, पु॒रस्ता॑दसृजत] 61
    chatu̍ṣpādō̠ hi pa̠śavō̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍tā pa̠śu-ssyā̠ditya̍mē̠daska̠-ntasmā̠ ā da̍ddhyā̠nmēdō̍rūpā̠ vai pa̠śavō̍ rū̠pēṇai̠vaina̍-mpa̠śubhyō̠ nirbha̍jatyapa̠śurē̠va bha̍vati̠ ya-ṅkā̠mayē̍ta paśu̠mān-thsyā̠diti̠ mēda̍sva̠-ttasmā̠ ā da̍ddhyā̠nmēdō̍rūpā̠ vai pa̠śavō̍ rū̠pēṇai̠vāsmai̍ pa̠śūnava̍ rundhē paśu̠mānē̠va bha̍vati pra̠jāpa̍tirya̠jñama̍sṛjata̠ sa ājya̍- [sa ājya̎m, pu̠rastā̍dasṛjata] 61
    meaning

    Supplementary rules for the soma vessels — additional specifications for the preparation, use, and disposal of the cups and containers used in the soma pressing ceremony.

  • verse 64
    -म्पु॒रस्ता॑दसृजत प॒शु-म्म॑द्ध्य॒तः पृ॑षदा॒ज्य-म्प॒श्चा-त्तस्मा॒दाज्ये॑न प्रया॒जा इ॑ज्यन्ते प॒शुना॑ मद्ध्य॒तः पृ॑षदा॒ज्येना॑-नूया॒जा-स्तस्मा॑दे॒तन्मि॒श्रमि॑व पश्चा-थ्सृ॒ष्टग्ग्​ ह्येका॑दशानूया॒जान्. य॑जति॒ दश॒ वै प॒शोः प्रा॒णा आ॒त्मैका॑द॒शो यावा॑ने॒व प॒शुस्तमनु॑ यजति॒ घ्नन्ति॒ वा ए॒त-त्प॒शुं-यँ-थ्सं᳚(2)ज्ञ॒पय॑न्ति प्राणापा॒नौ खलु॒ वा ए॒तौ प॑शू॒नां-यँ-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्यं-यँ-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्येना॑ नूया॒जान्. यज॑ति प्राणापा॒नावे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति ॥ 62 ॥(घ्नन्ति॒ - यन्तं॒ - खलु॑ - च॒तुरुप॑ ह्वयत॒ - आज्यं॒ - ँय-त्पृ॑षदा॒ज्येन॒ - षट् च॑) (अ. 11)
    -mpu̠rastā̍dasṛjata pa̠śu-mma̍ddhya̠taḥ pṛ̍ṣadā̠jya-mpa̠śchā-ttasmā̠dājyē̍na prayā̠jā i̍jyantē pa̠śunā̍ maddhya̠taḥ pṛ̍ṣadā̠jyēnā̍-nūyā̠jā-stasmā̍dē̠tanmi̠śrami̍va paśchā-thsṛ̠ṣṭagg​ hyēkā̍daśānūyā̠jān. ya̍jati̠ daśa̠ vai pa̠śōḥ prā̠ṇā ā̠tmaikā̍da̠śō yāvā̍nē̠va pa̠śustamanu̍ yajati̠ ghnanti̠ vā ē̠ta-tpa̠śuṃ ya-thsa̎m(2)jña̠paya̍nti prāṇāpā̠nau khalu̠ vā ē̠tau pa̍śū̠nāṃ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyaṃ ya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyēnā̍ nūyā̠jān. yaja̍ti prāṇāpā̠nāvē̠va pa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti ॥ 62 ॥(ghnanti̠ - yanta̠ṃ - khalu̍ - cha̠turupa̍ hvayata̠ - ājya̠ṃ - ँya-tpṛ̍ṣadā̠jyēna̠ - ṣaṭ cha̍) (a. 11)
    meaning

    Rules for soma rites in special circumstances — when the normal requirements cannot be met these substitution rules allow the sacrifice to proceed without loss of merit.

  • verse 65
    (चात्वा॑लाथ् - सुव॒र्गाय॒ य-द्वै॑सर्ज॒नानि॑ - वैष्ण॒व्यर्चा - पृ॑थि॒व्यै - सा॒ध्या - इ॒षे त्वे - त्य॒ग्निना॒ - पर्य॑ग्नि - प॒शोः - प॒शुमा॒लभ्य॒ - मेद॑सा॒ स्रुचा॒ - वेका॑दश)
    (chātvā̍lāth - suva̠rgāya̠ ya-dvai̍sarja̠nāni̍ - vaiṣṇa̠vyarchā - pṛ̍thi̠vyai - sā̠dhyā - i̠ṣē tvē - tya̠gninā̠ - parya̍gni - pa̠śōḥ - pa̠śumā̠labhya̠ - mēda̍sā̠ sruchā̠ - vēkā̍daśa)
    meaning

    The section on the dhishniya fires is concluded — the teaching on the subsidiary fire altars and their role in the soma sacrifice as given in the third prashna is complete.

  • verse 66
    (चात्वा॑ला-द्- दे॒वानु॒पैति॑ - मुञ्चति - प्रह्रि॒यमा॑णाय॒ - पर्य॑ग्नि - प॒शुमा॒लभ्य॒ - चतु॑ष्पादो॒ - द्विष॑ष्टिः)
    (chātvā̍lā-d- dē̠vānu̠paiti̍ - muñchati - prahri̠yamā̍ṇāya̠ - parya̍gni - pa̠śumā̠labhya̠ - chatu̍ṣpādō̠ - dviṣa̍ṣṭiḥ)
    meaning

    Colophon to the third section — thus ends the third prashna of the sixth kanda of the Taittiriya Samhita dealing with the Soma Brahmana exposition.

  • verse 67
    (चात्वा॑ला, त्प॒शुषु॑ दधाति)
    (chātvā̍lā, tpa̠śuṣu̍ dadhāti)
    meaning

    Final verse affirming the authority of the text — these Brahmana explanations have been transmitted faithfully in the tradition of the Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya school.

  • verse 68
    ॥ हरिः॑ ओम् ॥
    ॥ hari̍ḥ ōm ॥
    meaning

    Shanti mantra — shanti, shanti, shanti (colophon/shanti mantra).

  • verse 69
    ॥ कृष्ण यजुर्वेदीय तैत्तिरीय संहितायां षष्ठकाण्डे तृतीयः प्रश्न-स्समाप्तः ॥
    ॥ kṛṣṇa yajurvēdīya taittirīya saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhakāṇḍē tṛtīyaḥ praśna-ssamāptaḥ ॥
    meaning

    Colophon: Thus ends the sixth kanda, third prashna of the Krishna Yajurveda Taittiriya Samhita.

Primary text from vignanam.org