Yajurveda · Adhyāya 30
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30.1
देव सवितः प्र सुव यज्ञं प्र सुव यज्ञपतिं भगाय ।
दिव्यो गन्धर्वः केतुपूः केतं नः पुनातु वाचस्पतिर् वाजं नः स्वदतु ॥ ३०.१ ॥
O god Savitṛ, impel the sacrifice; impel the lord of the sacrifice for prosperity. May the heavenly Gandharva, purifier of insight, purify our understanding; may the lord of speech make our food sweet.
30.2
तत् सवितुर् वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयत् ॥ ३०.२ ॥
We meditate upon that adorable brilliance of the god Savitṛ, which may impel our thoughts.
30.3
विश्वानि देव सवितर् दुरितानि परा सुव ।
यद् भद्रं तन् न ऽ आ सुव ॥ ३०.३ ॥
O god Savitṛ, drive away all misfortunes; bring to us whatever is auspicious.
30.4
विभक्तारꣳ हवामहे वसोश् चित्रस्य राधसः ।
सवितारं नृचक्षसम् ॥ ३०.४ ॥
We invoke Savitṛ, the distributor of wealth and of wondrous bounty, the observer of men.
30.5
ब्रह्मणे ब्राह्मणं क्षत्राय राजन्यं मरुद्भ्यो वैश्यं तपसे शूद्रं तमसे तस्करं नारकाय वीरहणं पाप्मने क्लीबम् आक्रयाया ऽ अयोगुं कामाय पुꣳश्चलूम् अतिक्रुष्टाय मागधम् ॥ ३०.५ ॥
To Brahman, the brahmin; to kṣatra, the ruler; to the Maruts, the commoner; to austerity, the servant; to darkness, the thief; to hell, the slayer of heroes; to evil, the impotent man; to the bought woman, the unyoked woman; to desire, the wanton woman; to the one who shouts loudly, the bard.
30.6
नृत्ताय सूतं गीताय शैलूषं धर्माय सभाचरं नरिष्ठायै भीमलं नर्माय रेभꣳ हसाय कारिम् आनन्दाय स्त्रीषखं प्रमदे कुमारीपुत्रं मेधायै रथकारं धैर्याय तक्षाणम् ॥ ३०.६ ॥
For dance, the bard; for song, the actor; for dharma, the frequenter of assemblies; for the bringing of men to safety, the terrifying one; for sport, the chanter; for laughter, the craftsman; for joy, the companion of women; for merriment, the son of a maiden; for intelligence, the chariot-maker; for steadfastness, the carpenter.
30.7
तपसे कौलालं मायायै कर्मारꣳ रूपाय मणिकारꣳ शुभे वपꣳ शरव्याया ऽ इषुकारꣳ हेत्यै धनुष्कारं कर्मणे ज्याकारं दिष्टाय रज्जुसर्जं मृत्यवे मृगयुम् अन्तकाय श्वनिनम् ॥ ३०.७ ॥
For austerity, the potter; for illusion, the smith; for form, the jeweller; for auspiciousness, the barber; for the arrow-target, the arrow-maker; for the weapon, the bow-maker; for action, the bowstring-maker; for fate, the rope-maker; for death, the hunter; for the ender, the dog-keeper.
30.8
नदीभ्यः पौञ्जिष्ठम् ऋक्षीकाभ्यो नैषादं पुरुषव्याघ्राय दुर्मदं गन्धर्वाप्सरोभ्यो व्रात्यं प्रयुग्भ्य ऽ उन्मत्तꣳ सर्पदेवजनेभ्यो ऽप्रतिपदमयेभ्यः कितवम् ईर्यताया ऽ अकितवं पिशाचेभ्यो बिदलकारीं यातुधानेभ्यः कण्टकीकारीम् ॥ ३०.८ ॥
For the rivers, the pauñjiṣṭha; for the Ṛkṣīkās, the naiṣāda; for the man-tiger, the durmada; for the gandharvas and apsarases, the vrātya; for the yokes, the madman; for the serpents, gods and peoples, the one without a path; for the goers, the gambler; for the restless one, the non-gambler; for the piśācas, the splitting-woman; for the yātudhānas, the thorn-maker woman.
30.9
संधये जारं गेहायोपपतिम् आर्त्यै परिवित्तं निर्ऋत्यै परिविविदानम् अराद्ध्या ऽ एदिधिषुःपतिं निष्कृत्यै पेशस्कारीꣳ संज्ञानाय स्मरकारीं प्रकामोद्यायोपसदं वर्णायानुरुधं बलायोपदाम् ॥ ३०.९ ॥
For union, the paramour; for the household, the adulterer; for distress, the one married out of turn; for Nirṛti, the one who has married out of order; for failure, the husband who seeks to rekindle the fire; for expiation, the woman who works at adornment; for recognition, the woman who causes remembrance; for the arising of desire, the attendant; for colour, the one who obstructs in turn; for strength, the giver of gifts.
30.10
उत्सादेभ्यः कुब्जं प्रमुदे वामनं द्वार्भ्यः स्रामꣳ स्वप्नायान्धम् अधर्माय बधिरं पवित्राय भिषजं प्रज्ञानाय नक्षत्रदर्शम् आशिक्षायै प्रश्निनम् उपशिक्षाया ऽ अभिप्रश्निनं मर्यादायै प्रश्नविवाकम् ॥ ३०.१० ॥
For the wells, the hunchback; for joy, the dwarf; for the doors, the lame one; for sleep, the blind one; for unrighteousness, the deaf one; for purity, the physician; for knowledge, the star-gazer; for instruction, the questioner; for further instruction, the one who questions extensively; for propriety, the judge of questions.
30.11
अर्मेभ्यो हस्तिपं जवायाश्वपं पुष्ट्यै गोपालं वीर्यायाविपालं तेजसे ऽजपालम् इरायै कीनाशं कीलालाय सुराकारं भद्राय गृहपꣳ श्रेयसे वित्तधम् आध्यक्ष्यायानुक्षत्तारम् ॥ ३०.११ ॥
For the rites, the elephant-keeper; for speed, the horse-keeper; for nourishment, the cowherd; for valour, the sheep-herder; for brilliance, the goat-herder; for food, the ploughman; for the nectar, the liquor-maker; for auspiciousness, the householder; for welfare, the bestower of wealth; for superintendence, the steward.
30.12
भायै दार्वाहारं प्रभाया ऽ अग्न्येधं ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपायाभिषेक्तारं वर्षिष्ठाय नाकाय परिवेष्टारं देवलोकाय पेशितारं मनुष्यलोकाय प्रकरितारꣳ सर्वेभ्यो लोकेभ्यो ऽ उपसेक्तारम् अव ऽ ऋत्यै वधायोपमन्थितारं मेधाय वासःपल्पूलीं प्रकामाय रजयित्रीम् ॥ ३०.१२ ॥
The wood-carrier for radiance, the fire-kindler for splendour, the sprinkler for the wide expanse of Bradhna, the encircler for the highest heaven, the cutter for the world of the gods, the scatterer for the world of humans, the pourer upon all worlds; the churner for down-distress and for slaying; the cloth-washer for wisdom, the dyer for fulfilled desire.
30.13
ऋतये स्तेनहृदयं वैरहत्याय पिशुनं विविक्त्यै क्षत्तारम् औपद्रष्ट्र्यायानुक्षत्तारं बालायानुचरं भूम्ने परिष्कन्दं प्रियाय प्रियवादिनम् अरिष्ट्या ऽ अश्वसादꣳ स्वर्गाय लोकाय भागदुघं वर्षिष्ठाय नाकाय परिवेष्टारम् ॥ ३०.१३ ॥
The thief-hearted one for order, the slanderer for the slaying of enemies, the chamberlain for separation, the assistant chamberlain for the overseer, the attendant for the child, the runner about for abundance, the speaker of pleasant words for the dear one; the horse-rider for freedom from harm; the milker of shares for the heavenly world; the one who encircles for the highest heaven.
30.14
मन्यवे ऽयस्तापं क्रोधाय निसरं योगाय योक्तारꣳ शोकायाभिसर्तारं क्षेमाय विमोक्तारम् उत्कीलेभ्यस् त्रिष्ठिनं वपुषे मानस्कृतꣳ शीलायाञ्जनीकारीं निर्ऋत्यै कोशकारीं यमायासूम् ॥ ३०.१४ ॥
For Manyu, the iron-heater; for anger, the creeper; for union, the yoker; for grief, the pursuer; for welfare, the releaser; for the wedge-pins, the three-standing one; for the body, the mind-maker; for character, the ointment-maker; for Nirṛti, the treasury-maker; for Yama, the bearer of offspring.
30.15
यमाय यमसूम् अथर्वभ्यो ऽवतोकाꣳ संवत्सराय पर्यायिणीं परिवत्सरायाविजाताम् इदावत्सरायातीत्वरीम् इद्वत्सरायातिष्कद्वरीं वत्सराय विजर्जराꣳ संवत्सराय पलिक्नीम् ऋभुभ्यो ऽजिनसंधꣳ साध्येभ्यश् चर्मम्नम् ॥ ३०.१५ ॥
For Yama, the bearer of Yama; for the Atharvans, the one bearing a child; for the year, the one going around; for the circling year, the unborn one; for the Idā-year, the fleeting one; for the Id-year, the one beyond the gate; for the year, the very decrepit one; for the year, the grey-haired one; for the Ṛbhus, the hide-binder; for the Sādhyas, the hide-beater.
30.16
सरोभ्यो धैवरम् उपस्थावराभ्यो दाशं वैशन्ताभ्यो बैन्दं नड्वलाभ्यः शौष्कलं पाराय मार्गारम् अवराय केवर्तं तीर्थेभ्य ऽ आन्दं विषमेभ्यो मैनालꣳ स्वनेभ्यः पर्णकं गुहाभ्यः किरातꣳ सानुभ्यो जम्भकं पर्वतेभ्यः किम्पूरुषम् ॥ ३०.१६ ॥
For the lakes, the fisherman; for the shore-dwellers, the boatman; for the Vaiśanta waters, the Bainda hunter; for the grassy places, the worker in dried grass; for the far shore, the hunter; for the near shore, the boatman; for the fords, the ford-dweller; for the rough places, the mountain-dweller; for the sounding places, the leaf-wearer; for the caves, the forester; for the ridges, the cutter; for the mountains, the man-thing.
30.17
बीभत्सायै पौल्कसं वर्णाय हिरण्यकारं तुलायै वाणिजं पश्चादोषाय ग्लाविनं विश्वेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः सिध्मलं भूत्यै जागरणम् अभूत्यै स्वपनम् आर्त्यै जनवादिनं व्यृद्ध्या ऽ अपगल्भꣳ सꣳशराय प्रच्छिदम् ॥ ३०.१७ ॥
For Bībhatsā, the Pauṃlkasa; for Varṇa, the goldsmith; for Tulā, the merchant; for the evening fault, the weary one; for all beings, the leper; for prosperity, the waker; for non-prosperity, the sleeper; for distress, the public speaker; for failure, the one without boldness; for Saṃśara, the cutter-off.
30.18
अक्षराजाय कितवं कृतायादिनवदर्शं त्रेतायै कल्पिनं द्वापरायाधिकल्पिनम् आस्कन्दाय सभास्थाणुं मृत्यवे गोव्यच्छम् अन्तकाय गोघातं क्षुधे यो गां विकृन्तन्तं भिक्षमाण ऽ उपतिष्ठति दुष्कृताय चरकाचार्यं पाप्मने सैलगम् ॥ ३०.१८ ॥
For Akṣarāja, the gambler; for Kṛta, the one who sees the first nine; for Tretā, the capable one; for Dvāpara, the especially capable one; for Āskanda, the post of the assembly hall; for death, the one who cuts open cattle; for Antaka, the cattle-slaughterer; for hunger, he who, cutting up a cow, stands near begging; for wrongdoing, the teacher of wandering students; for evil, the mountain-wanderer.
30.19
प्रतिश्रुत्काया ऽ अर्तनं घोषाय भषम् अन्ताय बहुवादिनम् अनन्ताय मूकꣳ शब्दायाडम्बराघातं महसे वीणावादं क्रोशाय तूणवध्मम् अवरस्पराय शङ्खध्मं वनाय वनपम् अन्यतोरण्याय दावपम् ॥ ३०.१९ ॥
For the echo, the wailer; for Ghoṣa, the barker; for the end, the much-talker; for the endless, the mute; for Śabda, the striker of the drum of display; for greatness, the lute-player; for Krośa, the trumpeter; for the lowest sounder, the conch-blower; for the forest, the forest-guardian; for the one in another forest, the forest-burner.
30.20
नर्माय पुꣳश्चलूꣳ हसाय कारिं यादसे शाबल्यां ग्रामण्यं गणकम् अभिक्रोशकं तान् महसे वीणावादं पाणिघ्नं तूणवध्मं तान् नृतायानन्दाय तलवम् ॥ ३०.२० ॥
For the playful one, a wanton woman; for the laughing one, a singer; for the water-dweller, a spotted woman; a village headman, an accountant, a reviler; for the great one, a lute-player, a hand-striker, a tūṇava-drummer; for the dancer, for joy, a talava-player.
30.21
अग्नये पीवानं पृथिव्यै पीठसर्पिणं वायवे चाण्डालम् अन्तरिक्षाय वꣳशनर्तिनं दिवे खलतिꣳ सूर्याय हर्यक्षं नक्षत्रेभ्यः किर्मिरं चन्द्रमसे किलासम् अह्ने शुक्लं पिङ्गाक्षꣳ रात्र्यै कृष्णं पिङ्गाक्षम् ॥ ३०.२१ ॥
For Agni, a fat one; for the earth, a stool-crawler; for Vāyu, an outcaste; for the atmosphere, a bamboo-dancer; for heaven, a bald man; for Sūrya, a tawny-eyed one; for the stars, a spotted man; for the moon, a leper; for the day, a white tawny-eyed one; for the night, a black tawny-eyed one.
30.22
अथैतान् अष्टौ विरूपान् आ लभते ऽतिदीर्घं चातिह्रस्वं चातिस्थूलं चातिकृशं चातिशुक्लं चातिकृष्णं चातिकुल्वं चातिलोमशं च ।
अशूद्रा ऽ अब्राह्मणास् ते प्राजापत्याः ।
मागधः पुꣳश्चली कितवः क्लीबो ऽशूद्रा ऽ अब्राह्मणास् ते प्राजापत्याः ॥ ३०.२२ ॥
Then he takes these eight deformed ones: the excessively tall, the excessively short, the excessively stout, the excessively thin, the excessively white, the excessively black, the excessively hunchbacked, and the excessively hairy. They are not Śūdras, they are not Brāhmaṇas; they belong to Prajāpati. A bard, a wanton man, a gambler, a eunuch — they are not Śūdras, they are not Brāhmaṇas; they belong to Prajāpati.