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Book Xxxix

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"The Texts of the White Yajurveda", tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1899],

p. 301

Book The Thirty-ninth.

Svh
to the Vital Breathings with their Controlling Lord!

To Earth Svh! To Agni Svh! To Firmament, Svh!

To Vyu Svh! To Sky Svh! To Srya Svh!

2 To the Quarters Svh! To the Moon Svh! To the Stars

Svh! To the Waters Svh! To Varuna Svh! To

the Navel Svh! To the Purified Svh!

3 To Speech Svh! To Breath Svh! To Breath Svh!

To Sight Svh! To Sight Svh! To Hearing Svh!

To Hearing Svh!

4 The wish and purpose of the mind and truth of speech may

I obtain.

Bestowed on me be cattle's form, swept taste of food, and

fame and grace. Svh!

5 Prajpati while in preparation; Samrj when prepared;

All-Gods when seated; Gharma when heated with fire;

Splendour when lifted up; the Asvins while milk is

poured in; Pshan's when the butter trickles down it;

the Maruts when the milk is clotting; Mitra's when the

milk's skin is spreading; Vyu's when it is carried off;

Agni's while offered as oblation; Vk when it has been

offered.

6 Savitar on the first day; Agni on the second; Vyu on the

third; ditya (the Sun) on the fourth; Chandrams (the

Moon
) on the fifth; Ritu on the sixth; the Maruts on

the seventh; Brihaspati on the eighth; Mitra on the

ninth; Varuna on the tenth; Indra on the eleventh;

the All-Gods on the twelfth.

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Fierce; Terrible; The Resonant; The Roarer; Victorious;

Assailant; and Dispeller. Svh.

8 Agni with the heart; Lightning with the heart's point;

Pasupati with the whole heart; Bhava with the liver.

Sarva with the two cardiac bones; sna with Passion;

Mahdeva with the intercostal flesh; the Fierce God with

the rectum; Vasishtha-hanuh, Singis with two lumps of

flesh near the heart.

9 The Fierce with blood; Mitra with obedience, Rudra with

disobedience; Indra with pastime; the Maruts with

strength; the Sdhyas with enjoyment.

Bhava's is what is on the throat; Rudra's what is between

the ribs; Mahdeva's is the liver; Sarva's the rectum;

Pasupati's the pericardium.

10 To the hair Svh! To the hair Svh! To the skin Svh!

To the skin Svh! To the blood Svh! To the blood

Svh! To the fats Svh! To the fats Svh! To the

fleshy parts Svh! To the fleshy parts Svh! To the

sinews Svh! To the sinews Svh! Svh to the bones!

Svh to the bones! To the marrows Svh! To the

marrows Svh! To the seed Svh! To the anus Svh!

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To Effort Svh! To Exertion Svh! To Endeavour Svh!

To Viysa Svh! To Attempt Svh!

12 To Grief Svh! To the Grieving Svh! To the Sorrowing

Svh! To Sorrow Svh!

To Heat Svh! To him who grows hot Svh! To him

who is being heated Svh! To him who has been heated

Svh! To Gharma Svh!

To Atonement Svh! To Expiation Svh! To Remedy

Svh!

13 To Yama Svh! To the Finisher Svh! To Death Svh!

To the Priesthood Svh! To Brhmanicide Svh! To

the All-Gods Svh! To Heaven and Earth Svh!
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