Adhvaryu

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 15 Jul 2011 09:52 and updated at 15 Jul 2011 09:52

KRISHNA YAJURVEDA NOUN

yvk.1.8	The two ornaments he gives to the Adhvaryu, the garland to the Udgatr, the round ornament to the Hotr, a horse to the Prastotr and Pratihartr, twelve heifers to the Brahman, a cow to the Maitravaruna, a bull to the Brahmanacchansin, garments to the Nestr and Potr, a wagon drawn by one ox laden with barley to the Achavaka, a draught ox to the Agnidh.
yvk.2.5	Take, Adhvaryu, the spoon (sruc) with ghee he says; verily by it he causes the sacrificer to wax great.
yvk.2.6	He should not put forward the points too much; if he were to do so, there would be a violent torrent to destroy the Adhvaryu.
yvk.2.6	The Adhvaryu has no support, and he is liable to be seized by shivering.
yvk.3.1	[2] knows the support of the Adhvaryu finds support.
yvk.3.1	This is the support of the Adhvaryu; he who knows thus finds support.
yvk.3.1	He who knows the possession of the Adhvaryu, becomes possessed (of what he needs).
yvk.3.1	If he begins the litany without placing the Soma," the Soma is not supported, the Stoma is not support d, the hymns are not supported, the sacrificer is not supported, the Adhvaryu is not supported.
yvk.3.1	He should grasp the cup or fill up the beaker, and then begin the litany; a support to the Soma he verily (eva) gives, to the Stoma, to the hymns; the sacrificer finds support, the Adhvaryu finds support.
yvk.3.1	The Adhvaryu is he that brings trouble on the sacrificer, and he that brings trouble himself is ruined before the trouble.
yvk.3.1	So the Adhvaryu girds himself in front with a protection, to avert trouble.
yvk.3.1	c The drop that falleth of them, that shoot, Shaken by the arms, from the womb of the pressing planks, Or from the filter of the Adhvaryu, Over it I say Hail! and offer it to Indra.
yvk.3.1	f The Adhvaryu is the first of the priests to start work, verily they say the Stoma should be started by him.
yvk.3.2	[2] and with its being split the breath of the Adhvaryu would be split.
yvk.3.2	In that the Hotr addresses the Adhvaryu, he makes the thunder bolt advance towards him; O reciter of hymns he says in response at the morning pressing; the syllables herein are three, the Gayatri has three Padas, the morning pressing is connected with the Gayatri; verily with the Gayatri he places the thunderbolt within the morning pressing.
yvk.3.2	The theologians say, He indeed would be an Adhvaryu who should produce the metres in the responses according to the pressings; he would bestow brilliance upon himself at the morning pressing, power at the midday pressing, and cattle at the third pressing.
yvk.3.2	The hymn hath been uttered to Indra he says in response at the third pressing; the syllables herein are seven, the Sakvari has seven Padas, cattle are connected with the Sakvari, the third pressing is connected with the Jagati; verily at the third pressing he produces the metres in the response; now the Jagati is cattle, the third pressing is cattle; verily at the third pressing he bestows cattle upon himself that the Hotr addresses the Adhvaryu, he puts fear in him; if be were not to smite it off
yvk.3.2	Just as one looks for the exact interval, so the Adhvaryu looks for the response.
yvk.3.2	The Hotr is this (earth), the Adhvaryu yonder (sky); in that he recites sitting, so the Hotr goes not away from the (earth), for this (earth) is seated as it were; verily thereby the sacrifice milks this (earth).
yvk.3.2	In that he responds standing, so the Adhvaryu goes not away from yonder (sky)
yvk.3.2	In that the Hotr addresses the Adhvaryu, he makes the thunderbolt advance towards him; he turns towards the West; verily he overcomes the thunderbolt.
yvk.3.3	b All this the Adhvaryu, as he begins, begins for the Udgatrs; May these gods who support breath bestow breath upon me he says; verily he bestows all this on himself.
yvk.3.3	The theologians say, For whose gain does the Adhvaryu cause (him) to proclaim? For the strength of the metres he should reply; Do thou proclaim Be it proclaimed Utter We that utter the Vasat call, that is the strength of the metres
yvk.3.5	To that deity whom the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer overlook do they fall victims; he should draw the cup of curd for Prajapati, all the gods are Prajapati; verily they make reparation to the gods.
yvk.4.6	e Hotr Adhvaryu, atoner, fire kindler, Holder of the stone, and skilled reciter, With this well prepared sacrifice Well offered do ye fill the channels.
yvk.5.1	If the Adhvaryu were to pour the libation on that which is without fire, the Adhvaryu would be
yvk.5.1	[1] blind, the Raksases would destroy the sacrifice; he puts gold down and offers; verily he pours on what has fire, the Adhvaryu does not become blind, the Raksases do not destroy the sacrifice.
yvk.5.1	By mind must he obtain that libation which the Adhvaryu offers in that which s without fire; he offers with two verses containing the word mind to obtain the two libations; with two (he offers), for support.
yvk.5.1	He, having left his place and not having reached a support, then thinks of the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer; holy order and truth he says; holy order is this (earth), truth
yvk.5.1	[8] is yonder (sky); verily in these two he establishes him, and neither the Adhvaryu nor the sacrificer is ruined.
yvk.5.4	The fire is Rudra; he is born then when he is completely piled up; just as a calf on birth desires the teat, so he here seeks his portion; if he were not to offer a libation to him, he would suck the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer.
yvk.5.4	He offers the Satarudriya (oblation); verily he appeases him with his own portion; neither Adhvaryu nor sacrificer goes to ruin.
yvk.5.5	[1] the third the abysmal, the fourth the strong, the fifth the desirable; if he were not to offer libations to them they would burn the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer; in that he offers these libations, verily he soothes them with their proper portion; neither Adhvaryu nor sacrificer goes to ruin.
yvk.5.5	b These deities guard the fire when kindled; if he were not to offer libations to them, they would suck the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer; in that he offers these libations he soothes them with their proper portion; neither Adhvaryu nor sacrificer goes to ruin.
yvk.5.6	Agni is pain; he afflicts the Adhvaryu, the sacrificer, and offspring with pain; in that he puts down water, he soot es his pain; neither Adhvaryu nor sacrificer goes to ruin; offspring are soothed where these are put down.
yvk.5.7	The fire is an extended sacrifice; what of it is performed, what not? What the Adhvaryu in piling the fire omits, that of himself he omits.
yvk.5.7	[1] abodes he says; this is the self piling of the fire; verily the fire piles the fire, the Adhvaryu omits nothing from himself.
yvk.5.7	If the Adhvaryu without taking the fire in himself were to pile it, he would pile his own fire also
yvk.6.1	If the Adhvaryu were to offer a libation where there were no fire, the Adhvaryu would become blind, and the Raksases would destroy the sacrifice.
yvk.6.1	He offers after putting down the gold; verily he offers in that which has fire, the Adhvaryu does not become blind, and the Raksases.
yvk.6.1	(Saying) Ours be wealth he pours it; verily the Adhvaryu
yvk.6.1	If be were to clarify it, it would be as when one expels from the mouth what has been swallowed; if he were not to clarify it, it would be as when something falls upon the eye and moves to and fro; the Adhvaryu would be hungry, the sacrificer would be hungry.
yvk.6.1	If he were to barter (it) in response (to the words), Let me buy with one sixteenth (of the cow) from thee, with one eighth he would make the Soma not worth a cow, the sacrificer not worth a cow, the Adhvaryu not, worth a cow, but he would not depreciate the mightiness of the cow.
yvk.6.1	With a cow let me buy from thee verily he should say; verily he makes the Soma worth a cow, the sacrificer worth a cow, the Adhvaryu worth a cow, yet still he does not depreciate the mightiness of the cow.
yvk.6.1	Thou art the bodily form of penance, Prajapati s kind he says, verily the Adhvaryu makes atonement to the cattle, that he may not be cut off.
yvk.6.2	If the Adhvaryu were to pour the libation in (a place) without fire, the Adhvaryu would become blind, the Raksases would injure the sacrifice
yvk.6.2	He puts gold down on it before making the libation; verily he makes the libation in that which has fire; the Adhvaryu does not become blind, the Raksases do not injure the sacrifice.
yvk.6.2	Now the knot which he first ties, if he were not to unloose it, the Adhvaryu would perish from suppression of urine; therefore it must be unloosed.
yvk.6.2	Now the knot which he first ties, if he were not to unloose it, the Adhvaryu would perish through suppression of urine; therefore it must be unloosed.
yvk.6.3	The altars are the breaths; if the Adhvaryu were to go past the altars to the west, he would mingle the breaths, he would be liable to die.
yvk.6.3	The Hotr is the navel of the sacrifice; the expiration is above the navel, the inspiration is below; if the Adhvaryu were to go past the Hotr to the west, he would place the expiration in the inspiration, he would be liable to die.
yvk.6.3	The Adhvaryu should not accompany the song; the Adhvaryu s strength is his voice; if the Adhvaryu were to accompany the song, he would confer his voice on the Udgatr
yvk.6.3	The theologians say, The Adhvaryu should not go beyond the Sadas to the west before the Soma offering is completed.
yvk.6.3	The Adhvaryu turns away from the beast as it is slaughtered; verily he conceals himself from cattle, that he may not be cut off.
yvk.6.4	The theologians say, He indeed would be an Adhvaryu who in making Soma descend should make it descend for all the gods.
yvk.6.4	O Adhvaryu, didst thou seek the waters? he says; they came to me; look upon them in effect he says.
yvk.6.4	The theologians say, For what reason does the Manthin vessel not go to the Sadas? It is the vessel of misfortune he should say; if it were to go there, the Adhvaryu would be blind, he would be ruined; therefore it does not go there.
yvk.6.4	The Adhvaryu taking the Agrayana, commencing the sacrifice, utters his speech; thrice he utters Him verily thus he chooses the Udgatrs; the Agrayana is Prajapati; in that he utters Him after taking the Agrayana, verily thus Prajapati sniffs offspring
yvk.6.5	If the Adhvaryu desire, May I bestow upon myself the glory of the sacrifice standing between the Ahavaniya nd the oblation holder he should pour (it) down
yvk.6.5	[3] therefore in order the Adhvaryu sets out by the southern (door), the Pratiprasthatr by the nor hern; therefore the sun goes south for six months, north for six months.
yvk.6.5	It is the Unnetr who offers; the Adhvaryu when he has uttered Godspeed! is as one who has finished his journey; if the Adhvaryu were to offer, it would be as when one yokes again (a horse) unyoked.
yvk.6.6	If the Adhvaryu were not to make a success of drawing the Ansu, for both the Adhvaryu and the sacrificer would it go ill; if he were to make a success, for both would it go well; he draws without breathing; this is its success.
yvk.7.1	He should give her to the Agnidh, or the Brahman, or the Hotr or the Udgatr, or the Adhvaryu.
yvk.7.1	Then indeed were four sons born for him, a good Hotr, a good Udgatr, a good Adhvaryu, a good councillor.
yvk.7.1	He, who knowing thus offers the four night rite, has four sons born for him, a good Hotr, a good Udgatr, a good Adhvaryu, a good councillor.
yvk.7.5	The Adhvaryu sings nine (verses).
yvk.7.5	The Adhvaryu (mounts) two mats; verily they reach the surface of the ruddy one.

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