Brahman
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 15 Jul 2011 11:06 and updated at 15 Jul 2011 11:06
KRISHNA YAJURVEDA NOUN
yvk.1.3 | o Thou art be whose light is the Brahman, whose home is the heaven. |
yvk.1.4 | k May I win a Brahman to day, a seer and sprung from seers, of (famous) father and grandfather, fit for the sacrificial gift. |
yvk.1.5 | He makes a discrimination; verily he makes the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.1.5 | The sacrifice of him who removes the fire is split; he pays reverence with a verse containing the word Brhaspati; Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily by holy power Brahman() he unites the sacrifice. |
yvk.1.5 | e In that, when born, O Agni, thou didst survey the worlds, Like a busy herd that goeth around his flock, Do thou, O Vaisvanara, find a way for the Brahman; Do ye protect us ever with your blessings. |
yvk.1.6 | h For the brilliance of the Brahman, for a prop, a support, I take thee. |
yvk.1.6 | d I yoke thee with the divine Brahman, To bear this oblation, O wise one; Kindling thee, may we live long with good children, With good heroes, bearing thee tribute. |
yvk.1.6 | By means of a vow is Agni, lord of vows, pure, the Brahman is a supporter of vows. |
yvk.1.6 | I yoke thee with the divine Brahman he says; this is the yoking of the fire; verily |
yvk.1.6 | The Agnihotra is the beginning of the sacrifice, these Vyahrtis are the Brahman; verily at the beginning of the sacrifice he makes the Brahman |
yvk.1.6 | When the year is completed he should thus with these Vyahrtis() perform the setting down; verily with the Brahman he surrounds the year on both sides. |
yvk.1.6 | The new and full moon and the four monthly sacrifices are the beginning of the sacrifice, these Vyahrtis are the Brahman; verily at the beginning of the sacrifice he makes the Brahman. |
yvk.1.6 | When the year is completed, he should thus with them Vyahrtis() set down (the blations), and so with the Brahman he surrounds the year on both sides. |
yvk.1.6 | [3] to the people (falls) the blessing of what (is performed) with the Rc; now the Brahman sacrifices with an offering without a blessing; when he is about to recite the kindling verses he should first insert the Vyahrtis; verily he makes the Brahman the commencement, and thus the Brahman sacrifices with an offering which has a blessing. |
yvk.1.7 | [4] half they wipe; in this regard the sacrifice of the Asuras was broken; the gods united it by the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.1.7 | May Brhaspati extend this for us he says; Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily by the holy power Brahman() he unites the sacrifice. |
yvk.1.7 | Excellence has not been obtained by him who having established a fire has no retinue; cattle indeed are the etinue of a Brahman. |
yvk.1.7 | g Soma the king, Varuna, Agni, we grasp, The Adityas, Visnu, Surya And Brhaspati, the Brahman (priest). |
yvk.1.8 | To Brhaspati he offers an oblation in the house of the Brahman (priest); the sacrificial fee is a white backed (animal). |
yvk.1.8 | a Do I thou mount the kindling (quarter); let the Gayatri of metres help thee; the Trivrt Stoma, the Rathantara Saman, the deity Agni, the treasure the Brahman class. |
yvk.1.8 | g O Brahman! Thou, O king, art the Brahman priest, thou art Savitr of true instigation. |
yvk.1.8 | O Brahman! Thou, O king, art the Brahman priest, thou art Indra of true force |
yvk.1.8 | O Brahman! Thou, O king, art the Brahman priest; thou art Indra, the kindly. |
yvk.1.8 | O Brahman! Thou, O king, art the Brahman priest; thou art Varuna, of true rule. |
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.1.8 | The Hotr is a Bhargava; the Saman of the Brahman is the Srayantiya; the Agnistoma Saman is the Varavantiya. |
yvk.2.1 | The Brahman who despite study does not win fame should offer to Agni (a beast) with a black neck, and to Soma a brown (one); in that (the beast) is offered to Agni, thereby he places brilliance in him; in that (the beast) is offered to Soma, thereby (be places) splendour. |
yvk.2.1 | He who has a dispute for a Purohitaship should offer (a beast) with a black neck to Agni, a brown one to Soma, and one with a black neck to Agni; the Brahman is connected with Agni, the prince with Soma; on either side of (the beast) for Soma there is one for Agni; verily with brilliance, with the Brahman, he seizes on either side the kingdom, and forthwith appropriates it; they choose him as Purohita. |
yvk.2.1 | He whose ancestors and himself for three generations have not drunk Soma should offer (a bull) which has again been let loose to Indra and Agni; the Soma drinking of a Brahman is interrupted if his ancestors and himself for three generations have not drunk Soma |
yvk.2.1 | In that it is offered to Agni, the Brahman is connected with Agni, verily he continues his own deity. |
yvk.2.1 | He who practises witchcraft should offer to Brahmanaspati (a cow) with brown ears; first he should make to Varuna an offering on ten potsherds; verily he causes Varuna to seize his foe and lays him low with the Brahman. |
yvk.2.1 | It has brown ears; that is the symbol of the Brahman; (verily it serves) for prosperity. |
yvk.2.1 | He who being a bad Brahman desires to drink Soma should offer to the Asvins a dusky (beast) with spots on the forehead; the Asvins were among the gods those who did not drink Soma; they later acquired the drinking of Soma; the Asvins are the gods of the bad Brahman who desires to drink Soma; verily he has recourse to the Asvins with their own share; verily they give to him the drinking of Soma; the drinking of Soma comes to him. |
yvk.2.2 | He who practises witchcraft should offer to Agni and Visnu on eleven potsherds; Sarasvati should have a portion of the butter, and to Brhaspati an oblation (be offered); in that there is (an offering) on eleven potsherds to Agni and Visnu, and all the gods are Agni and the sacrifice is Visnu, with all the gods and the sacrifice be practises witchcraft against him; Sarasvati has a portion of the butter; Sarasvati is speech; verily with speech he practises against him; the oblation is Brhaspati s, Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily with the holy power Brahman() he practises against him |
yvk.2.2 | With the same (offering) should he sacrifice who is practised against; verily he sets gods against gods, the sacrifice against the sacrifice, speech against speech, the Brahman against the Brahman; between the gods and the sacrifice he creeps along; from no quarter is be injured; he who practises against him does not lay him low. |
yvk.2.2 | [6] the sacrifice against the sacrifice, speech against speech, the Brahman against the Brahman; verily by means of the potsherds he makes up the metres, by means of the cakes the pressings. |
yvk.2.3 | (The offering) is in ghee; ghee is life, gold is immortality; verily he unites him with life and immortality; four Krsnalas weight on each occasion he cuts off to obtain the four cuttings off; one by one he brings to the Brahman priest, and one by one he bestows life upon the sacrificer. |
yvk.2.3 | He whose desire is not fulfilled should offer on eleven potsherds to Agni and Soma; the Brahman is connected with Agni, he drinks Soma; verily he has recourse to his own deity with his own share; verily he unites him with his desire; his desire is fulfilled. |
yvk.2.3 | The same sacrifice should he offer who desires, May I bring the people to ruin with respect to the Brahman he should use as the Yajya and the Anuvakya verses referring to the Maruts; verily he brings the people to ruin with respect to the Brahman. |
yvk.2.3 | For the Brahman who is low in rank he sho ld offer to Brhaspati this oblation of the after shoots of rice; verily he has recourse to Brhaspati with his own share; verily he leads him to the top of his equals; the Yajya and the Anuvakya contain the words depth and top verily he leads from the depth to the top; it is of the after shoots of rice, for it is the deity of him who is low in rank; (verily it serves) for prosperity. |
yvk.2.3 | Soma is full of life; he is (full) through the plants; the sacrifice is full of life; it is (full) through the sacrificial fees; the Brahman is full of life; that is full of life through the Brahmans; the gods are full of life; they are (full of life) through the ambrosia; the Pitrs are full of life; they are full of life through the Svadha call with this life I make thee full of life. |
yvk.2.3 | Grasping the hand of the Brahman (priest) they speak around (him); separately they bestow life on the sacrificer; what was his that (is his again). |
yvk.2.4 | If one desire of a warrior, May he be born not fettered, may he continually slay his foes one should offer for him the offering for Indra and Brhaspati, for the warrior is connected with Indra, Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman(); verily by the holy power Brahman() he frees him from the bond that fetters him. |
yvk.2.5 | Creatures called out upon him, Thou art a Brahman slayer. |
yvk.2.5 | The prosperous are three; a learned Brahman(), a village headman, and a warrior. |
yvk.2.5 | O Brahman he says, for he is a Brahman. |
yvk.2.5 | Quickened by the holy power Brahman() he says, for he is quickened by the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.2.5 | In the case of a Rajanya let him repeat the Trcas thrice three other sorts of men are there besides the warrior, the Brahman, Vaisya and Sudra; verily he makes them obedient to him. |
yvk.2.5 | Prajapati spake to a Brahman (saying), Explain the phrase, "Make announcement" Hearken to this, O ye gods he said; Agni the god is the Hotr (he said). |
yvk.2.5 | If a Brahman and a non Brahman have a litigation, one should support the Brahman; if one supports the Brahman, one supports oneself; if one opposes the Brahman, one opposes oneself therefore one should not oppose a Brahman. |
yvk.2.6 | The Puronuvakya is the Gayatri, the Yajya the Tristubh; verily he makes the ruling class dependent on the priestly class; therefore the Brahman is the chief. |
yvk.2.6 | The theologians say, Thou hast sprinkled the offerings with water; but the waters with what? With the holy power Brahman() he should say, for verily he sprinkles the offerings with water, and the waters with the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.2.6 | The Brahman, god made, is invoked he says; verily he invokes the Brahman. |
yvk.2.6 | If he were to transfer it (to the Brahman) crosswise, he would pierce the unwounded part of the sacrifice; lie transfers it in front; verily he transfers it in the proper way. |
yvk.2.6 | On the impulse of the god Savitr, with the arms of the Asvins, with the hands of Pusan I take thee he says; verily, impelled by Savitr, he took it with the holy power Brahman() and with the gods. |
yvk.2.6 | With the belly of the Brahman he said, for nothing harms the belly of the Brahman. |
yvk.2.6 | With the holy power Brahman() of Brhaspati (he said), for he is fullest of the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.2.6 | O Brahman, will we set out? he says; there indeed is the sacrifice placed |
yvk.2.6 | [1] where the Brahman is; where the sacrifice is placed, thence does he commence it. |
yvk.2.6 | Brhaspati is the (priest) Brahman he says, for he is fullest of the holy power Brahman(). |
yvk.2.6 | Therefore one should not revile a Brahman, nor strike him, nor draw blood from him; for so great is his sin. |
yvk.3.1 | Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily he grasps hold of him, and he brings him safely through. |
yvk.3.2 | b The Brahman is Brhaspati. |
yvk.3.4 | If the head of a family is expelled, they should be offered for him, placing him on a mound and cooking a Brahman s mess of four Saravas in size; the Rastrabhrts are pre eminence, the mound is pre eminence; verily by pre eminence he makes him pre eminent among his equals. |
yvk.3.4 | d Brahman of the gods, leader of poets, Sage of seers, bull of wild beasts, Eagle of vultures, axe of the forests, Soma |
yvk.3.5 | To him he proclaimed these shares in the Stoma, therefore people were propagated with Vasistha as their Purohita; therefore a Vasistha should be chosen as the Brahman priest; verily he is propagated. |
yvk.4.2 | u The plants hold converse With Soma, the king, The man for whom the Brahman prepares (us), We, O king, bring to safety. |
yvk.5.1 | (He gathers) with Gayatri verses for a Brahman, for the Brahman is connected with the Gayatri; with Tristubh verses for a Rajanya, for the Rajanya is connected with the Tristubh; if he desire of a man, May he be richer he should gather for him with both sets; verily upon him he bestows brilliance and power together. |
yvk.5.1 | [2] verily by means of the holy power he quickens the kingly power, and by the kingly power the holy power; therefore a Brahman who has a princely person is superior to another Brahman; therefore a prince who has a Brahman is superior to another prince. |
yvk.5.2 | With kindling wood serve Agni (with these words) he puts a kindling stick, made wet with ghee, upon him when put in place; that is as when hospitality with melt d butter is offered to a guest on arrival; (he puts it on) with a Gayatri for a Brahman, for the Brahman is connected with the Gayatri, with a Tristubh for a Rajanya, for the Rajanya is connected with the Tristubh. |
yvk.5.2 | With (a verse) addressed to Soma he separates (the sand); Soma is impregnator of seed; verily he impregnates seed; with a Gayatri for a Brahman, for the Brahman is connected with the Gayatri, with a Tristubh for a Rajanya, for the Rajanya is connected with the Tristubh. |
yvk.5.2 | Prajapati created creatures with the Brahman class as first; verily the sacrificer creates offspring with the Brahman as first; the holy power born he says; therefore the Brahman is the first; the first he becomes who knows thus. |
yvk.5.2 | In the fire must the fire be piled they say; the Brahman |
yvk.5.2 | [1] is Agni Vaisvanara, and to him should he hand over the first brick over which a Yajus has been recited; with the Brahman he should deposit it; verily in the fire he piles the fire. |
yvk.5.3 | All evil by it the gods overcame; by it also the gods overcame (the sins of) Brahman slaying; all evil |
yvk.5.3 | [1] he overcomes, he overcomes Brahman slaying who sacrifices with the horse sacrifice, and he who knows it thus. |
yvk.5.4 | The Saman of the Brahman is that of Prthurasmi; by the rein the horse is restrained |
yvk.5.5 | To them he is cut off who piles the fire; having piled the fire he should give (a bow) with three arrows to a Brahman, unasked; verily to them he pays homage, and also he ransoms himself from them. |
yvk.5.5 | The deer for Rudra; the chameleon, the bird, the Pippaka, these are (to be offered) to the arrow shot; the gazelle for the Maruts; the Sarga to the Brahman; the hyena, the black (deer), the dog of four eyes, the ass, these are for other men; to Agni the crow. |
yvk.5.6 | The Brahman is connected with Agni, therefore the Brahman finds prosperity in all the quarters; verily every quarter he goes to is his own. |
yvk.5.6 | By the Brahman class he piled its front half, by the lordly class its right wing, by cattle its tail, by the people its left wing, by hope its middle. |
yvk.5.7 | If there is any butter left over, in it he should cook a mess for the Brahmans, four Brahmans should eat it; the Brahman is Agni Vaisvanara, Vaisvanara, is the form dear to Agni; verily he establishes it in his dear form. |
yvk.6.1 | Brhaspati is the holy ower Brahman() of the gods; verily by the holy power he wins this sacrifice for him. |
yvk.6.1 | This Brahman has consecrated himself he says thrice in a whisper; verily he proclaims him to the gods. |
yvk.6.2 | Milk (is the drink) of the Brahman, the Brahman is brilliance, milk is brilliance; verily by brilliance he endows himself with brilliance and milk. |
yvk.6.3 | Then the altars became fires (also); therefore a Brahman who has two names is likely to prosper. |
yvk.6.3 | [1] he says; Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily by the holy power he wins cattle for him. |
yvk.6.3 | A Brahman on birth is born with a threefold debt, of pupilship to the Rsis, of sacrifice to the gods, of offspring to the Pitrs. |
yvk.6.4 | He should either take waters with radiance in them, or having deposited gold he takes them with light in them, or he should take them from the tank of a Brahman who performs many sacrifices, for he is one who has taken the Vasativaris. |
yvk.6.4 | Therefore a Brahman should not practise medicine, for the physician is impure, unfit for the sacrifice. |
yvk.6.4 | Their skill as physicians they deposited in three places, in Agni a third, in the waters a third, in the Brahman a third. |
yvk.6.4 | [2] and sit on the right hand of a Brahman when practising medicine; all medicine he performs thereby, his remedy becomes effective. |
yvk.6.4 | Brhaspati was the Purohita of the gods, Sanda and Marka of the Asuras; the gods had the holy power Brahman(), the Asuras had the holy power Brahman(); they could not overcome one another; the gods invited Sanda and Marka; they replied, Let us choose a boon; let cups be drawn for us also herein. |
yvk.6.5 | Aditi, desirous of offspring, cooked a Brahman s mess for the Sadhya gods; to her the gave the remains, she ate it, she became pregnant; of her the four Adityas were born. |
yvk.6.5 | [2] (a man) is a slayer of a Brahman (through slaying) an embryo which has not been discriminated. |
yvk.6.6 | May I win a Brahman to day |
yvk.6.6 | [3] a seer and sprung from seers he says; the learned man is a Brahman, a seer and sprung from seers; therefore he sa s thus. |
yvk.6.6 | He gives to the Agnidh; verily he delights the seasons headed by Agni; he gives to the Brahman priest, for instigation; he gives to the Hotr; the Hotr is the self of the sacrifice; verily he unites the self of the sacrifice with the gifts. |
yvk.6.6 | There is one for Brhaspati; Brhaspati is the holy power Brahman() of the gods; verily with the holy power Brahman() he produces offspring for him. |
yvk.7.1 | After it the god Agni was created, the Gayatri metre, the Rathantara Saman, of men the Brahman, of cattle the goat; therefore are they the chief, for they were produced from the mouth. |
yvk.7.1 | Then some say, It is to be given to the Brahman and the Agnidh |
yvk.7.1 | [6] two shares to the Brahman and the third to the Agnidh. |
yvk.7.1 | For the Brahman is connected with Indra, the Agnidh with Visnu; (verily the division is) just as they two agreed upon. |
yvk.7.1 | He should give her to the Agnidh, or the Brahman, or the Hotr or the Udgatr, or the Adhvaryu. |
yvk.7.3 | Then they repeat the Brahman. |
yvk.7.3 | The Rc verses are limited, the Samans are limited, and the Yajuses are limited, but of the Brahman there is no end, and that he should declare to the one who responds. |
yvk.7.3 | The Viraj dividing itself stayed among the gods with the holy power Brahman(), among the Asuras with food. |
yvk.7.3 | The gods desired, May we acquire both the holy power Brahman() and food! They saw (the rite of) these twenty nights. |
yvk.7.3 | Then indeed they acquired both the holy power Brahman() and food, and became resplendent and eaters of food. |
yvk.7.3 | Those, who knowing thus perform (the rite of) these nights, acquire both the holy power Brahman() and food |
yvk.7.4 | a Let the ram aid thee with cooked food, the dark necked with goats, the cotton tree with increase, the Parna tree with the holy power Brahman(), the fig tree with the sacrifice, the banyan with the beakers, the Udumbara with strength, the Gayatri with the metres, the Trivrt with the Stomas. |
yvk.7.4 | (They call) the Brahman the highest realm of speech. |
yvk.7.5 | There is the Brahman s Saman as the Abhivarta to win the world of heaven. |
yvk.7.5 | For six months (as they go) hence the Brahman s Saman should be the victorious |
yvk.7.5 | The victorious is the holy power Brahman(); verily they go winning the world of heaven by the holy power Brahman(); for the world of heaven is as it were opposite from hence. |
yvk.7.5 | When they come thence the Brahman s Saman for six months should be O Indra, bear us strength, as a father to his sons. |
yvk.7.5 | To the Brahman (caste) he made obeisance, to the Ksatriya (caste) he made obeisance; as the Brahman with the Ksatriya (made harmony, so &c. |
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