Upansu

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 16 Jul 2011 17:10 and updated at 16 Jul 2011 17:10

KRISHNA YAJURVEDA NOUN

yvk.2.3	d Let the god Savitr set thee free for life, for living, with the Pavamana Stoma, with the path of the Gayatra Saman(), with the strength of the Upansu Graha(); let the god Savitr set thee free for life, for living, [2] with the Brhat and Rathantara s Stoma with the path of the Tristubh, with the strength of the Sukra Graha(); let the god Savitr set thee free with the measure of Agni, with the path of the Jagati, With the strength of the Agrayana Graha().
yvk.4.3	a This one in front the existent; his, the existent s breath; spring born of the breath; the Gayatri born of the spring; from the Gayatri the Gayatri Saman(); from the Gayatra the Upansu (cup); from the Upansu the Trivrt Stoma(); from the Trivrt the Rathantara; from the Rathantara Vasistha, the Rsi; with thee taken by Prajapati, I take breath for offspring.
yvk.4.7	May the Amsu cup for me, the Rasmi, the Adabhya, the overlord (cup), the Upansu, the Antaryama, the (cup) for Indra and Vayu, the (cup) for Mitra and Varuna, the (cup) for the Asvins, the Pratiprasthana (cup) the Sukra, the Manthin, the Agrayana, the (cup) for the All gods, the Dhruva, the (cup) for Vaisvanara, the season cups [1], the Atigrahyas, the (cup) for Indra and Agni, the (cup) for the All gods, the (cups) for the Maruts, the (cup) for Mahendra, the (cup) for Aditya, the (cup) for Savitr the (cup) for Sarasvati, the (cup) for Pusan, the (cup) for Tvastr() with the wives (of the gods), the Hariyojana (cup) (prosper for me through the sacrifice).
yvk.6.4	The Soma is cattle, the Upansu pressing (stone) is cross breathing; in that he measures round the Upansu pressing (stone), he confers cross breathing upon cattle.
yvk.6.4	The Upansu Cup is breath; in that the cups are drawn beginning with the Upansu, they follow on breath.
yvk.6.4	The theologians say, Other cups are drawn with a strainer; what strainer has the Upansu? Speech is the strainer he should reply.
yvk.6.4	The theologians say, For what reason is it that three animals take by the hand? In that thrice he draws separately the Upansu with his hand, therefore there are three animals which take by the hand, man, the elephant, and the ape.
yvk.6.4	The gods saw that the sacrifice must be established in the Upansu (cup), and they established it in the Upansu.
yvk.6.4	The Upansu and the Antaryama (cups) are expiration and inspiration, the Upansu pressing (stone) is cross breathing.
yvk.6.4	Therefore the cup for Indra and Vayu is drawn before that for Mitra and Varuna, for the Upansu and the Antaryama (cups) are expiration and inspiration.
yvk.6.5	(The stone) for pressing out the Upansu (cup) is this Aditya Vivasvant; it lies round this Soma drink until the third pressing.
yvk.6.5	The Upansu is the breath; in that the first and the, last cups are drawn with the Upansu vessel, verily they follow forward the breath, they follow back the breath.
yvk.6.5	The Agrayana is Prajapati, the Upansu is the breath, the wives produce offspring; in that he draws (the cup) for Tvastr() with the wives from the Agrayana with the Upansu vessel, (it serves) for the production of offspring.
yvk.6.5	Offspring and cattle are born through the cups, goats and sheep through the Upansu and Antaryama, men through the Sukra and Manthin, whole hooved animals through the season cups, kine through the Aditya cup.
yvk.6.5	The Aditya cup is drawn with the largest number of Rcs; therefore kine axe the most numerous of cattle; in that he thrice draws apart with his hand the Upansu (cup), therefore the female goat gives birth to two or three, but sheep are more numerous.
yvk.6.5	The hymn called the Ajya Sastra(), that is the foundation of the cups; in that he recites muttering, that [2] is (the foundation) of the Upansu and the Antaryama (cups); in that (he recites) aloud, that is (the foundation) of the other cups; he who knows thus becomes possessed of a foundation.

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