Viraj

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 16 Jul 2011 17:36 and updated at 16 Jul 2011 17:36

KRISHNA YAJURVEDA NOUN

yvk.1.3 f Thou art Viraj, slaying our rivals; thou art Samraj, slaying our foes; thou art Svaraj, slaying the enemy; thou art Visvaraj, slayer of all destructive things [1].
yvk.1.7 Agni with one syllable won speech; the Asvins with two syllables won expiration and inspiration; Visnu with three syllables won the three worlds; Soma with four syllables won four footed cattle; Pusan with five syllables won the Parkti; Dhatr with six syllables won the six seasons; the Maruts with seven syllables won the seven footed Sakvari; Brhaspati with eight syllables won the Gayatri; Mitra with nine syllables won the threefold Stoma [1]; Varuna with ten syllables won the Viraj; Indra with eleven syllables won the Tristubh; the All gods with twelve syllables won the Jagati; the Vasus with thirteen syllables won the thirteenfold Stoma; the Rudras with fourteen syllables won the fourteenfold Stoma; the Adityas with fifteen syllables won the fifteenfold Stoma; Aditi with sixteen syllables won the sixteen fold Stoma; Prajapati with seventeen syllables won the seventeenfold Stoma.
yvk.2.2 When a son is born he should offer on twelve potsherds to Vaisvanara; in that there is (an offering) on eight potsherds, he purifies him with the Gayatri, with splendour; in that there is (an offering) on nine potsherds, he bestows brilliance upon him with the Trivrt Stoma(); in that there is (an offering) on ten potsherds, he bestows proper food upon him with the Viraj; in that there is (an offering) on eleven potsherds, he bestows power upon him with the Tristubh; in that there is (an offering) on twelve potsherds, he bestows cattle upon him with the Jagati; he upon whose birth he offers this sacrifice becomes pure [3], brilliant, an eater of food, powerful, possessed of cattle.
yvk.2.5 He should repeat thirty for one who desires food; the Viraj has thirty syllables, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj he secures food for him.
yvk.2.6 They make up ten, the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he wins food by the Viraj.
yvk.3.1 Earth is the deity, Viraj the metre, thou art the vessel of the reserved (offering).
yvk.3.3 Prajapati saw the Viraj; by it he created the past and the future; he concealed it from the Rsis; by penance Jamadagni beheld it, and by it he created various delights; that is why the various (cups) have their name.
yvk.3.3 They make up ten; the Vira has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj, the eating of food.
yvk.3.4 He offers ten in the same place; the Viraj has ten syllables; verily having obtained the Viraj, he makes it into a brick and piles it up; verily in the Viraj he obtains the sacrifice; the piling up must be repeated by him.
yvk.4.3 a (Thou art) the calf of eighteen months in strength, the Tristubh metre; the two year old in strength, the Viraj metre; the two and a half year old in strength, the Gayatri metre; the three year old in strength, the Usnih metre; the four year old in strength, the Anustubh metre; the draught ox in strength, the Brhati metre; the bull in strength, the Satobrhati metre; the bullock in strength, the Kakubh metre; the milch cow in strength, the Jagati metre; the beast of burden in strength, the Pankti metre; the goat in strength, the spacious metre; the ram in strength, the slow metre; the tiger in strength, the unassailable metre; the lion in strength, the covering metre; the support in strength, the overlord metre; the lordly power in strength, the delight giving metre; the all creating in strength, the supreme lord metro; the head in strength, the Prajapati metre.
yvk.4.3 a (Thou art) Ma metre, Prama metre, Pratima metre, Asrivis metre, Pankti metre, Usnih metre, Brhati metre, Anustubh metre, Viraj metre, Gayatri metre, Tristubh metre, Jagati metre.
yvk.4.4 (Thou I art) all overcoming through Agni; self ruling through the sun; lord of strength through might; creator with the bull; bountiful through the sacrifice; heavenly through the sacrificial fee; slayer of enemies through rage; supporter of the body through kindliness; wealth through food; through the earth he hath won; (thou art) eater of food with verses; increased by the Vasat cry; protector of the body through the Saman; full of light with the Viraj; drinker of Soma through the holy power; with cows he supporteth the sacrifice; with lordly power men; with horse and car bearer of the bolt; lord with the seasons; enclosing with the year; unassailable through penance; the sun with bodies.
yvk.5.2 There are five layers, he makes firm with five (sets of) dust; they make up ten, the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj, in proper food.
yvk.5.2 In the Viraj should the fire be piled they say; the Viraj is the ladle; in that he puts down two ladles, he piles Agni in the Viraj.
yvk.5.3 He put down ten; the Viraj has ten syllables, the light of the metres is the Viraj; verily he puts the light in the east; t erefore we revere the light in the east.
yvk.5.3 Radiance, the twenty twofold (with these wo ds he puts down) on the west; in that there are twenty, thereby there are two Viraj verses; in that there are two there is support; verily in order he finds support in the Viraj verses and in the eating of food.
yvk.5.3 The fire is an animal; he puts down the Viraj (bricks) in the highest layer; verily be confers upon cattle the highest Viraj; therefore he that is possessed of cattle speaks the highest speech.
yvk.5.4 (The hymn) has ten verses; the Viraj has ten syllables, by the Viraj are kept apart these two worlds; (verily it serves) to keep apart these two worlds.
yvk.5.4 Again the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj, in eating food.
yvk.5.5 The waters were the wives of Varuna; Agni longed for them, he had union with them; his seed fell away, it became this (earth); what second fell away became yonder (sky); this is the Viraj, yonder the Svaraj; in that he puts down two Viraj (bricks) he puts down these two (worlds).
yvk.5.6 The gods obtained the brilliance (virjam) of Agni by means of the consecration; for three nights should he be consecrated; the Viraj has three feet, he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For six nights should he b consecrated; the year consists of six seasons; the Viraj is the year, he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For ten nights should he be consecrated; the Viraj has ten syllables; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For twelve nights should he be consecrated; the year has twelve months; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 He should be consecrated for thirteen nights; the year has thirteen months [1]; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For fifteen nights should he be consecrated; the nights of the half month are fifteen; the year is made up by the half months; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For seventeen nights should he be consecrated; the year has twelve months and seven seasons; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For twenty four nights should he be consecrated; the year has twenty four half months; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For thirty nights should he be consecrated [2]; the Viraj has thirty syllables; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 For a month should he be consecrated; the year is the month; the Viraj is the year; he obtains the Viraj.
yvk.5.6 Again the Viraj has ten elements, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj and the eating of food.
yvk.5.6 To Soma, self ruler, there are (to be offered) two oxen which drag the cart; to Indra and Agni, the givers of force, two camels; to Indra and Agni, givers of might, two sheep that drag the plough; two heifers are for earth; to the quarters are (to be offered) two mares; two heifers are for earth; two females are for the Viraj two heifers are for earth; two oxen that drag the carriage are (to be offered) to Vayu; two black, barren cows are for Varuna; two bulls with high horns, destructive, are for the sky.
yvk.6.1 The Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj he wins proper food.
yvk.6.1 The Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj he wins proper food [2].
yvk.6.2 These make up tens; the Viraj has ten syllables; the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj he wins food.
yvk.6.2 He who knows the milking of the Viraj in the mouth of the sacrifice milks her; the Viraj is this (cow), the skin is its hide, the pressing boards its udder, the sounding holes its teats, the pressing stones its calves, the priests the milkers, Soma the milk.
yvk.6.4 For one who desires brilliance he should conclude with a Gayatri verse, for one who desires power with a Tristubh verse, for one who desires cattle with a Jagati verse, for one who desires support with an Anustubh verse, for one who desires the sacrifice with a Pankti verse, for one who desires food with a Viraj verse.
yvk.6.4 Five times (he measures) in silence; these make up ten; the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily he wins food by the Viraj.
yvk.6.6 In that there are ten posts, the Viraj has ten syllables, and the Viraj is food, he wins proper food by the Viraj [5]; thereby he milks the eleventh breast of her.
yvk.7.1 Agni is the light of the gods; the Viraj is the light of the metres.
yvk.7.1 The Viraj of speech ends in Agni; it is produced according to the Viraj.
yvk.7.1 He should not break the decades lest he should thus destroy the Viraj.
yvk.7.2 The sacrifice of ten nights is connected with the Viraj.
yvk.7.2 He, who knowing thus sacrifices with (the rite) of ten nights, attains the Viraj.
yvk.7.3 What by the tenth? The Viraj with its ten syllables.
yvk.7.3 As for ten of them, the Viraj is ten syllabled, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj they win food.
yvk.7.3 As for ten of them, the Viraj is ten syllabled, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj they win food.
yvk.7.3 The Viraj dividing itself stayed among the gods with the holy power Brahman(), among the Asuras with food.
yvk.7.4 It saw this Viraj, and placing it within itself it won food, plants [1], trees, offspring, cattle.
yvk.7.4 Those, who knowing thus perform (the rite of) these (nights), placing the Viraj in themselves, win food, grow great with offspring and cattle, and attain victoriousness and might.
yvk.7.4 These (nights) are thirty in number, the Viraj has thirty syllables; verily by the Viraj they win food.
yvk.7.4 As for thirty of them, the Viraj has thirty syllables, the Viraj is food; verily by the Viraj they win food.
yvk.7.4 This sacrifice is connected with the Viraj becau e it is one of forty nine (nights).
yvk.7.4 Those, who knowing thus perform (the rite) of forty nine nights, attain the Viraj, and become eaters of food.
yvk.7.4 The Stomas being sung together make up the Viraj, and two verses are redundant; the Gostoma has one too many, and the Ayustoma one too few.
yvk.7.4 The Jyotistoma is the world of heaven, the Viraj is strength; verily by it they go to the world of heaven.
yvk.7.4 These, Stomas() being sung together make up the Viraj [1], and two verses are redundant; the Gostoma has one too many, and the Ayustoma one too few.
yvk.7.4 The Jyotistoma is the world of heaven, the Viraj is strength; verily they win strength.
yvk.7.5 These come to ten; the Viraj is of ten syllables, the Viraj is food; verily they win food by the Viraj.
yvk.7.5 Again the Viraj is of ten syllables; the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj as food.

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