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ग॑च्छ गो॒रस्थान॒म्।

Where the cattle are

वर्ष॑तु ते॒ द्यौर्

May heaven rain for thee

वधा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्था॑ परा॒वति॑ श॒तेन॒ पाशै॒र्यो॑ ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ वयं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा मौक्।

O god Savitr, bind thou in the furthest distance with a hundred fetters him who hateth us and whom we hate, thence let him not free.

अप॑हतो॒ ऽररुः॑ पृथि॒व्या अदे॑वयजनः।

Araru is smitten away from the earth, he that sacrifices not to the Gods

व्र॒जं ग॑च्छ गो॒स्थान॒म्।

Go the field where cattle are.

वर्ष॑ ते॒ द्यौः।

May heaven rain for thee.

व॑धा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्यां॑ परा॒वति॑ श॒तेन॒ पाशैर्यो॑ ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा॥

O God Savitr, bind thou in the furthest distance with a hundred fetters him who hateth us and whom we hate, thence let him not free.

Quote from Hindu Scriptures -1

In Mahabharata at one place Rishi Upamanyu praises the Ashvini Twins to get back his eye sight on the advice of his Guru. I am quoting the same and wish the viewers to contemplate on the same. Some portions are highlighted for contemplation. Theswords of Rishi Upamanu makes us understand that "Kaala" (Time) has no beginning & no end which is called "Anaadi" in Sanskrit

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"Ye are golden Eagles! Ye are the essence into which all things disappear! Ye are free from error and know no deterioration! Ye are of beauteous beaks that would not unjustly strike and are victorious in every encounter! Ye certainly prevail over time! Having created the sun, ye weave the wondrous cloth of the year by means of the white thread of the day and the black thread of the night! And with the cloth so woven, ye have established two courses of action appertaining respectively to the Devas and the Pitris. The bird of Life seized by Time which represents the strength of the Infinite soul, ye set free for delivering her unto great happiness! They that are in deep ignorance, as long as they are under delusions of their senses, suppose you, who are independent of the attributes of matter, to be gifted with form! Three hundred and sixty cows represented by three hundred and sixty days produce one calf between them which is the year. That calf is the creator and destroyer of all. Seekers of truth following different routes, draw the milk of true knowledge with its help. Ye Aswins, ye are the creators of that calf!

"The year is but the nave of a wheel to which is attached seven hundred and twenty spokes representing as many days and nights. The circumference of this wheel represented by twelve months is without end. This wheel is full of delusions and knows no deterioration. It affects all creatures whether to this or of the other worlds. Ye Aswins, this wheel of time is set in motion by you!

"The wheel of Time as represented by the year has a nave represented by the six seasons. The number of spokes attached to that nave is twelve as represented by the twelve signs of the Zodiac. This wheel of Time manifests the fruits of the acts of all things. The presiding deities of Time abide in that wheel. Subject as I am to its distressful influence, ye Aswins, liberate me from that wheel of Time. Ye Aswins, ye are this universe of five elements! Ye are the objects that are enjoyed in this and in the other world! Make me independent of the five elements! And though ye are the Supreme Brahma, yet ye move over the Earth in forms enjoying the delights that the senses afford.

"In the beginning, ye created the ten points of the universe! Then have ye placed the Sun and the Sky above! The Rishis, according to the course of the same Sun, perform their sacrifices, and the gods and men, according to what hath been appointed for them, perform their sacrifices also enjoying the fruits of those acts!

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- From Mahabharata

 

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आ द॑दे॒।

I grasp thee

इन्द्र॑स्य वा॒हुर॑सि॒ दक्षि॑णः स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिः श॒तते॑जाः।

Thou art Indra's right arm with a thousand spikes, a hundred edges.

 

वा॒युर॑सि ताग्मते॑जाः

Thou art the wind of sharp edge,

पृथि॑वि देवयज॒नयोष॑ध्यास्ते॒ मूलं॒ मा हिसिष॒म्

O Earth whereon sacrifice is offered to the Gods, let me harm not the root of thy plant

अप॑हतो॒
ऽररुः॑ पृथिव्यै

Araru is smitten away from the earth.

व्र॒जं ग॑च्छ गो॒स्थान॒म्।

Go to the fold where the cattle are.

वर्ष॑तु ते॒ द्यौः

May heaven rain for thee.

व॑धा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्यां॑ परा॒वति॑ श॒तेन॒ पासै॒र्यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं च व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा मौ॒क्।

O God Savitr, bind thou in the furthest distance with a hundred fetters him who hateth us and whom we hate, thence let him not free.

अप॑हतो॒ ऽररुः॑ पृथि॒व्यै दे॑व॒यज॑म्यै

Araru is smitten away from the earth, the place of sacrifices not to the Gods.

व्र॒जम्॥

Go to the fold

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सं व॑पामि॒

I pour together.

समापो॑ अ॒द्भिर॑ग्मत॒ समोष॑धयो॒ रसे॑न॒

The waters have joined with waters, the plants with sap.

सरे॒वती॒र्जग॑तीभि॒र्मधु॑मती॒र्मधु॑मतीर्मधुनतीभिः सृज्यध्वम्

Join ye rich ones with the moving ones, sweet ones with sweet.

अ॒द्भ्यः परि॒ प्रजा॑ताः स्थ॒ सम॒द्भिः पृ॑च्यध्वम्।

From the waters you are born, be united with the waters.

जन॑यत्यै त्वा॒ सं यौ॑मि।

For generations I unite thee.

अ॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ऽग्नीषोमाभ्याम्

For Agni thee, for Agni and Soma.

मखस्य शिरो॑ ऽसि

Thou art the head of Makha

धर्मो॑ ऽसि वि॒स्वायुः॑।

Thou art the cauldron that contains all life.

उ॒रुप्र॑थस्वो॒रु त॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिः प्रथताम्।

Be extended wide, let the lord of the sacrifice be extended wide.

त्वचं॑ गृह्णीष्व॒।

Grasp the skin

अन्तरि॑त॒ रक्षो॒ ऽन्तरि॑ता॒ अरा॑तयः।

The Raksas are obstructed, the evil spirits are obstructed.

दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता

Let the God Savtr

 

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श्र॑पयतु॒ वर्षिष्ठि अधि॒ नाके॒।

Make thee ready on the highest firmament

अग्निस्ते॑ त॒नुवं॒ माऽति॑ धा॒क्।

May Agni burn not too much thy body

अग्ने॑ हव्य र॑क्षस्व॒

O Agni, guard the offering

सं ब्रह्म॑णा पृच्यस्व।

Be united with our prayer

एक॒ताय॒ स्वाहा॑ द्वि॒ताय॒ स्वाहा॑ त्रि॒ताय॒ स्वाहा॑॥

Hail to Ekata, hail to Dvita, hail yo Trita.

Quotes - General

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body"

Quotes - Scriptures

The Lord, as Supersoul, pervades all things, just as fire permeates wood, and so He appears to be of many varieties, though He is the absolute one without a second. -Bhagavatam

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हह॒ श्रोत्रं हह सजा॒तान॒स्मै यज॑मानाय॒ पर्यू॑ह॒

(Make the eye) firm, make the ear firm, make his fellows etc,

धर्मासि॒ दिशो॑ हह॒ योनिं॑ हह प्र॒जां ह॑ह सजा॒तान॒मस्मै यज॑मानाय॒ पर्यूह॒

Thou art a support, make the quarters firm, make the organ firm, make offsprings firm, make his fellows etc.

चितः॑ स्थ प्र॒जाम॒स्मै र॒यिम॒स्मै स॑जा॒तान॒स्मै यज॑मानाय॒ पर्यूह

Ye are gatherers, bring offspring to the sacrifice, wealth to him, make his fellows etc.

भृगूणा॒मङ्गि॑रसां॒ तप॑सा तप्यध्वम्।

Be ye heated with the heat of the Bhrugus and Angirases.

यानि॑ ध॒र्मे क॒पाला॑न्युपचि॒न्वन्ति॑ वे॒धसः॑। पू॒ष्णस्तान्यपि॑ व्र॒त इ॑न्द्रवा॒यू वि मुञ्चताम्॥

The postherds which wise men collect for the cauldron, these are in Pusan's guardianship. Let Indra & Vayu set them free.

Quotes

People in our society have resolved to renounce nothing, but wish to enjoy the fruit of renunciation.' - Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

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धृष्टि॑रसि॒ ब्रह्म॑ य॒च्छ।

Bold art thou, support our prayer.

अपा॑ग्ने॒ ऽग्निमा॒मादं॑ जहि॒ निष्क॒व्याद॑ से॒धाऽऽ दे॑व॒यजं॑ वह॒

O Agni, drive off the fire that eats raw flesh, send away the Corpse-eating one, bring hither the fire that sacrifices to the Gods.

निर्द॑ग्ध॒ रक्षो॒ निर्द॑ग्धा॒ अरा॑तयः।

The raksas is burnt, the evil spirits are burnt.

ध्रु॒वम॑सि पृथि॒वीं दृहाऽऽयु॑र्दृह प्र॒जां दृह सजा॒तान॒स्मै यज॑मानाय॒ पर्यू॑ह

Thou art firm, make firm the earth, make life firm, make offspring firm, make his fellows subordinates to the sacrificer.

धर्त्रम॑स्य॒न्तरि॑क्षं हह प्रा॒णं दृहापानं दृह सजा॒तान॒स्मै यज॑मानाय॒ पर्यू॑ह

Thou art a supporter, make firm the atmosphere, make expiration firm, make inspiration firm, make his fellows subordinate to this sacrifice.

ध॒रुण॑मसि॒ दिवं॑ दृह॒ चक्षुः॥

Thou are supporting, make the heaven firm, make the eye

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अवधूत॒ रक्षो ऽव॑घूता॒ अरा॑त॒यः।

The seven Raksas are shaken off, the evil spirits are shaken off.

अदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग॑सि॒ प्रति॑ त्वापृथि॒वी वे॑त्तु

Thou art the skin of Aditi, may the earth recognise thee.

दि॒व स्क॑म्भ॒मिर॑सि॒ प्रति॒ त्वा त्वादि॑त्या॒स्त्वग्वे॑त्तु

Thou art the supporter of the sky, may the skin of Aditi recognise thee.

धि॒षणा॑ऽसि पर्व॒त्या प्रति॒ त्वा दि॒व स्क॑म्भ॒निर्वे॑त्तु

Thou art a bowl of rock, may the supporter of the sky recognise thee.

धिषणा॑ऽसि पार्वते॒यी प्रति॑ त्वा पर्व॒तिर्वे॑त्तु

Thou art abowl made of rock, may the rock recognise thee.

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वे॑ ऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्या॒मधि॑ वपामि

On the impulse of the God savitr, with the arms of the Asvins, with the hands of the prisan I pour thee out.

धा॒न्य॑मसि

Thou art stimulating

घिनु॒हि दे॒वान्

Stimulate the Gods.

प्रा॒णाय॑ त्वा

For through breathing

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अपा॒नाय॑ त्वा व्या॒नाय॑ त्वा

For expiration thee, for inspiration thee (I pound)

दी॒र्घामनु॒ प्रसि॑ति॒मायु॑षे धाम्।

May I extend for long the life (of the sacrificer)

दे॒वो वः॑ सवि॒ता हिर॑ण्यपाणिः॒ प्रति॑ गृह्णातु॥

Let the God Savitr, of golden hands, seize thee

Some facts on TIME

"Existence and non-existence, pleasure and pain all have Time for their root. Time creates all things and Time destroys all creatures. It is Time that burns creatures and it is Time that extinguishes the fire. All states, the good and the evil, in the three worlds, are caused by Time. Time cuts short all things and creates them anew. Time alone is awake when all things are asleep: indeed, Time is incapable of being overcome. Time passes over all things without being retarded. Know that all things past and future and all that exist at the present moment, are the offspring of Time."
Source:Mahabharata

Some facts about Cow

The Indian culture gives special place to the cow. All the 330 million gods have cow as their prime temple (all devas reside in the cow). Deva means to give, the strength to give, the ability to give more and take the minimum. This is known as Devata. The cow takes very less from us and gives us more. Therefore the Indian people have shown this with the help of strict devotion and dedication. Thus the cow has a prominent place in the Indian life and economy.
The whole world takes the cow as their mother. The reason is that the birth-giving mother gives milk to its child only for one or two years, but the mother cow gives milk throughout its life, which is like nectar

- Source: Article in YogSandesh Magazine

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पृथि॒वी वे॑त्तु।

May the earth recognise thee

अधि॒षव॑णमसि वानस्प॒त्यं प्रति॒ त्वाऽदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग्वे॑त्तु।

Thou art the plank of wood, may the skin of Aditi recognise thee.

अ॒ग्नेस्त॒नूर॑सि वा॒चो वि॒सर्जनम्

Thou art the body of Agni, loostner of speech

दे॒ववी॑तयेत्वा गृह्णा॒मि।

I grasp thee for the joy of the Gods

अद्रि॑रसि वानस्पत्यः

Thou art the stone of wood

स इ॒दं दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒व्य

Do thou wuth good labour elaborate this offering of the Gods.

इष॒मा व॒दोर्ज॒मा व॑द

Utter food, utter strength

द्यु॒मद्व॑दत

Make ye glorious sounds

व॒य संघा॒तं जे॑ष्म

May we be victorious in contest

व॒र्षवृद्धमसि॒

Thou art increased by the rain

प्रति॑ त्वा व॒र्षवृ॑द्धं वेत्तु॒

May that which is increased by the rain recognise thee.

परा॑पूत॒ रक्षः॒ परा॑पूता॒ अरा॑तयः॒।

The raksas is cleared away, the evil spirits are cleared away.

रक्ष॑सां भा॒गो॑ ऽसि

Thou art the share of the raksases

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वा॒युर्वो॒ वि वि॑नक्तु

Let the wind separate you

दे॒वो वः॑ सवि॒ता हिर॑ण्यपाणिः॒ प्रति॑ गृह्णातु॥

Let the God Savitr of golden hands, seize you.

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Quotes

It's not good for all of our wishes to be fulfilled. Through sickness, we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

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दे॒वो वः॑ सवि॒तोत्पु॑नात्वच्छि॑द्रेण प॒वित्रेण॒ वसोः॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभिः॒।

Let the God Savitr purify you, with a filter that has no flaw, with the rays of the bright sun

आपो॑ देवीरग्रेपुवो अग्रेगु॒वो ऽग्र इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं न॑य॒ताग्रे॑ य॒ज्ञपतिं धत्त

Ye devine waters, that go in front and first purify, forward lead this sacrifice,

place in front the lord of the sacrifice

यु॒ष्मनिन्द्रो॑ ऽवृणीत वृत्र॒तूरये॑ यू॒यमिन्द्र॑मवृणीध्वं वृत्रतूरये॒

प्रोक्षि॑ताः स्थ।

You Indra chose for the contest with Vritra, ye chose Indra for the contest with Vritra.

Ye are sprinkled.

अ॒ग्नये वो॒ जूष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑म्य॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्या॒म्।

I sprinkle you agreeable to Agni, to Agni & Soma.

शुन्ध॑ध्वं॒ दैव्या॑य॒ कर्म॑णे देवय॒ज्यायै॒।

Be ye pure for the devine rite, for the sacrifice to the Gods.

अव॑धूत॒ रक्षो ऽव॑धूता॒ अरा॑त॒यः।

The Raksas is shaken off, the evil spirits are shaken off

अदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग॑सि प्रति॑ त्वा॥

Thou art the skin of Aditi , may the earth recognise you

Quotes

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only an opportunity to more intelligently begin again. - Henry Ford

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हिसिषम्

Be not troubled

उ॒रु वाता॑य

(Bethou) open to wind

दे॒वस्य त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वे॑ ऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम॒ग्नये॒ जुष्टं॒ निर्व॑पाम्य॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्याम्

On the impulse of the God Savitr, with the arms of the Aswins, with the hands of the Pusan, I offer thee dear to Agni, to Agni & Soma

इ॒दं दे॒वाना॑मि॒दमु॒ नः स॒ह

This of the Gods, this of us too.

स्फा॒त्यै त्वा॒ नारा॑त्यै॒

For prosperity thee, not for misfortune.

सुव॑रभि वि ख्ये॑षं वैश्वान॒रं ज्योतिः॒।

May I behold the light, the radiance for all men.

दृह॑न्तां॒ दुर्या॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒व्योः।

May they that have doors stand firm in heaven & earth.

उ॒र्व॑न्तरि॑क्ष॒मन्वि॒हि।

Fare along the wide atmosphere.

अदि॑त्यास्त्वो॒पस्थे॑ सादया॒मि।

I place thee in lap of Aditi

अग्ने॑ ह॒व्य र॑क्षस्व॥

O Agni, guard the offering.

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कर्म॑णे वां दे॒वेभ्यः॑ शकेय॒म्

For the rite you two, for the Gods may I be strong.

वेषा॑य त्वा

Thee for accomplishment!

प्रत्यु॑ष्ट॒ रक्षः॒ प्रत्यु॑ष्टा॒ अरा॑तयः॒।

The Raksas is burnt up, the evil spirits are burnt up.

धूर॑सि॒

Thou art the yoke

धूर्व॒ धूर्व॑न्त॒म् तं यो॑ ऽस्मान् धर्व॑ति॒ तं धू॑र्व॒ यं व॒यं धूर्वा॑मः

Injure him who injures us,Injure him whom we injure

त्वं दे॒वाना॑मसि॒ सस्नि॑तमं॒ पप्रि॑तमं॒ जुष्ट॑तमं॒ वह्नि॑तमंदेव॒हूतम॒म्

Thou art of Gods the most firmly jointed, the most richly filled, the most agreeable, the best of carriers, The best caller of the Gods,

अहु॑तमसि हवि॒र्धान॒म्।

Thou art the oblation-holder that wavers not.

दृह॑स्व॒ मा ह्वाः॒।

Be firm, waver not

मि॒त्रस्य॑ त्वा॒ चक्षु॑षा॒ प्रेक्षे॒

I gaze on thee with the eye of Mitra

मा भेर्मा सं वि॑क्था॒ मा त्वा॑॥

Be not afraid, Let me harm thee not.

Quotes

. Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyse us, they're supposed to help us discover who we are.

Quotes

That is full; this is full. The full comes out of the full. Taking the full from the full the full itself remains. Aum, peace, peace, peace. - Upanishad

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शुन्ध॑ध्वं॒ दैव्या॑य॒ कर्म॑णे देवय॒ज्यायै॑

Be ye pure for the devine rite, the sacrifice to the Gods

मात॒रिश्व॑नो ध॒र्मो॑ऽसि

Thou art the cauldron of mtariçvan

द्यौर॑सि पृथि॒व्य॑सि

Thou art the heaven, thou art the earth

वि॒श्वधा॑या असि पर॒मेण॒ धाम्ना॒

Thou art the all supporting with the highest support

दृह॑स्व॒ मा ह्वाः॒।

Be firm, waver not

वसूनां॑ प॒वित्र॑मसि स॒हस्र॑धार॥

Thou art the strainer of the vasus, of a hundred streams, thou art that of the vasus, of a thousand streams

हु॒तः स्तो॒को हु॒तो द्रप्सः।

The spot (stoka) has been offered, the drop has been offered

अग्नये॑ बृहते नाका॑य॒। स्वाहा॒ द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्।

To the Agni, the mighty firmament. Hail to sky & earth

सा वि॒श्वायुः॒ सा वि॒श्वव्य॑चाः॒ सा वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒

This is she of all life. This is the all encompassing, this is the all doing

सम्पृ॑च्यध्वमृतावरीरू॒र्मिणी॒र्मधु॑मत्तमा म॒न्द्रा धन॑स्य सा॒तये॒

Be ye united, that follow holy orders, ye that wave and ae fullest of sweetness, delightful for the gaining of wealth

सोमे॑न॒

With soma

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तवाऽऽत॑न॒च्मीन्द्रा॑य॒ दधि॒

I curdle thee, curds for Indra

विष्णो॑हव्य र॑क्षस्व॥

O Vishnu God of offering.

Yajurveda - 3

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वि वय रु॑हेम पृथि॒व्याः सं॒पृचः॑ पाहि
Guard from the contact of earth
सुसं॒भृता॑ त्वा॒ संभ॑रा॒मि
I gather thee with good gathering
अदि॑त्यै॒ रास्ना॑ऽसीन्द्रा॒ण्यै स॒न्नह॑नम्
Thou art the girdle of Aditi, the cord of Indrani
पू॒षा ग्र॒न्थिं ग्र॑श्नातु॒ स ते॒ माऽऽस्था॒त्।
Let Pusan tie a knot for thee, that knot shall mount me
इन्द्र॑स्य त्वा बा॒हुभ्या॒मुद्य॑च्छे॒ बृहस्पते॑र्मू॒घ्ना ह॑रामि
I hold thee up with the arms of Indra, I seize thee with the head of Brihaspati
उ॒र्वन्तरि॑क्ष॒मन्वि॑हि
Fare along the atmosphere
देवंग॒मम॑सि॥
Thou art going to Gods.

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Yajurveda-2

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य॒ज्ञस्य॑ घो॒षद॑सि॒
Thou art the substance of the sacrifice.
प्रत्यु॑ष्टँ॒ रक्षः॒ प्रत्यु॑ष्टा॒ अरा॑तयः॒
The Raksas is burned up, the evil spirits are burned up
प्रेयम॑गाद्धि॒षणा॑ ब॒र्हिरच्छ॒ मनु॑ना कृ॒ता स्व॒धया॒ वित॑ष्टा॒। त आ व॑हन्ति क॒वपयः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑द् दे॒वेभ्यो॒ जुष्ट॑मि॒ह
ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑॥
The Vedi hath come to the sacrificial straw, made by Manu, fashioned with the Svadha call.
The sages fetch it from in front, the delightful straw for the Gods to sit on here.
दे॒वानां॑ परिषू॒तम॑सि
Thou art impelled by the Gods.
व॒र्षवृ॑द्धमसि॒
Thou art made to grow by the rains.
देवबर्हि॒र्मा त्वा॒ऽन्वङ्मा ति॒र्यक्
O devine straw, let me hit thee either across or along
पर्व॑ ते राध्यासम्
Let me hit thy joints
आच्छे॒त्ता ते॒ मा रि॒षम्।
Let me come to no harm in cutting thee
देव॑बर्हिः श॒तव॑ल्शं॒ वि रो॑ह स॒हस्र॑वल्शाः॒॥
O devine straw, rise with hundred shoots,

Quotes

God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.” - Source: www.thinkexist.com

Yajur Veda

To all viewers,
For quite some time I have been thinking of going through Yajurveda within my lifetime. With this in mind I was searching for a good Website. I could not get a single Website which gave Sanskrit Text and the English meaning in one place. I got the following two Websites which gave text & meaning on two different pages. I thought about it and felt that the right and a good method for me would be to prepare the Sanskrit Text & English meaning on one page With this new year resolution I am starting this. I fully realise that this is a marathon task and do not know whether I can complete this task. I am starting the task very earnestly and pray God Almighty to bestove all the required strength and the determination to complete the task.
Reference Websites are
1. www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda
2. http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yv/yv01.htm
It may not be possible to publish on a daily basis. As and when I complete a stanza, I will publish.
I am glad to publish the first stanza on the New Year (2010) day.

I may pleased be excused for any omissions & commissions
हरिः ॐ

श्री गु्रुभ्यो नमः
काण्डम् प्रथमः प्रपाठकः
दर्शपूर्णमासौ
हरिः ॐ
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इ॒षे त्वो॒र्जे त्वा
For food thee, for strength thee
वा॒यवः स्थोपा॒यवः॑ स्थ
Ye are the winds, ye are the approachers
दे॒वो वः॑ सवि॒ता प्रार्प॑यतु॒ श्रेष्ठ॑तमाय॒ कर्मणे॒।
Let the God Savitr impel you to the most excellent offering
आ प्या॑ध्वमघ्निया देवभा॒गमूर्ज॑स्वतीः॒ पय॑स्वतीः॒ प्र॒जाव॑तीरनमी॒वा अ॑य॒क्ष्माः।
O invisible ones, swell with the share of Gods,
Full of strength, of milk, rich in offspring, free from sickness, from disease.
मा वः स्ते॒न ईशत॒ माऽघशँ॑सः।
Let no thief, no evil worker control over you
रु॒द्रस्य॑ हे॒तिः परि तो वृणक्तु।
Let Rudra’s dart avoid you
ध्रु॒वा अ॒स्मिन् गोप॑तौ स्यात ।
Abide ye, numerous, with this lord of cattle.
यज॑मानस्य प॒शून् पा॑हि।।Do thou protect the cattle of the sacrifice.

Quotes

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
- Thomas Jefferson