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1NS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 30. Note, (O porridge), him that takes pains, and cooks and presses the soma ; lift him up to the heavenly road, upon which, after he has reached the fullest age, he shall ascend to the highest firmament, the supreme heavens ! 31. Anoint (with ghee), O adhvaryu (priest), the surface of this sustaining (porridge), make skilfully a place for the melted butter ; with ghee do thou anoint all its limbs ! I prepare for myself a road that leads to the Fathers in the heavens. 32. O sustaining (porridge), cast destruction and strife among such as are sitting about thee, and are not Brihma^as ! (But) the descendants of the i?zshis, that eat thee, being full of substance, spreading forth, shall not take harm ! 33. To the descendants of the 7?zshis I make thee over, O porridge ; those who are not descended from Rtshis have no share in it! May Agni as my guardian, may all the Maruts, and all the gods watch over the cooked food ! 34. Thee (the porridge) that milkest the sacrifice, art evermore abundant, the male milch-cow, the seat of wealth, we beseech for immortality of offspring and long life with abundance of wealth. 35. Thou art a lusty male, penetratest heaven : go thou to the ./?zshis, descended from Rhhis ! Dwell in the world of the pious : there is a well-prepared (place) for us two ! 36. Pack thyself up, go forth ! O Agni, prepare the roads, that lead to the gods ! By these well- prepared (roads) may we reach the sacrifice, standing upon the firmament (that shines) with seven rays ! 37. With the light with which the gods, having cooked the porridge for the Brahma;/as, ascended IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 1 85 to heaven, to the world of the pious, with that would we go to the world of the pious, ascending to the light, to the highest firmament ! XII, 3. The preparation of the brahmaudana, the porridge given as a fee to the Brahmans. 1. (Thyself) a male, step thou upon the hide of the male (steer) : go, call thither all that is dear to thee ! At whatever age ye two formerly did first unite (in marriage), may that age be your common lot in Yama's kingdom ! 2. Your sight shall be as clear (as formerly), your strength as abundant, your lustre as great, your vitality as manifold ! When Agni, the (funeral-) pyre, fastens himself upon the corpse, then as a pair ye shall rise from the (cooked) porridge ! 3. Come ye together in this world, upon the road to the gods, and in Yama's realms ! By purifica- tions purified call ye together the offspring that has sprung from you ! 4.
2s himself upon the corpse, then as a pair ye shall rise from the (cooked) porridge ! 3. Come ye together in this world, upon the road to the gods, and in Yama's realms ! By purifica- tions purified call ye together the offspring that has sprung from you ! 4. Around the water united, sit ye down, O children ; around this living (father) and the waters that refresh the living ! Partake of these (waters), and of that porridge which the mother of you two cooks, and which is called amma (ambrosia) ! 5. The porridge which the father of you two, and which the mother cooks, unto freedom from defilement and foulness of speech, that porridge with a hundred streams (of ghee), leading to heaven, has penetrated with might both the hemispheres of the world. 6. In that one of the two hemispheres and the two heavenly worlds, conquered by the pious, which especially abounds in light, and is rich in honey, in 1 86 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. that do ye in the fulness of time come together with your children ! 7. Keep ever on in an easterly direction : this is the region that the faithful cling to ! When your cooked porridge has been prepared on the fire, hold together, O man and wife, that ye may guard it ! 8. When ye shall have reached the southerly direction, turn ye to this vessel ! In that Yama, associated with the fathers, shall give abundant protection to your cooked porridge ! 9. This westerly direction is especially favoured : in it Soma is ruler and consoler. To this hold, attach yourselves to the pious : then as a pair ye shall rise from the cooked porridge ! 10. The northerly direction shall make our realm the very uppermost, in offspring uppermost ! The purusha is the metre pankti : with all (our kin), endowed with all their limbs, may we be united ! 11. This 'firm' direction (nadir) is Vira^* (bril- liancy) : reverence be to her ; may she be kind to my children and to me ! Mayest thou, O goddess Aditi, who holdest all treasures, as an alert guardian guard the cooked porridge ! 12. As a father his children do thou, (O earth), embrace us ; may gentle winds blow upon us here on earth ! Then the porridge which the two divini- ties (the sacrificer and his wife) are here preparing for us shall take note of our religious fervour and our truth ! 13. Whatever the black bird, that has come hither stealthily, has touched of that which has stuck to the rim, or whatever the wet-handed slave- girl does pollute — may ye, O waters, purify (that) mortar and pestle ! IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 187 1 4.
3the black bird, that has come hither stealthily, has touched of that which has stuck to the rim, or whatever the wet-handed slave- girl does pollute — may ye, O waters, purify (that) mortar and pestle ! IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 187 1 4. May this sturdy press-stone, with broad bot- tom, purified by the purifiers, beat away the Rakshas ! Settle upon the skin, afford firm protection ; may man and wife not come to grief in their children ! 15. The (pestle of) wood has come to us together with the gods : it drives away the Rakshas and Pua^as. Up it shall rise, shall let its voice resound : through it let us conquer all the worlds ! 16. The cattle clothed itself in sevenfold strength, those among them that are sleek and those that are poor. The thirty-three gods attend them : mayest thou, (O cattle), guide us to the heavenly world ! 1 7. To the bright world of heaven thou shalt lead us ; (there) let us be united with wife and children ! I take her hand, may she follow me there ; neither Nirrzti (destruction), nor Arati (grudge), shall gain mastery over us ! 18. May we get past the evil Grahi (seizure)! Casting aside darkness do thou, (O pestle), let thy lovely voice resound; do not, O wooden tool, when raised, do injury ; do not mutilate the grain devoted to the gods ! 19. All-embracing, about to be covered with ghee, enter, (O pot), as a co-dweller this space ! — Take hold of the winnowing-basket, that has been grown by the rain : the spelt and the chaff it shall sift out ! 20. Three regions are constructed after the pattern of the Brahma^a : yonder heaven, the earth, and the atmosphere. — Take the (soma-) shoots, and hold one another, (O man and wife) ! They (the shoots) shall swell (with moisture), and again go back into the winnowing-basket ! 21. Of manifold variegated colours are the 1 88 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. animals, one colour hast thou, (O porridge), when successfully prepared. — Push these (soma-) shoots upon this red skin ; the press-stone shall purify them as the washer-man his clothes ! 22. Thee, the (pot of) earth, I place upon the earth : your substance is the same, though thine, (O pot), is modified. Even though a blow has cracked or scratched thee, do not therefore burst : with this verse do I cover that up ! 23. Gently as a mother embrace the son : I unite thee, (pot of) earth, with the earth ! Mayest thou, the hollow pot, not totter upon the altar, when thou art pressed by the tools of sacrifice and the ghee ! 24.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1NS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 30. Note, (O porridge), him that takes pains, and cooks and presses the soma ; lift him up to the heavenly road, upon which, after he has reached the fullest age, he shall ascend to the highest firmament, the supreme heavens ! 31. Anoint (with ghee), O adhvaryu (priest), the surface of this sustaining (porridge), make skilfully a place for the melted butter ; with ghee do thou anoint all its limbs ! I prepare for myself a road that leads to the Fathers in the heavens. 32. O sustaining (porridge), cast destruction and strife among such as are sitting about thee, and are not Brihma^as ! (But) the descendants of the i?zshis, that eat thee, being full of substance, spreading forth, shall not take harm ! 33. To the descendants of the 7?zshis I make thee over, O porridge ; those who are not descended from Rtshis have no share in it! May Agni as my guardian, may all the Maruts, and all the gods watch over the cooked food ! 34. Thee (the porridge) that milkest the sacrifice, art evermore abundant, the male milch-cow, the seat of wealth, we beseech for immortality of offspring and long life with abundance of wealth. 35. Thou art a lusty male, penetratest heaven : go thou to the ./?zshis, descended from Rhhis ! Dwell in the world of the pious : there is a well-prepared (place) for us two ! 36. Pack thyself up, go forth ! O Agni, prepare the roads, that lead to the gods ! By these well- prepared (roads) may we reach the sacrifice, standing upon the firmament (that shines) with seven rays ! 37. With the light with which the gods, having cooked the porridge for the Brahma;/as, ascended IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 1 85 to heaven, to the world of the pious, with that would we go to the world of the pious, ascending to the light, to the highest firmament ! XII, 3. The preparation of the brahmaudana, the porridge given as a fee to the Brahmans. 1. (Thyself) a male, step thou upon the hide of the male (steer) : go, call thither all that is dear to thee ! At whatever age ye two formerly did first unite (in marriage), may that age be your common lot in Yama's kingdom ! 2. Your sight shall be as clear (as formerly), your strength as abundant, your lustre as great, your vitality as manifold ! When Agni, the (funeral-) pyre, fastens himself upon the corpse, then as a pair ye shall rise from the (cooked) porridge ! 3. Come ye together in this world, upon the road to the gods, and in Yama's realms ! By purifica- tions purified call ye together the offspring that has sprung from you ! 4.
2s himself upon the corpse, then as a pair ye shall rise from the (cooked) porridge ! 3. Come ye together in this world, upon the road to the gods, and in Yama's realms ! By purifica- tions purified call ye together the offspring that has sprung from you ! 4. Around the water united, sit ye down, O children ; around this living (father) and the waters that refresh the living ! Partake of these (waters), and of that porridge which the mother of you two cooks, and which is called amma (ambrosia) ! 5. The porridge which the father of you two, and which the mother cooks, unto freedom from defilement and foulness of speech, that porridge with a hundred streams (of ghee), leading to heaven, has penetrated with might both the hemispheres of the world. 6. In that one of the two hemispheres and the two heavenly worlds, conquered by the pious, which especially abounds in light, and is rich in honey, in 1 86 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. that do ye in the fulness of time come together with your children ! 7. Keep ever on in an easterly direction : this is the region that the faithful cling to ! When your cooked porridge has been prepared on the fire, hold together, O man and wife, that ye may guard it ! 8. When ye shall have reached the southerly direction, turn ye to this vessel ! In that Yama, associated with the fathers, shall give abundant protection to your cooked porridge ! 9. This westerly direction is especially favoured : in it Soma is ruler and consoler. To this hold, attach yourselves to the pious : then as a pair ye shall rise from the cooked porridge ! 10. The northerly direction shall make our realm the very uppermost, in offspring uppermost ! The purusha is the metre pankti : with all (our kin), endowed with all their limbs, may we be united ! 11. This 'firm' direction (nadir) is Vira^* (bril- liancy) : reverence be to her ; may she be kind to my children and to me ! Mayest thou, O goddess Aditi, who holdest all treasures, as an alert guardian guard the cooked porridge ! 12. As a father his children do thou, (O earth), embrace us ; may gentle winds blow upon us here on earth ! Then the porridge which the two divini- ties (the sacrificer and his wife) are here preparing for us shall take note of our religious fervour and our truth ! 13. Whatever the black bird, that has come hither stealthily, has touched of that which has stuck to the rim, or whatever the wet-handed slave- girl does pollute — may ye, O waters, purify (that) mortar and pestle ! IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 187 1 4.
3the black bird, that has come hither stealthily, has touched of that which has stuck to the rim, or whatever the wet-handed slave- girl does pollute — may ye, O waters, purify (that) mortar and pestle ! IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS FOR BRAHMANS. 187 1 4. May this sturdy press-stone, with broad bot- tom, purified by the purifiers, beat away the Rakshas ! Settle upon the skin, afford firm protection ; may man and wife not come to grief in their children ! 15. The (pestle of) wood has come to us together with the gods : it drives away the Rakshas and Pua^as. Up it shall rise, shall let its voice resound : through it let us conquer all the worlds ! 16. The cattle clothed itself in sevenfold strength, those among them that are sleek and those that are poor. The thirty-three gods attend them : mayest thou, (O cattle), guide us to the heavenly world ! 1 7. To the bright world of heaven thou shalt lead us ; (there) let us be united with wife and children ! I take her hand, may she follow me there ; neither Nirrzti (destruction), nor Arati (grudge), shall gain mastery over us ! 18. May we get past the evil Grahi (seizure)! Casting aside darkness do thou, (O pestle), let thy lovely voice resound; do not, O wooden tool, when raised, do injury ; do not mutilate the grain devoted to the gods ! 19. All-embracing, about to be covered with ghee, enter, (O pot), as a co-dweller this space ! — Take hold of the winnowing-basket, that has been grown by the rain : the spelt and the chaff it shall sift out ! 20. Three regions are constructed after the pattern of the Brahma^a : yonder heaven, the earth, and the atmosphere. — Take the (soma-) shoots, and hold one another, (O man and wife) ! They (the shoots) shall swell (with moisture), and again go back into the winnowing-basket ! 21. Of manifold variegated colours are the 1 88 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. animals, one colour hast thou, (O porridge), when successfully prepared. — Push these (soma-) shoots upon this red skin ; the press-stone shall purify them as the washer-man his clothes ! 22. Thee, the (pot of) earth, I place upon the earth : your substance is the same, though thine, (O pot), is modified. Even though a blow has cracked or scratched thee, do not therefore burst : with this verse do I cover that up ! 23. Gently as a mother embrace the son : I unite thee, (pot of) earth, with the earth ! Mayest thou, the hollow pot, not totter upon the altar, when thou art pressed by the tools of sacrifice and the ghee ! 24.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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