Taittiriya Samhita 1.8.10
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 1, Prapathaka 8 · Verse 1.8.10
Sanskrit Original
अ॒ग्नये॑ गृ॒हप॑तये पुरो॒डाश॑म॒ष्टाक॑पालं ॒ निर्व॑पति कृ ॒ष्णानां᳚ व्रीही॒णाꣳ सोमा॑य॒ वन॒स्पत॑ये श्यामा॒कं च॒रुꣳ स॑वि॒त्रे स॒त्यप्र॑सवाय पुरो॒डाशं॒ द्वाद॑शकपालमाशू॒नां व्री॑ही॒णाꣳ रु॒द्राय॑ पशु॒पत॑ये गावीधु॒कं च॒रुं बृह॒स्पत॑ये वा॒चस्पत॑ये नैवा॒रं च॒रुमिन्द्रा॑य ज्ये॒ष्ठाय॑ पुरो॒डाश॒मेका॑दशकपालं म॒हाव्री॑हीणां मि॒त्राय॑ स॒त्याया॒ऽऽम्बानां᳚ च॒रुं वरु॑णाय॒ धर्म॑पतये यव॒मयं॑ च॒रुꣳ स॑वि॒ता त्वा᳚ ’ सुवताम॒ग्निर्गृ॒हप॑तीना॒ꣳ सोमो॒ वन॒स्पती॑नाꣳ रु॒द्रः प॑शू॒नां प्रस॒वानाꣳ बृह॒स्पति॑र्वा॒चामिन्द्रो᳚ ज्ये॒ष्ठानां᳚ मि॒त्रः स॒त्यानां॒ वरु॑णो॒ धर्म॑पतीनां॒ ये दे॑वा देव॒सुवः॒ स्थ taittirIyasamhitA.pdf त इ॒ममा॑मुष्याय॒णम॑नमि॒त्राय॑ सुवध्वं मह॒ते क्ष॒त्त्राय॑ मह॒त आधि॑पत्याय मह॒ते जान॑राज्यायै॒ष वो॑ भरता॒ राजा॒ सोमो॒ऽस्माकं ॑ ब्राह्म॒णाना॒ꣳ राजा॒ प्रति॒ त्यन्नाम॑ रा॒ज्यम॑धायि॒ स्वां त॒नुवं॒ वरु॑णो अशिश्रे॒च्छुचे᳚र्मि॒त्रस्य॒ व्रत्या॑ अभू॒माम॑न्महि मह॒त ऋ॒तस्य॒ नाम॒ सर्वे॒ व्राता॒ वरु॑णस्याभूव॒न्वि मि॒त्र एवै॒ररा॑तिमतारी॒दसू॑षुदन्त य॒ज्ञिया॑ ऋ॒तेन॒ व्यु॑ त्रि॒तो ज॑रि॒माणं॑ न आन॒ड्विष्णोः॒ क्रमो॑ऽसि॒ विष्णोः᳚ क्रा॒न्तम॑सि॒ विष्णो॒र्विक्रा᳚न्तमसि ॥ प॒शू॒नां व्राताः॒ पञ्च॑विꣳशतिश्च
a To Agni, lord of the house, he offers a cake of black rice on eight potsherds; to Soma, lord of the forest, an oblation of millet; to Savitr, of true instigation, a cake of swift−growing rice on twelve potsherds; to Rudra, lord of cattle, an oblation of Gavidhuka; to Brhaspati, lord of speech, an oblation of wild rice; to Indra, the noblest, a cake of large rice on eleven potsherds; to Mitra, the true, an oblation of Amba grain, and to Varuna, lord of right, an oblation made of barley. b May Savity of instigations instigate thee, Agni of lords of the house, Soma of lords of the forest, Rudra of cattle [1], Brhaspati of speech, Indra of nobles, Mitra of truth, Varuna of lords of right. c O ye gods that instigate the gods, do ye instigate him, descendant of N. N., to freedom from foes, to great lordship, to great overlordship, to great rule over the people. d This is your king, O Bharatas; Soma is the king of us Brahmans.