Taittiriya Samhita 1.8.7
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 1, Prapathaka 8 · Verse 1.8.7
Sanskrit Original
ऐ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नं द्वाद॑शकपालं वैश्वदे॒वं च॒रुमिन्द्रा॑य॒ शुना॒सीरा॑य पुरो॒डाशं॒ द्वाद॑शकपालं वाय॒व्यं॑ पयः॑ सौ॒र्यमेक॑कपालं द्वादशग॒वꣳ सीरं॒ दक्षि॑णा ऽऽग्ने॒यम॒ष्टाक॑पालं ॒ निर्व॑पति रौ॒द्रं गा॑वीधु॒कं च॒रुमै॒न्द्रं दधि॑ वारु॒णं य॑व॒मयं॑ च॒रुं व॒हिनी॑ धे॒नुर्दक्षि॑णा॒ ये दे॒वाः पु॑रः॒सदो॒ऽग्निने᳚त्रा दक्षिण॒सदो॑ य॒मने᳚त्राः पश्चा॒थ्सदः॑ सवि॒तृने᳚त्रा उत्तर॒सदो॒ वरु॑णनेत्रा उपरि॒षदो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑नेत्रा रक्षो॒हण॒स्ते नः॑ पान्तु॒ ते नो॑ऽवन्तु॒ तेभ्यो॒ नम॒स्तेभ्यः॒ स्वाहा॒ समू॑ढ॒ꣳ रक्षः॒ संद॑ग्ध॒ꣳ रक्ष॑ इ॒दम॒हꣳ रक्षो॒ऽभि सं द॑हाम्य॒ग्नये॑ रक्षो॒घ्ने स्वाहा॑ य॒माय॑ सवि॒त्रे वरु॑णाय॒ बृह॒स्पत॑ये॒ दुव॑स्वते रक्षो॒घ्ने स्वाहा᳚ प्रष्टिवा॒ही रथो॒ दक्षि॑णा दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वे᳚ऽश्विनो᳚र्बा॒हुभ्यां᳚ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता᳚भ्या॒ꣳ रक्ष॑सो व॒धं जु॑होमि ह॒तꣳ रक्षोऽव॑धिष्म॒ रक्षो॒ यद्वस्ते॒ तद्दक्षि॑णा ॥ तेभ्यः॒ पञ्च॑चत्वारिꣳशच्च
a (He I offers) to Indra and Agni on twelve potsherds, an oblation to the All−gods, a cake on twelve potsherds to Indra Çunasira, milk to Vayu, to Sarya on one potsherd; the sacrificial fee is a plough for twelve oxen. b To Agni he offers on eight potsherds, to Rudra an oblation of Gavidhuka, to Indra curds, to Varuna an oblation made of barley; the sacrificial fee is a cow for draught purposes. c The gods that sit in the east, led by Agni; that sit in the south, led by Yama; that sit in the west, led by Savitr; that sit in the north, led by Varuna; that sit above, led by Brhaspati; that slay the Raksases; may they protect us, may they help us; to them homage; to them hail! [1] d The Raksases are collected, the Raksases are burnt up; here do I burn up the Raksases. e To Agni, slayer of Raksases, hail! To Yama, Savitr, Varuna, Brhaspati, the worshipful, the slayer of Raksases, hail! f The sacrificial fee is a chariot with three horses. g On the instigation of the god Savity, with the arms of the Açvins, with the hands of Pusan, I offer (for) the death of the Raksases; the Raksases are slain; we have killed the Raksases.