Taittiriya Samhita 3.4.9
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 3, Prapathaka 4 · Verse 3.4.9
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’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ ’सीव॒ खलु॒ वै प्र॒जाश्छन्दो॑भिरे॒वास्मै᳚ देवि॑का॒ निर्व॑पेत्प्र॒जाका॑म॒श्छन्दाꣳ प्र॒जाः प्र ज॑नयति प्रथ॒मं धा॒तारं॑ करोति मिथु॒नी ए॒व तेन॑ करो॒त्यन्वे॒वास्मा॒ अनु॑मतिर्मन्यते रा॒ते रा॒का प्र सि॑नीवा॒ली ज॑नयति प्र॒जास्वे॒व प्रजा॑तासु कु ॒ह्वा॑ ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ ’सी निर्व॑पेत्प॒शुका॑म॒श्छन्दाꣳ व॒ तेन॑ खलु॒ वाचं॑ वै प॒शव॒श्छन्दो॑भिरे॒वास्मै॑ प॒शून् प्र ज॑नयति प्रथ॒मं धा॒तारं॑ वापय॒त्यन्वे॒वास्मा॒ दधात्ये॒ता ए॒व करोति॒ प्रैव अनु॑मतिर्मन्यते रा॒ते रा॒का प्र सि॑नीवा॒ली ज॑नयति प॒शूने॒व ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ ’सीव॒ खलु॒ वै प्रजा॑तान्कु ॒ह्वा᳚ प्रति॑ष्ठापयत्ये॒ता ए॒व निर्व॑पे॒द्ग्राम॑काम॒श्छन्दाꣳ ग्राम॒श्छन्दो॑भिरे॒वास्मै॒ ग्राम॒ मव॑ रुंधे मध्य॒तो धा॒तारं॑ करोति मध्य॒त ए॒वैनं॒ ग्राम॑स्य दधात्ये॒ता ए॒व निर्व॑पे॒ज्ज्योगा॑मयावी॒ ’सि॒ छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ खलु॒ वा ए॒तम॒भि म॑न्यन्ते॒ यस्य॒ ज्योगा॒मय॑ति॒ छन्दो॑भिरे॒वैन॑मग॒दं क॑रोति मध्य॒तो धा॒तारं॑ करोति मध्य॒तो वा ए॒तस्याऽक्लृ ॑प्तं॒ यस्य॒ ज्योगा॒मय॑ति मध्य॒त ए॒वास्य॒ तेन॑ कल्पयत्ये॒ता ए॒व नि ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ खलु॒ वा ए॒तं नोप॑ नमन्ति॒ यं र्व॑पे॒द्यं य॒ज्ञो नोप॒नमे॒च्छन्दाꣳ ’सि दधा॒त्युपै॑नं य॒ज्ञो न॑मत्ये॒ता ए॒व य॒ज्ञो नोप॒नम॑ति प्रथ॒मं धा॒तारं॑ करोति मुख॒त ए॒वास्मै॒ छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का या॒तया॑मानीव॒ खलु॒ वा ए॒तस्य॒ छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ य ई॑जा॒न उ॑त्त॒मं निर्व॑पेदीजा॒नश्छन्दाꣳ धा॒तारं॑ करो त्यु॒परि॑ष्टादे॒वास्मै॒ छन्दा॒ग्॒स्यया॑तयामा॒न्यव॑ रुंध॒ उपै॑न॒मुत्त॑रो य॒ज्ञो न॑मत्ये॒ता ए॒व निर्व॑पे॒द्यं ’सि॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ खलु॒ वा ए॒तं नोप॑ नमन्ति॒ यं मे॒धा नोप॒नम॑ति मे॒धा नोप॒नमे॒च्छन्दाꣳ ’सि दधा॒त्युपै॑नं मे॒धा न॑मत्ये॒ता ए॒व निर्व॑पे॒द् प्रथ॒मं धा॒तारं॑ करोति मुख॒त ए॒वास्मै॒ छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ रुक्का॑म॒श्छन्दाꣳ क्षी॒रे भ॑वन्ति॒ ’सीव॒ वै देवि॑का॒श्छन्दाꣳ खलु॒ रुच॑मे॒वास्मि॑न्दधति मध्य॒तो धा॒तारं॑ वै रुक्छन्दो॑भिरे॒वास्मि॒न्रुचं॑ दधाति ’ रु॒चो द॑धाति करोति मध्य॒त ए॒वैनꣳ गाय॒त्री वा अनु॑मतिस्त्रि॒ष्टुग्रा॒का जग॑ती सिनीवा॒ल्य॑नु॒ष्टुप्कु ॒हूर्धा॒ता व॑षट्का॒रः पू᳚र्वप॒क्षो रा॒काप॑रप॒क्षः कु ॒हूर॑मावा॒स्या॑ सिनीवा॒ली पौ᳚र्णमा॒स्यनु॑मतिश्च॒न्द्रमा॑ धा॒ताष्टौ वस॑वो॒ऽष्टाक्ष॑रा गाय॒त्र्येका॑दश रु॒द्रा एका॑दशाक्षरा त्रि॒ष्टुब्द्वाद॑शादि॒त्या द्वाद॑शाक्षरा॒ जग॑ती taittirIyasamhitA.pdf ’सि॒ सर्वा᳚श्च दे॒वता॑ वषट्का॒रस्ता प्र॒जाप॑तिरनु॒ष्टुब्धा॒ता व॑षट्का॒र ए॒तद्वै देवि॑काः॒ सर्वा॑णि च॒ छन्दाꣳ यथ्स॒ह सर्वा॑ नि॒र्वपे॑दीश्व॒रा ए॑नं प्र॒दहो॒ द्वे प्र॑थ॒मे नि॒रुप्य॑ धा॒तुस्तृ॒तीयं॒ निर्व॑पे॒त्तथो॑ ए॒वोत्त॑रे॒ निर्व॑पे॒त्तथै॑नं॒ न प्र द॑ह॒न्त्यथो॒ यस्मै॒ कामा॑य निरु॒प्यन्ते॒ तमे॒वाभि॒रुपा᳚प्नोति
He who desires offspring should offer (the oblations to) the minor deities; the minor deities are the metres, offspring are as it were the metres; verily by the metres he produces offspring for him. He makes Dhatr first; verily he produces pairing with him, Anumati gives approval to him, Raka gives, Sinivali produces, and in offspring when produced by Kuhu he places speech. These (offerings) also should he make who desires cattle; the minor deities are the metres, cattle are as it were the metres [1]; verily by the metres he produces offspring for him. He makes Dhatr first; by him he scatters, Anumati gives approval to him, Raka gives, Sinivali produces, and by Kuhu he establishes offspring when produced. These (offerings) also should he make who desires a village; the minor deities are the metres, a village is as it were the metres; verily by the metres he wins a village for him [2]. He puts Dhatr in the middle; verily he places him in the middle of a village. These (offerings) also should he offer who is long ill; the minor deities are the metres, the metres are unfavourable to him whose illness is long; verily by the metres he makes him well. He puts Dhatr in the middle, it is not in order in the middle of him whose illness is long; verily thereby in the middle he puts (things) in order for him. These (offerings) also [3] should he offer to whom the sacrifice does not resort; the minor deities are the metres, the metres do not resort to him to whom the sacrifice does not resort. He puts Dhatr first; verily in his mouth he places the metres; the sacrifice resorts to him. These (offerings) also should he make who has sacrificed; the minor deities are the metres, the metres of him who has sacrificed are worn out as it were. He puts Dhatr last [4]; verily afterwards he wins for him metres unwearied; the next sacrifice resorts to him. These (offerings) should he make to whom wisdom does not resort; the minor deities are the metres, the metres do not resort to him to whom wisdom does not resort. He puts Dhatr first; verily in his mouth he places the metres; wisdom resorts to him. These (offerings) also should he make [5] who desires brilliance; the minor deities are the metres, brilliance is as it were the metres; verily by the metres he bestows brilliance upon him. They are made in milk; verily he bestows brilliance upon him. He puts Dhatr in the middle; verily he places him in the middle of brilliance. Anumati is the Gayatri, Raka the Tristubh, Sinivali the Jagati, Kuhu the Anustubh, Dhatr the Vasat call. Raka is the first fortnight, Kuhu the second, Sinivali the