Taittiriya Samhita 4.3.5
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 4, Prapathaka 3 · Verse 4.3.5
Sanskrit Original
त्र्यवि॒र्वय॑स्त्रि॒ष्टुप्छन्दो॑ दित्य॒वाड्वयो॑ वि॒राट्छंदः॒ पञ्चा॑वि॒र्वयो॑ गाय॒त्री छंद॑स्त्रिव॒थ्सो वय॑ उ॒ष्णिहा॒ छंद॑स्तुर्य॒वाड्वयो॑ऽनु॒ष्टुप्छंदः॑ पष्ठ॒वाड्वयो॑ बृह॒ती छंद॑ उ॒क्षा वयः॑ स॒तो बृ॑हती॒ छंद॑ ऋष॒भो वयः॑ क॒कुच्छन्दो॑ धे॒नुर्वयो॒ जग॑ती॒ छन्दो॑ऽन॒ड्वान्, वयः॑ प॒ङ्क्तिश्छन्दो॑ ब॒स्तो वयो॑ विव॒लं छन्दो॑ वृ॒ष्णिर्वयो॑ विशा॒लं छंदः॒ पुरु॑षो॒ वय॑स्त॒न्द्रं छन्दो᳚ व्या॒घ्रो वयोऽना॑धृष्टं॒ छंदः॑ सि॒ꣳहो taittirIyasamhitA.pdf वय॑श्छ॒दिश्छन्दो॑ विष्टं॒भो वयोऽधि॑पति॒श्छंदः॑, क्ष॒त्रं वयो॒ मय॑न्दं॒ छन्दो॑ वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ वयः॑ परमे॒ष्ठी ’शतिश्च
a (Thou art) the calf of eighteen months in strength, the Tristubh metre; the two−year−old in strength, the Viraj metre; the two−and−a−half year−old in strength, the Gayatri metre; the three−year−old in strength, the Usnih metre; the four−year−old in strength, the Anustubh metre; the draught ox in strength, the Brhati metre; the bull in strength, the Satobrhati metre; the bullock in strength, the Kakubh metre; the milch cow in strength, the Jagati metre; the beast of burden in strength, the Pankti metre; the goat in strength, the spacious metre; the ram in strength, the slow metre; the tiger in strength, the unassailable metre; the lion in strength, the covering metre; the support in strength, the overlord metre; the lordly power in strength, the delight−giving metre; the all−creating in strength, the supreme lord metro; the head in strength, the Prajapati metre.