Taittiriya Samhita 5.2.4
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 5, Prapathaka 2 · Verse 5.2.4
Sanskrit Original
वि वा ए॒तौ द्वि॑षाते॒ यश्च॑ पु॒राग्निर्यश्चो॒खाया॒ꣳ समि॑त॒मिति॑ चत॒सृभिः॒ सं नि व॑पति च॒त्वारि॒ ’सि॒ छन्दाꣳ ’सि॒ खलु॒ वा अ॒ग्नेः प्रि॒या त॒नूः प्रि॒ययै॒वैनौ॑ त॒नुवा॒ सꣳ शा᳚स्ति॒ समि॑त॒मित्या॑ह॒ छन्दाꣳ तस्मा॒द्ब्रह्म॑णा क्ष॒त्रꣳ समे॑ति॒ यथ्सं॒ न्युप्य॑ वि॒ हर॑ति॒ तस्मा॒द्ब्रह्म॑णा क्ष॒त्रं व्ये᳚त्यृ॒तुभि॒ र्वा ए॒तं दी᳚क्षयन्ति॒ स ऋ॒तुभि॑रे॒व वि॒मुच्यो॑ मा॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रं पृ॑थि॒वी पु॑री॒ष्य॑मित्या॑ह॒र्तुभि॑रे॒वैनं॑ दीक्षयि॒त्वर्तुभि॒र्वि मु॑ञ्चति वैश्वान॒र्या शि॒क्य॑मा द॑त्ते स्व॒दय॑त्ये॒वैन॑न्नैरृ॒तीः कृ ॒ष्णास्ति॒स्रस्तुष॑पक्वा भवन्ति॒ निरृ॑त्यै॒ वा ए॒तद्भा॑ग॒धेयं॒ यत्तुषा॒ निरृ॑त्यै रू॒पं कृ ॒ष्णꣳ रू॒पेणै॒व निरृ॑तिं नि॒रव॑दयत इ॒मां दिशं॑ यन्त्ये॒षा वै निरृ॑त्यै॒ दिक्स्वाया॑मे॒व दि॒शि निरृ॑तिं नि॒रव॑दयते॒ स्वकृ ॑त॒ इरि॑ण॒ उप॑ दधाति प्रद॒रे वै॒तद्वै निरृ॑त्या आ॒यत॑न॒ग्ग्॒ स्व ए॒वायत॑ने॒ निरृ॑तिं नि॒रव॑दयते शि॒क्य॑म॒भ्युप॑ दधाति नैरृ॒तो वै पाशः॑ सा॒क्षादे॒वैनं॑ निरृतिपा॒शान्मु॑ञ्चति ति॒स्र उप॑ दधाति त्रेधाविहि॒तो वै पुरु॑षो॒ यावा॑ने॒व पुरु॑ष॒स्तस्मा॒न्निरृ॑ति॒मव॑ यजते॒ परा॑ची॒रुप॑ दधाति॒ परा॑चीमे॒वास्मा॒न्निरृ॑तिं॒ प्र णु॑द॒तेऽप्र॑तीक्ष॒मा य॑न्ति॒ निरृ॑त्या अ॒न्तर्हि॑त्यै मार्जयि॒त्वोप॑ तिष्ठन्ते मेध्य॒त्वाय॒ गार्ह॑पत्य॒मुप॑ तिष्ठन्ते निरृतिलो॒क ए॒व च॑रि॒त्वा पू॒ता दे॑वलो॒कमु॒पाव॑र्तन्त॒ एक॒योप॑ तिष्ठन्त एक॒धैव यज॑माने वी॒र्यं॑ दधति नि॒वेश॑नः स॒ङ्गम॑नो॒ वसू॑ना॒मित्या॑ह प्र॒जा वै प॒शवो॒ वसु॑ प्र॒जयै॒वैनं॑ प॒शुभिः॒ सम॑र्धयन्ति
The Agni that was before and the one in the fire−pan are at variance; 'Be united', with four (verses) he unites them together; the metres are four, Agni's dear body is the metres; verily with his dear body he puts them in order. 'Be united, he says; therefore the kingly power unites with the holy power; in that after uniting (them) he separates (them), therefore the holy power separates from the kingly power. With the seasons [1] they consecrate him; with the seasons likewise he must be set free; 'As a mother her son, the earth Agni of the dust', he says; verily having consecrated him with the seasons, with the season he sets him free. With (a verse) addressed to Vaiçvanara, he takes the sling; verily he makes it ready. For Nirrti there are three (bricks) black, dried by a chaff fire; chaff is the portion of Nirrti, black is the form of Nirrti; verily by her own form he propitiates Nirrti. They go to this quarter; this [2] is the quarter of Nirrti; verily in her own quarter he propitiates Nirrti. He places (it) in a self−made hole or a cleft; that is the abode of Nirrti; verily he propitiates