Taittiriya Samhita 5.5.8
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 5, Prapathaka 5 · Verse 5.5.8
Sanskrit Original
गा॒य॒त्रेण॑ पु॒रस्ता॒दुप॑ तिष्ठते प्रा॒णमे॒वास्मि॑न्दधाति बृहद्रथंत॒राभ्यां᳚ प॒क्षावोज॑ ए॒वास्मि॑न्दधात्यृतु॒स्था य॑ज्ञाय॒ज्ञिये॑न॒ पुच्छ॑मृ॒तुष्वे॒व प्रति॑ तिष्ठति पृ॒ष्ठैरुप॑ तिष्ठते॒ तेजो॒ वै पृ॒ष्ठानि॒ तेज॑ ए॒वास्मि॑न्दधाति प्र॒जाप॑तिर॒ग्निम॑सृजत॒ सो᳚ऽस्माथ्सृ॒ष्टः परा॑ङै ॒त्तं वा॑रव॒न्तीये॑नावारयत॒ तद्वा॑रव॒न्तीय॑स्य वारवन्तीय॒त्व२ꣳ श्यै॒तेन॑ श्ये॒ती अ॑कुरुत॒ तच्छ्यै॒तस्य॑ श्यैत॒त्वं यद्वा॑रव॒न्तीये॑नोप॒तिष्ठ॑ते वा॒रय॑त ए॒वैनग्ग्॑ श्यै॒तेन॑ श्ये॒ती कु ॑रुते प्र॒जाप॑ते॒र्॒ हृद॑येनापि प॒क्षं प्रत्युप॑ तिष्ठते प्रे॒माण॑मे॒वास्य॑ गच्छति॒ प्राच्या᳚ त्वा दि॒शा सा॑दयामि गाय॒त्रेण॒ छंद॑सा॒ग्निना॑ दे॒वत॑या॒ग्नेः शी॒र्॒ष्णाग्नेः शिर॒ उप॑ दधामि॒ दक्षि॑णया त्वा दि॒शा सा॑दयामि॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन॒ छंद॒सेन्द्रे॑ण दे॒वत॑या॒ग्नेः प॒क्षेणा॒ग्नेः प॒क्षमुप॑ दधामि प्र॒तीच्या᳚ त्वा दि॒शा सा॑दयामि॒ जाग॑तेन॒ च्छंद॑सा सवि॒त्रा दे॒वत॑या॒ग्नेः पुच्छे॑ना॒ग्नेः पुच्छ॒मुप॑ दधा॒म्युदी᳚च्या त्वा दि॒शा सा॑दया॒म्यानु॑ष्टुभेन॒ छंद॑सा मि॒त्रावरु॑णाभ्यां दे॒वत॑या॒ग्नेः प॒क्षेणा॒ग्नेः प॒क्षमुप॑ दधाम्यू॒र्ध्वया᳚ त्वा दि॒शा सा॑दयामि॒ पाङ्क्ते॑न॒ छंद॑सा॒ बृह॒स्पति॑ना दे॒वत॑या॒ग्नेः पृ॒ष्ठेना॒ग्नेः पृ॒ष्ठमुप॑ दधामि॒ यो वा अपा᳚त्मानम॒ग्निं चि॑नु॒तेऽपा᳚त्मा॒ऽमुष्मि॑३ꣳल्लो॒के भ॑वति॒ यः सात्मा॑नं चिनु॒ते सात्मा॒मुष्मि॑३ꣳल्लो॒के भ॑वत्यात्मेष्ट॒का उप॑ दधात्ये॒ष वा अ॒ग्नेरा॒त्मा सात्मा॑नमे॒वाग्निं चि॑नुते॒ सात्मा॒मुष्मि॑३ꣳ ल्लो॒के भ॑वति॒ य ए॒वं वेद॑ ’शतिश्च ॥ ५।
He pays reverence in front with the Gayatra (Saman); verily he confers breath upon him. (He reverences) the wings with the Brhat and the Rathantara; verily he confers might upon him. (He reverences) the tail with the seasonal Yajñayajñiya; verily he finds support in the seasons. He pays reverence with the Prstha (Stotras); the Prsthas are brilliance; verily he confers brilliance upon him. Prajapati created Agni; he, created, went away from him; him he checked (avarayata ) by the Varavantiya, and that is why the Varavantiya has it name. By the Çyaita he congealed him, and that is why the Çyaita has its name [1]. In that he reverences, with the Varavantiya, he restrains him, and by the Çyaita he congeals him. At the joinings of the wings he reverences with the heart of Prajapati; verily he attains his affection. With the eastern quarter I place thee, with the Gayatri metre, with Agni as the deity; with the head of Agni I put down the head of Agni. With the southern quarter I place thee, with the Tristubh metre, with Indra as the deity; with the wing of Agni I put down the wing of Agni. With the western quarter I place thee [2], with the Jagati metre, with Savitr as the deity; with the tail of Agni I put down the tail of Agni. With the northern quarter I place thee, with the Anustubh metre, with Mitra and Varuna as