Taittiriya Samhita 7.4.18
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 7, Prapathaka 4 · Verse 7.4.18
Sanskrit Original
इ॒न्द्रा॒ष्टा त्रिꣳ कि२ꣳ स्वि॑दासीत्पू॒र्वचि॑त्तिः॒ कि२ꣳ स्वि॑दासीद्बृ॒हद्वयः॑ । कि२ꣳ स्वि॑दासीत्पिशंगि॒ला taittirIyasamhitA.pdf कि२ꣳ स्वि॑दासीत्पिलिप्पि॒ला ॥ द्यौरा॑सीत्पू॒र्वचि॑त्ति॒रश्व॑ आसीद्बृ॒हद्वयः॑ । रात्रि॑रासीत्पिशंगि॒लावि॑रासीत्पिलिप्पि ॥ कः स्वि॑देका॒की च॑रति॒ क उ॑ स्विज्जायते॒ पुनः॑ । कि२ꣳ स्वि॑द्धि॒मस्य॑ भेष॒जं कि२ꣳ स्वि॑दा॒वप॑नं म॒हत्॥ सूर्य॑ एका॒की च॑रति च॒न्द्रमा॑ जायते॒ पुनः॑ । अ॒ग्निर्हि॒मस्य॑ भेष॒जं भूमि॑रा॒वप॑नं म॒हत्॥ पृ॒च्छामि॑ त्वा॒ पर॒मन्तं॑ पृथि॒व्याः पृ॒च्छामि॑ त्वा॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ नाभि᳚म्। पृ॒च्छामि॑ त्वा॒ वृष्णो॒ अश्व॑स्य॒ रेतः॑ पृ॒च्छामि॑ वा॒चः प॑र॒मं व्यो॑म ॥ वेदि॑माहुः॒ पर॒मन्तं॑ पृथि॒व्या य॒ज्ञमा॑हु॒र्भुव॑नस्य॒ नाभि᳚म्। सोम॑माहु॒र्वृष्णो॒ अश्व॑स्य॒ रेतो॒ ब्रह्मै॒व वा॒चः प॑र॒मं व्यो॑म
a What was the first conception? What was the great age? What was the tawny one? What was the smooth one? b The sky was the first conception. The horse was the great age. The night was the tawny one. The sheep was the smooth one. c Who moveth alone? Who too is born again? What is a remedy for the cold? What is the great enveloper? d The sun moveth alone [1]. The moon is born again. Fire is the remedy for the cold. Earth is the great enveloper. e I ask thee of the furthest end of the earth. I ask thee of the navel of the world. I ask thee of the seed of the strong horse. I ask thee of speech's highest realm. f They call the altar−ground the furthest end of the earth. They call the sacrifice the navel of the world. They call Soma the seed of the strong horse.