Yajurveda 12.4 — Garutman Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 12 · Verse 12.4
Sanskrit Original
सुपर्णोऽसि गरुत्मांन्स्त्रिवृत्ते शिरो गायत्रं चक्षुर्बृहद्रथन्तरे पक्षौ। स्तोमऽ आत्म छन्दां म स्यङ्गानि यजू उ ं म षि नाम। साम ते तनूउर्वामदेव्यं यज्ञायज्ञियं पुच्छं धिष्ण्याः शफाः। सुपर्णोऽसि गरुत्मान दिवं गच्छ स्वः पत।
Suparṇo'si garutmā|nstrivṛtte śiro gāyatra≈ cakṣurbṛhadrathantare pakṣau. Stoma' ātma chandā| m syaΔgāni yajū u | m ṣi nāma. Sāma te tanūurvāmadevya≈ yaj¤āyaj¤iya≈ puccha≈ dhiṣṇyāḥ śaphāḥ. Suparṇo'si garutmān diva≈ gaccha svaḥ pata.
You are winged Garutman with triple‑plumed head; the Gayatri eye, wide‑charioted—O hymn, self‑breathing metre and sacred names. May Sāma be your body, O divine one, worshipful in sacrifice, staff of the ritualists. You are winged Garutman, go to the heaven, return home.