Yajurveda 13.24 — Prajapati Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 13 · Verse 13.24
Sanskrit Original
विराड ज्योतिरधारयत स्वराड ज्योतिरधारयत। प्रजापतिष्ट्वा सादयतु पृष्ठे पृथिव्या ज्योतिष्मतीम। विश्वस्मै प्राणायापानाय व्यानाय विश्वं ज्योतिर्यच्छ। आग्निष्टेऽधिपतिस्तया देवतयाऽ ङ्गिरस्वद ध्रुवा सीद।
VirāŒ jyotiradhārayat svarāŒ jyotiradhārayat. Prajāpatiṣṭvā sādayatu pṛṣṭhe pṛthivyā jyotiṣmatīm. Viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāya viśva≈ jyotiryaccha. āgniṣṭe'dhipatistayā devatayā' Δgirasvad dhruvā sīda.
May the vast light sustain, may the sovereign light sustain. Prajapati, being established, set forth the radiant earth. To all breath and vital airs may you give the universal light. O lord of the fire, with those deities and Angiras stand firm, Dhruva, sit steadfast.