Yajurveda 13.51 — Agni Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 13 · Verse 13.51
Sanskrit Original
आजो ह्यग्नेरजनिष्ट शोकात सोऽअपश्यज्जनितारमग्रे। तेन देवा देवतामग्रमायंन्स्तेन रोहमायन्नुप मेध्यासः। शरभमारण्यमनु ते दिशामि तेन चिन्वानस्तन्वो निषीद। शरभं ते शुगृच्छतु यं द्विष्मस्तं ते शुगृच्छतु।
ājo hyagnerajaniṣṭa śokāt so'apaśyajjanitāramagre. Tena devā devatāmagramāya|nstena rohamāyannupa medhyāsaḥ. ›arabhamāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda. ›arabha≈ te śugṛcchatu ya≈ dviṣmasta≈ te śugṛcchatu.
Last night, grieving, he (Agni) saw the foremost progenitor. Thereby the gods advanced to the foremost of gods; thereby the invigorating ones advanced to me. I send the wild ox (śarabha) to the forest in your charge; seek him so the body may sit. May the śarabha that you hate be released by you; may he whom you hate be released by you.