Yajurveda 14.24 — Medhavinah Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 14 · Verse 14.24
Sanskrit Original
आग्नेर्भागोऽसि दीक्षायाऽ आधिपत्यं ब्रह्म स्पृतं त्रिवृत्स्तोमः ईन्द्रस्य भागोऽसि विष्णोराधिपत्यं क्षत्रंम स्पृतं पञ्चदश स्तोमः। नृचक्षसां भागोऽसि धातुराधिपत्यं जनित्रंम स्पृतंम सप्तदश स्तोमः। मित्रस्य भागो ऽसि वरुणस्याधिपत्यं दिवो वृष्टिर्वात स्पृतऽ एकविंम्श स्तोमः।
āgnerbhāgo'si dīkṣāyā' ādhipatya≈ brahma spṛta≈ trivṛtstomaḥ īndrasya bhāgo'si viṣṇorādhipatya≈ kṣatra|m spṛta≈ pa¤cadaśa stomḥ. Nṛcakṣasā≈ bhāgo'si dhāturādhipatya≈ janitra|m spṛta|m saptadaśa stomḥ. Mitrasya bhāgo 'si varuṇasyādhipatya≈ divo vṛṣṭirvāta spṛta' ekavi|mśa stomaḥ.
O Agni, you are portion for initiation; dominion is Brahman declared in the Trivṛt stoma. You are portion of Indra; Vishnu’s dominion is kṣatra declared in fifteen stomas. You are portion among human-eyes: Dhātu’s dominion is janitra declared in seventeen stomas. You are portion of Mitra and of Varuṇa’s dominion: heaven’s rain and wind are declared in twenty-one stomas.