Yajurveda 14.9 — Prajapati & Others Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 14 · Verse 14.9
Sanskrit Original
मूउर्धा वयः प्रजापतिश्छन्दः क्षत्रं वयो मयन्दं छन्दो विष्टम्भो वयोऽधिपतिश्छन्दो विश्वकरमा वयः परमेष्ठी छन्दो वस्तो वयो विबलं छन्दो वृष्णिर्वयो विशालं छन्दः पुरुषो वयस्तन्द्रं छन्दो व्याघ्रो वयोऽनाधृष्टं छन्दः सिंम्हो वयश्छदिश्छन्दः पष्ठवाड वयो बृहती छन्दऽउक्षा वयः ककुप छन्द र्षभो वयः सतोबृहती छन्दः।
Mūurdhā vayaḥ prajāpatiśchandaḥ kṣatra≈ vayo mayanda≈ chando viṣṭambho vayo'dhipatiśchando viśvakaramā vayaḥ parameṣṭhī chando vasto vayo vibala≈ chando vṛṣṇirvayo viśāla≈ chandaḥ puruṣo vayastandra≈ chando vyāghro vayo'nādhṛṣṭa≈ chandaḥ si|mho vayaśchadiśchandaḥ paṣṭhavāŒ vayo bṛhatī chanda'ukṣā vayaḥ kakup chanda rṣabho vayaḥ satobṛhatī chandaḥ.
Crowning is the age; Prajāpati is the metre; Kṣatra is the age’s chhandas; Mayanda is the chhandas of viṣṭambha; the overlord chhandas is Viśvakarmā as supreme; pañcas (fifteen) the chhandas Vasto is vigorous; Vṛṣṇi is the expansive chhandas; Puruṣa is the vast chhandas; Tandra (slumber) chhandas is Vyāghra; unassailed chhandas is —; Siṃha is the chhandas of directions; Paṣṭhavāda is great bṛhatī; Ukṣā is kokupa chhandas; Ṛṣabha is śabha chhandas — (list of associations of persons with chhanda).