Yajurveda 15.16 — Grishma Ritu Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 15 · Verse 15.16
Sanskrit Original
आयं दक्षिणा विश्वकर्मा तस्य रथस्वनश्च रथेचित्रश्च सेनानीग्रामण्यौ। मेनका च सहजन्या चाप्सरसौ यातुधाना हेती रक्षांम्सि प्रहेतिस्तेभ्यो नमोऽअस्तु ते नोऽवन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश्च नो द्वेष्टि तमेषां जम्भे दध्मः।
āya≈ dakṣiṇā viśvakarmā tasya rathasvanaśca rathecitraśca senānīgrāmaṇyau. Menakā ca sahajanyā cāpsarasau yātudhānā hetī rakṣā|msi prahetistebhyo namo'astu te no'vantu te no mṛŒayantu te ya≈ dviṣmo yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣā≈ jambhe dadhmaḥ.
This is the southern Viśvakarman, his chariot-sound and chariot-banner, his warriors and hamlets. Menakā and the born-of-one are the Apsarās; Yātudhānas cause protection, the slaughters for them—hail to them; may they protect us, may they not injure us, may those who hate us not harm them; on their jaws let us place them.