Yajurveda 22.5 — Indra & Others Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 22 · Verse 22.5
Sanskrit Original
प्रजापतये त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामीन्द्राग्निभ्यां त्वा जिष्टं प्रोक्षामि वायवे त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि विश्वेभ्यस्त्वा देवेभ्यो जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि सर्वेभ्यस्त्वा देवेभ्यो जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि। योऽ अर्वन्तं जिघांन्सति तमभ्यमीति वरुणः। परो मर्तः परः श्वा।
Prajāpataye tvā juṣṭa≈ prokṣāmīndrāgnibhyā≈ tvā jiṣṭa≈ prokṣāmi vāyave tvā juṣṭa≈ prokṣāmi viśvebhyastvā devebhyo juṣṭa≈ prokṣāmi sarvebhyastvā devebhyo juṣṭa≈ prokṣāmi. Yo' arvanta≈ jighā|nsati tamabhyamīti varuṇaḥ. Paro martaḥ paraḥ śvā.
To Prajāpati I cast you as chosen; to Indra and Agni I cast you as dear; to Vāyu I cast you as chosen; to all the gods I cast you as fit. He who seeks the one who strives, Varuṇa says: the other is mortal, the foremost is surpassing.