Yajurveda 23.17 — Agni and Others Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 23 · Verse 23.17
Sanskrit Original
आग्निः पशुरासीत तेनायजन्त सऽएतम्ल्लोकमजयद यस्मिन्नग्निः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैताऽअपः। वायुः पशुरासीत तेनायजन्त सऽएतम्ल्लोकमजयद यस्मिन्वायुः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैताऽअपः। सूउर्यः पशुरासीत तेनायजन्त स एतम्ल्लोकम अजयद यस्मिन्त्सूउर्यः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैताऽअपः।
āgniḥ paśurāsīt tenāyajanta sa'eta`mllokamajayad yasminnagniḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati ta≈ jeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ. Vāyuḥ paśurāsīt tenāyajanta sa'eta`mllokamajayad yasminvāyuḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati ta≈ jeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ. Sūuryaḥ paśurāsīt tenāyajanta sa etamllokam` ajayad yasmintsūuryaḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati ta≈ jeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ.
Fire was a beast; they sacrificed by it — he won that world in which Fire will be your world; you shall press it, drink the waters. Air was a beast; they sacrificed by it — he won that world in which Air will be your world; you shall press it, drink the waters. Sun was a beast; they sacrificed by it — he won that world in which Sun will be your world; you shall press it, drink the waters.