Yajurveda 4.24 — Yajna Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 4 · Verse 4.24
Sanskrit Original
एष ते गायत्रो भागऽइति मे सोमाय ब्रूउतादेष ते त्रैष्टुभो भागऽइति मे सोमाय ब्रूउतादेष ते जागतो भागऽ इति मे सोमाय ब्रूउताच्छन्दोनामानां साम्राज्यंगच्छेति मे सोमाय ब्रूउतादास्माकोऽसि शुक्रस्ते ग्रह्यो विचितस्त्वा विचिन्वन्तु।
Eṣa te gāyatro bhāga'iti me somāya brūutādeṣa te traiṣṭubho bhāga'iti me somāya brūutādeṣa te jāgato bhāga' iti me somāya brūutācchandonāmānāṃ sāmrājya≈gaccheti me somāya brūutādāsmāko'si śukraste grahyo vicitastvā vicinvantu.
This is thy Gayatri portion, thus I spoke to Soma. This is thy Triṣṭubh portion, thus I spoke to Soma. This is thy Jāgati portion, thus I spoke to Soma. I spoke to Soma: go to sovereignty over the metres. May you be firm, be searched and chosen, O Śukra — you belong to us.