Yajurveda 5.12 — Vak Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 5 · Verse 5.12
Sanskrit Original
सिंह्यसि स्वाहा सिंह्यस्यादित्यवनिः स्वाहा सिं ह्यसि ब्रह्मवनिः क्षत्रवनिः स्वाहा सिंह्यसि सुप्रजावनी रायस्पोषवनिः स्वाहा सिं ह्यस्यावह देवान यजमानाय स्वाहा भूउतेभ्यस्त्वा।
Siṃhyasi svāhā siṃhyasyādityavaniḥ svāhā siṃ hyasi brahmavaniḥ kṣatravaniḥ svāhā siṃhyasi suprajāvanī rāyaspoṣavaniḥ svāhā siṃ hyasyāvaha devān yajamānāya svāhā bhūutebhyastvā.
Hail, be lionlike, svāhā. May the lion become the radiant host of the sun, svāhā. Hail, be lionlike—the Brahmin host, the Kshatriya host, svāhā. Hail, be lionlike—the giver of prosperity, the nourisher of wealth, svāhā. May the lion bring forward the gods for the sacrificer, svāhā; may you be unto beings.