Yajurveda 5.17 — Vishnu Devata
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 5 · Verse 5.17
Sanskrit Original
देवश्रुतौ देवेष्वाघोषतं प्राची प्रेतमढ्वरं कल्पयन्तीऽऊउर्ध्वं यज्ञं नयतं मा जिह्वरतम। स्वम गोष्ठमावदतम देवी दुर्येऽ आयुर्मा निर्वादिष्टं प्रजाम मा निर्वादिष्टमत्र रमेथां वर्ष्मन पृथिव्याः।
Devaśrutau deveṣvāghoṣata≈ prācī pretamaŒhvara≈ kalpayantī'ūurdhva≈ yaj¤a≈ nayata≈ mā jihvaratam. Svam goṣṭhamāvadatam devī durye' āyurmā nirvādiṣṭa≈ prajām mā nirvādiṣṭamatra ramethā≈ varṣman pṛthivyāḥ.
O you hearing to the gods, proclaim to the gods: arrange the east, the fore and the upward sacrifice; do not let the tongue be false. The goddess made her own enclosure known: O Duryé, grant life; do not deprive offspring; let no deprivation be here; let them enjoy the rain of the earth.