Section 6.3
Original Sanskrit
6.3.1 स यः कामयेत महत्प्राप्नुयामित्युदगयन आपूर्यमाणपक्षस्य पुण्याहे द्वादशाहमुपसद्व्रती भूत्वौदुम्बरे कंसे चमसे वा सर्वौषधं फलानीति संभृत्य परिसमुह्य परिलिप्याग्निमुपसमाधाय परिस्तीर्यावृताज्यं संस्कृत्य पुंसा नक्षत्रेण मन्थं संनीय जुहोतियावन्तो देवास्त्वयि जातवेदस्तिर्यञ्चो घ्नन्ति पुरुषस्य कामान् ।तेभ्योऽहं भागधेयं जुहोमि ते मा तृप्ताः सर्वैः कामैस्तर्पयन्तु स्वाहा ।या तिरश्ची निपद्यसेऽहं विधरणी इति ।तां त्वा घृतस्य धारया यजे संराधनीमहं स्वाहा
6.3.2 ज्येष्ठाय स्वाहा श्रेष्ठाय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।प्राणाय स्वाहा वसिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।वाचे स्वाहा प्रतिष्ठायै स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।चक्षुषे स्वाहा संपदे स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।श्रोत्राय स्वाहायतनाय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।मनसे स्वाहा प्रजात्यै स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।रेतसे स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति
6.3.3 अग्नये स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।सोमाय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।भूः स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।भुवः स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।स्वः स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।भूर्भुवः स्वः स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।ब्रह्मणे स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।क्षत्राय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।भूताय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।भविष्यते स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।विश्वाय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।सर्वाय स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति ।प्रजापतये स्वाहेत्यग्नौ हुत्वा मन्थे संस्रवमवनयति
6.3.4 अथैनमभिमृशति भ्रमदसि ।ज्वलदसि ।पूर्णमसि ।प्रस्तब्धमसि ।एकसभमसि ।हिङ्कृतमसि ।हिङ्क्रियमानमसि ।उद्गीथमसि ।उद्गीयमानमसि ।श्रावितमसि ।प्रत्याश्रावितमसि ।आर्द्रे संदीप्तमसि ।विभूरसि ।प्रभूरसि ।अन्नमसि ।ज्योतिरसि ।निधनमसि ।संवर्गोऽसीति
6.3.5 अथैनमुद्यच्छत्यामंस्यामं हि ते महि ।स हि राजेशानोऽधिपतिः ।स मां राजेशनोऽधिपतिं करोत्विति
6.3.6 अथैनमाचामतितत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् ।मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः ।माध्वीर्नः सन्त्वोषधीः ।भूः स्वाहा ।भर्गो देवस्य धीमहिमधु नक्तमुतोषसो मधुमत्पार्थिवं रजः ।मधु द्यौरस्तु नः पिता ।भुवः स्वाहा ।धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ।मधुमान्नो वनस्पतिर्मधुमां अस्तु सूर्यः ।माध्वीर्गवो भवन्तु नः ।स्वः स्वाहा ।सर्वां च सावित्रीमन्वाह ।सर्वाश्च मधुमतीरहमेवेदं सर्वं भूयासं भूर्भुवः स्वः स्वाहेति अन्तत आचम्य पाणी प्रक्षाल्य जघनेनाग्निं प्राक्शिराः संविशति ।प्रातरादित्यमुपतिष्ठते ।दिशामेकपुण्डरीकमसि ।अहं मनुष्याणामेकपुण्डरीकं भूयासमिति ।यथेतमेत्य जघनेनाग्निमासीनो वंशं जपति
6.3.7 तं हैतमुद्दालक आरुणिर्वाजसनेयाय याज्ञवल्क्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति
6.3.8 एतमु हैव वाजसनेयो याज्नवल्क्यो मधुकाय पैङ्ग्यायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति
6.3.9 एतमु हैव मधुकः पैङ्ग्यश्चूलाय भागवित्तयेऽन्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति
6.3.10 एतमु हैव चूलो भागवित्तिर्जानकय आयःस्थूणायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति
6.3.11 एतमु हैव जानकिरायस्थूणः सत्यकामाय जाबालायान्तेवासिन उक्त्वोवाच अपि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति
6.3.12 एतमु हैव सत्यकामो जाबालोऽन्तेवासिभ्य उक्त्वोव अचापि य एनं शुष्के स्थाणौ निषिञ्चेज्जायेरञ्छाखाः प्ररोहेयुः पलाशानीति ।तमेतं नापुत्राय वानन्तेवासिने वा ब्रूयात्
6.3.13 चतुरौदुम्बरो भवति ।औदुम्बरः स्रुव औदुम्बरश्चमस औदुम्बर इध्म औदुम्बर्या उपमन्थन्यौ ।दश ग्राम्याणि धान्यानि भवन्ति ।व्रीहियवास्तिलमाषा अणुप्रियंगवो गोधूमाश्च मसूराश्च खल्वाश्च खलकुलाश्च ।तान् पिष्टान् दधनि मधुनि घृत उपसिञ्चति ।आज्यस्य जुहोति
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
6.3.1 If someone wishes, “May I attain greatness,” he should observe the vows of the preparatory rite for twelve days. Then, on an auspicious day in the waxing half of the month during the sun's northward course, he gathers every kind of herb and fruit in a bowl or cup of udumbara fig wood, sweeps and smears the ground, lays the fire, spreads the sacred grass around it, and prepares the clarified butter according to the rite. Under a male-named lunar mansion, he mixes the mash and offers:
“Whatever gods within you, Jatavedas,turn aside and strike down a person's desires,to them I offer their allotted share.Satisfied, may they satisfy me with every desire. Svaha!
“You who lie across the way,saying, ‘I am the one who holds apart,’I worship you with a stream of butter,so that you may bring fulfillment. Svaha!”
6.3.2 Saying, “To the eldest, svaha! To the best, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To breath, svaha! To the most excellent, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To speech, svaha! To the firm foundation, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To the eye, svaha! To attainment, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To the ear, svaha! To the dwelling place, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To the mind, svaha! To generation, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To semen, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
6.3.3 Saying, “To Agni, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To Soma, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “Earth, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “Midair, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “Heaven, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “Earth, midair, heaven, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To priestly power, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To royal power, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To what has been, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To what will be, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To the universe, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To all, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
Saying, “To Prajapati, svaha!” he offers into the fire and pours the remainder into the mash.
6.3.4 Then he touches it:
“You are the whirling.You are the blazing.You are the full.You are the steadfast.You are the gathering of all in one.You are the uttered hum.You are the hum being uttered.You are the high chant.You are the high chant being sung.You are the call to listen.You are the answering call.You are the blaze in the moist.You are the far-reaching.You are the mighty.You are food.You are light.You are the closing chant.You are the gathering into one.”
6.3.5 Then he lifts it up:
“You are Ama; Ama indeed is your greatness.For he is king, ruler, overlord.May he, the king and ruler, make me an overlord.”
6.3.6 Then he drinks from it:
“That which is worthy of our choice, Savitar's—Sweetly the winds blow for one who follows truth;sweetly the rivers flow.May the herbs be sweet for us.Earth, svaha!
“—the god's radiance, we meditate upon—Sweet be night and dawn,sweet the earthly realm;sweet be heaven, our father, for us.Midair, svaha!
“—may he quicken our thoughts.Sweet be the tree for us;sweet be the sun;sweet be the cows for us.Heaven, svaha!”
Then he recites the whole verse to Savitar and all the verses of sweetness, and says, “May I myself become all this. Earth, midair, heaven, svaha!” He drinks the last of it, washes his hands, and lies down west of the fire with his head toward the east. In the morning he pays homage to the sun: “You are the one lotus of the directions. May I be the one lotus among human beings.” Returning by the way he came, he sits west of the fire and quietly recites the lineage.
6.3.7 After teaching this to his pupil Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya, Uddalaka Aruni said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.”
6.3.8 After teaching this very rite to his pupil Madhuka Paingya, Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.”
6.3.9 After teaching this very rite to his pupil Chula Bhagavitti, Madhuka Paingya said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.”
6.3.10 After teaching this very rite to his pupil Janaki Ayasthuna, Chula Bhagavitti said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.”
6.3.11 After teaching this very rite to his pupil Satyakama Jabala, Janaki Ayasthuna said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.”
6.3.12 After teaching this very rite to his pupils, Satyakama Jabala said, “Even if someone poured this over a dry stump, branches would spring from it and leaves would grow.” One should not teach it to anyone who is neither a son nor a pupil.
6.3.13 Four kinds of things are made of udumbara fig wood: the ladle is of udumbara fig wood, the cup is of udumbara fig wood, the fuel is of udumbara fig wood, and the two mixing sticks are of udumbara fig wood. There are ten cultivated grains: rice and barley, sesame and black gram, anu millet and priyangu millet, wheat and lentils, khalva and khalakula. He grinds them and moistens them with curds, honey, and clarified butter. He makes the offerings with clarified butter.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, translated independently from Sanskrit and checked passage by passage against the Kāṇva text.
6.3.1 Someone who desires, "Let me reach greatness," should observe the Upasad vow for twelve days. Then, on an auspicious day in the fortnight of the waxing moon while the sun travels north, they should gather all kinds of plants and fruits in a bowl or cup made from udumbara wood, sweep and plaster the ground, build a fire, spread grass around it, prepare clarified butter in the prescribed way, and mix the mash under a constellation with a male name. They then make offerings:"Jatavedas, to all the gods within you who turn aside and destroy a person's desires,I offer their allotted share. Satisfied, may they satisfy all my desires. Svaha.You who lie across the way, saying, 'I am the one who holds things back,'I worship you with a stream of clarified butter so that you bring success. Svaha."
6.3.2 They offer into the fire, saying, "To the oldest, svaha. To the best, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To breath, svaha. To the most prosperous, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To speech, svaha. To the foundation, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To sight, svaha. To success, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To hearing, svaha. To the dwelling place, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To mind, svaha. To reproduction, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To semen, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.
6.3.3 They offer into the fire, saying, "To Agni, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To Soma, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "Earth, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "The space between heaven and earth, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "Heaven, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "Earth, the space between heaven and earth, heaven, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To priestly power, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To ruling power, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To what has been, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To what will be, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To the universe, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To everything, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.They offer into the fire, saying, "To Prajapati, svaha," and pour the leftover butter into the mash.
6.3.4 Then they touch the mash, saying, "You are moving.You are burning.You are full.You are firm.You are the meeting place of all.You are the sound 'Him' that has been made.You are that sound being made.You are the Udgitha chant.You are the Udgitha being sung.You are the call to listen.You are the answering call.You are the fire blazing in the wet.You are all-pervading.You are powerful.You are food.You are light.You are the closing chant.You are the gathering of everything."
6.3.5 Then they lift it up, saying, "You are Ama, for your greatness is Ama.He is the king, the ruler, the lord.May he, the king and ruler, make me a lord."
6.3.6 Then they sip it:"That of Savitar which is worth choosing—The winds blow sweetness for the one who follows the right order. The rivers pour sweetness.Let the plants be sweet for us.Earth, svaha.We meditate on the god's radiance.Let night and dawn be sweet, and the dust of earth be sweet.Let heaven, our father, be sweet for us.The space between heaven and earth, svaha.May he inspire our thoughts.Let the tree be sweet for us, and the sun be sweet.Let the cows be sweet for us.Heaven, svaha."Then they recite the whole Savitriand all the verses about sweetness, saying, "May I become all this. Earth, the space between heaven and earth, heaven, svaha." After sipping the last of it and washing their hands, they lie down west of the fire with their head toward the east.In the morning they address the sun:"You are the one lotus of the directions.May I be the one lotus among human beings."They return by the way they came, sit west of the fire, and quietly recite the line of teachers.
6.3.7 Uddalaka Aruni taught this to his student Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."
6.3.8 Yajnavalkya Vajasaneya taught this to his student Madhuka Paingya and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."
6.3.9 Madhuka Paingya taught this to his student Chula Bhagavitti and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."
6.3.10 Chula Bhagavitti taught this to his student Janaki Ayasthuna and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."
6.3.11 Janaki Ayasthuna taught this to his student Satyakama Jabala and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."
6.3.12 Satyakama Jabala taught this to his students and said, "Even if someone poured this on a dry stump, branches would grow and leaves would sprout."A person should not teach this to anyone who is neither their son nor their student.
6.3.13 Four kinds of items are made of udumbara wood:the offering spoon, the cup, the firewood, and the two mixing sticks.There are ten cultivated grains:rice, barley, sesame, black gram, anu millet, priyangu millet, wheat, lentils, khalva, and khalakula.They grind these and moisten them with yogurt, honey, and clarified butter.They make offerings of clarified butter.
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