Syngrafi

Anuvaka 1

1a By the Yajus I pour on thee     Offspring, life, and wealth.     Instigated by Brhaspati may the sacrificer here come to no harm.     b Thou art butter, thou art truth, thou art the overseer of truth, thou art the oblation of Vaiçvanara, of the All-gods, with pure strength, of true might; thou art power, overpowering; overpower hostility, overpower those who practise hostility; overpower enmity, overpower those who practise emnity; thou art of a thousandfold strength; do thou quicken me; thou art of butter the butter; thou art of truth the truth; thou hast true life [1]; thou hast true strength; with truth I besprinkle thee; may I share thee that art such.     c For a prop, a support, of the five winds I take thee.     d For a prop, a support, of the five seasons I take thee.     e For a prop, a support, of the five quarters I take thee.     f For a prop, a support, of the five five-peoples I take thee.     g For a prop, a support, of the pot with five holes I take thee.     h For the brilliance of the Brahman, for a prop, a support, I take thee.     i For the might of the ruling class, for a prop, a support, I take thee [2].     k For the people, for a prop, a support I take thee.     l For excellence of strength I take thee.     m For wealth of offspring I take thee.     n For increase of wealth I take thee.     o For splendour I take thee.     p The earth ours, the oblation the gods, the benedictions the sacrificers'; for the divinities of the gods I take thee.     q For desire I take thee.