He went to him, and said, 'How hast thou deprived me of a portion?' He replied, 'I have not deprived you of a portion; the Angirases here are performing a Sattra; they [4] cannot discern the world of heaven; declare this Brahmana to them; when they go to the, world of heaven they will give thee their cattle.' He told them it, and they when going to the world of heaven gave him their cattle. Rudra approached him as he went about with his cattle in the place of sacrifice, and said, 'These are my cattle.' He replied, 'They have given them [5] to me.' They have not the power to do that', he replied, (whatever is left on the place of sacrifice is mine.' Then one should not resort to a place of sacrifice. He said, 'Give me a share in the sacrifice, and I will not have designs against your cattle. He poured out for him the remnants of the mixed (Soma). Then indeed had Rudra no designs against his cattle. When one who knows thus offers the remnants of the mixed (Soma), Rudra has no designs against his cattle. iii. 1. 10. a May I be pleasing to speech; pleasing to the lord of speech, O divine speech. The sweetness of speech place in me; hail to Sarasvati. b By the Rc make the Soma to prosper, By the Gayatra the Rathantara, The Brhat with the Gayatri for its metre. c The drop that falleth of them, that shoot, Shaken by the arms, from the womb of the pressing-planks, Or from the filter of the Adhvaryu, Over it I say Hail! and offer it to Indra. d The drop, the shoot, that hath fallen on the ground, From the rice grains [1], the cake, the mush, From the Soma with grain, from the mixed, O Indra, from the pure, Over it I say Hail! and offer it to Indra. e Thy sweet drop, powerful, Over which Hail! is said and which goeth back to the gods From the sky, the earth, the atmosphere Over it I say Hail! and offer it to Indra. f The Adhvaryu is the first of the priests to start work, verily they say the Stoma should be started by him.YV 1.3i · Yajur Veda
YV 1.3i
Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith
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