YV 3.7k

Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith

To the testicles hail To the member hail! To the seed hail! To offspring hail! To begetting hail! To the feet hail! To the hoofs hail! To the hairs (of the body) hail! To the skin hail! To the blood hail! To the flesh hail! To the sinews hail! To the bones hail! To the marrow hail! To the limbs hail! To the trunk hail! To all hail! vii. 3. 17. To the glossy and variegated one hail! To the glossy-thighed one hail! To the white-footed hail! To the white-humped one hail! To the one with white openings hail! To the white-backed one hail! To the white-shouldered one hail! To the flower-cared one hail! To the white-lipped one hail! To the white-browed one hail! To the one with white buttocks hail! To the white shining one hail! To the glossy hail! To the marked one hail! To the black-kneed hail! To the black-speckled hail! To the red-speckled hail! To the ruddy-speckled hail! To such hail! To what sort hail! To one like this hail! To a like one hail! To a different one hail! To a fair-like one hail! To form hail! To all hail! vii. 3. 18. To the black hail! To the white hail! To the tawny hail! To the spotted hail! To the ruddy hail! To the yellow hail! To the brown hail! To the ichneumon(-coloured) hail! To the red hail! To the purple hail! To the dark brown hail! To the dark blue hail; To the dead black hail! To the fair-shaped hail! To the one of like form hail! To the one of different form hail! To the one of the same form hail! To the one of matching form hail! To the tawny hail! To the pale red hail! To the speckled hail! To the speckled-thighed hail! To all hail! vii. 3. 19. To the plants hail! To the roots hail! To the panicles hail! To the joints hail! To the twigs hail! To the flowers hail! To the fruits hail! To those that are used hail! To those that are not used hail! To those that have fallen off hail! To those that are lying (on the ground) hail! To all hail! vii. 3. 20. To the trees hail! To the roots hail! To the panicles hail! To the corona hail!

YV 3.7k · Yajur Veda

Themes in this passage

Children Death Nature Impermanence

Children in other traditions

The same theme, as Christianity, Islam and Hellenism address it.

These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

1 Chronicles 5:14 · Bible · 1 Chronicles

Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?

Quran 52:39 · Quran · The Mountain

they reached the low lying city of Lacedaemon, where they drove straight to the abode of Menelaus36 [and found him in his own house, feasting with his many clansmen in honour of the wedding of his son, and also of his daughter, whom he was marrying to the son of that valiant warrior Achilles. He had given his consent and promised her to him while he was still at Troy, and now the gods were bringing the marriage about; so he was sending her with chariots and horses to the city of the Myrmidons over whom Achilles’ son was reigning. For his only son he had found a bride from Sparta,37 the daughter of Alector. This son, Megapenthes, was born to him of a bondwoman, for heaven vouchsafed Helen no more children after she had borne Hermione, who was fair as golden Venus herself.

Odyssey 4.2 · Odyssey · 4

While thus they strive, Tlepolemus the great,[153] Urged by the force of unresisted fate, Burns with desire Sarpedon’s strength to prove; Alcides’ offspring meets the son of Jove. Sheathed in bright arms each adverse chief came on. Jove’s great descendant, and his greater son. Prepared for combat, ere the lance he toss’d, The daring Rhodian vents his haughty boast:

Iliad 5.66 · Iliad · 5

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