Yajurveda Veda Rituals Summary, Significance, Agni, Indra, Vishnu, Savitri, Prajapati, Rudra, Cosmic Purusha mantra
Yajurveda Veda Rituals Summary, Significance, Agni, Indra, Vishnu, Savitri, Prajapati, Rudra, Cosmic Purusha mantra
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Lyrics with Meaning
View lyrics page →Invocation to Agni (The Sacred Fire)
Original
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम्। होतारं रत्नधातमम्॥
Transliteration
Agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devamṛtvijam | hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam ||
Meaning / Translation
I magnify Agni, the divine priest, the ministrant of the sacrifice, the invoker, and the bestower of highest treasures.
Praise to Indra (The Celestial King)
Original
इन्द्रः वज्रपाणिः सर्वदेवतानां अधिपतिः। शक्तिमान् अजेयः सकलशक्तिमान्॥
Transliteration
Indraḥ vajrapāṇiḥ sarvadevatānāṃ adhipatiḥ | śaktimān ajeyaḥ sakalaśaktimān ||
Meaning / Translation
Indra, the wielder of the Vajra, is the sovereign lord of all deities; He is all-powerful, unconquerable, and the possessor of all strength.
Salutation to Vishnu (The Cosmic Preserver)
Original
तस्मै विष्णवे नमः। यस्य पादौ जगत्सर्वम्, यस्य पदं सर्वत्थं॥
Transliteration
Tasmai Viṣṇave namaḥ | Yasya pādau jagatsarvam, yasya padaṃ sarvatthaṃ ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to Vishnu, whose two steps encompass the entire universe, and whose presence is the purpose of all existence.
Meditation on Savitri (The Solar Life-Force)
Original
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि। धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥
Transliteration
Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi | dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt ||
Meaning / Translation
We meditate upon the glorious splendor of the divine Savitri; may He inspire and illumine our intellect.
Invocation of Prajapati (The Creator)
Original
प्रजापतिर्ब्रह्मन्, सृष्टिकर्ता, जगत्पालकः, सर्वलोकहीमः॥
Transliteration
Prajāpatir brahman, sṛṣṭikartā, jagatpālakaḥ, sarvalokahīmaḥ ||
Meaning / Translation
Prajapati, the Supreme Creator and the architect of the universe, is the sustainer and protector of all worlds.
Prayer to Rudra (The Transformative Power)
Original
नमस्ते रुद्र मन्यव उतो त इषवे नमः। त्रिलोचनं महाकालम्॥
Transliteration
Namaste rudra manyava uto ta iṣave namaḥ | trilocanaṃ mahākālam ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to Rudra, the fierce one; salutations to His arrows of power; the three-eyed one, the Great Lord of Time.
The Cosmic Purusha (The Universal Being)
Original
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्। सकलसृष्टिं व्याप्तं पुरुषम्॥
Transliteration
Sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sakalasṛṣṭiṃ vyāptaṃ puruṣam ||
Meaning / Translation
The Cosmic Purusha has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet, pervading the entirety of creation.