Rudras

Let a man cultivate all of this, avoiding, however, that of Varuna.

let a man sing wishing to obtain by his song immortality for the devas may i obtained by my song oblations swadha for the fathers hope for men fodder and water for animals heaven for the sacrificer food for myself thus reflecting on these in his mind let a man with gathri priest sing praises without making mistakes in pronunciation etc all vowels swara belong to indira all sibilance ushman to prajapati all consonants sparsa to mritti death if somebody should reprove him for his vowels let him say i went to indra as my refuge when pronouncing my walls he will answer thee and if somebody should approve him for his sibilance let him say i went to prajapati as my refuge he will smash thee and if somebody should approve him for his consonants let him say i went to mrith you as my refuge he will reduce thee to ashes all vowels are to be pronounced with voice gosha and strength bala so that the udgathri may give strength to indra all sibilants are to be pronounced neither as if swallowed agrasta nor as if thrown out nirasta but well opened vivrita so that the udgathri may give himself to prajapati all consonants are to be pronounced slowly and without crowding them together so that the udgathri may withdraw himself from twenty third there are three branches of the law sacrifice study and charity are the first austerity the second and to dwell as a brahmacharin in the house of a tutor always mortifying the body in the house of a tutor is the third all these obtain the worlds of the blessed but the brahma samasta alone he who is firmly grounded in brahman obtains immortality prajapati brooded on the worlds from them thus brooded on the threefold knowledge sacrifice issued forth he brooded on it and from it thus brooded on issued the three syllables he brooded on them and from them thus brooded on issued the om as all leaves are attached to the stalk so is all speech all words attached to the om brahman om is all this yeah om is all this twenty-fourth khanda the teachers of brahman veda declare as the pratha savana morning oblation belongs to the vasus The Madhyadina Savana, noon libation, to the Rudras.

The third Savana, evening libation, to the Adityas and the Visvedivas.

Where then is the world of the sacrificer? He who does not know this, how can he perform the sacrifice? He only who knows should perform it.

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that flowed forth and went towards the sun and that forms what we call the dark krishna light of the sun fourth ganda the northern rays of the sun or the honey cells on the left the hymns of the other vangiras are the bees the itihasa purana the reading of the old stories is the flower the water is the nectar those very hymns of the other vangiras as bees brooded over the itihasa purana and from it thus brooded on sprang as its nectar essence fame glory of countenance vigor strength and health that flowed forth and went towards the sun and that forms what we call the extreme dark para krishnam light of the sun fifth khanda the upward rays of the sun or the honey cells above the secret doctrines are the bees brahman the om is a flower the water is the nectar those secret doctrines as bees brooded over brahman the om and from it thus brooded on sprang as its nectar essence fame glory of countenance brightness vigor strength and health that flowed forth and went towards the sun and that forms what seems to stir in the center of the sun these the different colors in the sun are the essences of the essences for the vedas are essences the best things in the world and of them after they have assumed the form of sacrifice these the colors rising to the sun are again the essences they are the nectar of the nectar for the vedas are nectar immortal and of them these are the nectar sixth khanda on the first of these nectars the red light which represents fame glory of countenance vigor strength health the vasus live with agni at their head true the devas do not eat or drink but they enjoy by seeing the nectar they enter into that red colour and they rise from that colour he who thus knows this nectar becomes one of the vasus with agni at their head he sees the nectar and rejoices and he too having entered that colour rises again from that colour so long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west so long does he follow the sovereign supremacy of the vasus seventh kanda on the second of these nectars the rudras live with indira at their head true the devas do not eat or drink but they enjoy by seeing the nectar they enter into the white color and they rise from that color He who thus knows this nectar becomes one of the Rudras, with Indra at their head.

He sees the nectar and rejoices, and he, having entered the color, rises again from that color.

He was not strong enough.

He created the Vis people, the classes of Devas, which in their different orders are called Vasus, Rudras, Adityas, Visvedevas, Maruts.

He was not strong enough.

He created the Sudrakala caste, as Pushan, as Narisha.

are there o he replied with this very nivid as many as are mentioned in the nivid of the hymn of praise addressed to the namely three and three hundred three and three thousand yes he said and asked him how many guards are there really o yagnavalkya thirty-three he said yes he said and asked him how many guards are there really o six he said yes he said and asked again how many gods are there really oh yagnavalkya three he said yes he said and asked again how many gods are there really oh yagnavalkya two he said yes he said and asked again how many gods are there really o yajnavalkya one and a half adhyartha he said yes he said and asked again how many gods are there really o yajnavalkya one he said yes he said and asked who are these three and three hundred three and three thousand yajnavalkya replied They are only the various powers of them.

In reality, there are only thirty-three gods.

He asked, Who are those thirty-three? Yajnavalkya replied, The eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, they make thirty-one.

and indra and prajapati make the thirty-three he asked who are the vasus yajnavalkya

I will give you the Sanskrit of the most famous verse and the meaning of all eight.

The first verse: "I move with the Rudras and the Vasus.

I move with the Adityas and with all the gods.

I hold up both Mitra and Varuna.

Twenty-fourth Kanda.

The teachers of Brahman Veda declare, as the Prathah Savana, morning oblation, belongs to the Vasus, the Madhyadina Savana, noon libation, to the Rudras, the third Savana, evening libation, to the Adityas and the Visvedevas.

Where then is the world of the sacrificer? He who does not know this, how can he perform the sacrifice? He only who knows should perform it.

Before the beginning of the Pratharanuvaka, Martin chant, the sacrificer, sitting down behind the household altar, Grahapathya, and looking towards the north, sings the Saman addressed to the Vasus.

Having said this, he rises.

For him, the Vasus fulfill the morning oblation.

Before the beginning of the Madhyadina Savana, the noon oblation, the sacrificer, sitting down behind the Agnidatha altar and looking towards the north, sings the Saman addressed to the Rudras.

Open the door of the world, the sky.

Yath-Yath Devata Rupa, whichever divine form.

The entire range of divine forms in the Vedic-Puranic tradition are like the 12 Adityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, Indra, Agni, Varuna, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Durga, Ganesha, etc., etc., etc.

Every divine form that exists is included

in the Yamya.

He, the sun, is inconceivable, without form, deep, covered, blameless, solid, unfathomable, without qualities, pure, brilliant, the mighty, immeasurable, without beginning or end, blissful, unborn, wise, indescribable, the creator of all things, the self of all things, the enjoyer of all things, the ruler of all things, the center of the center of all things.

Indra, the Trishtub meter, the Pankdasa hymn, the Brihat song, the summer, the thorough-going breath [vyana], Soma, the Rudras, these rise in the south.

They warm, they rain, they praise, they enter again into him, they look out for him.

He, the sun, is without end or beginning, unmeasured, unlimited, not to be moved by another, self-dependent, without sign, without form, of endless power, the creator, the maker of light.

Of Vedas I am Samaveda; of gods in Indra's heaven, Vasava; of the faculties to living beings given, the mind which apprehends and thinks.

Of Rudras, Shankara; of Yakshas and of Rakshasas, Vitesh; and Pavaka of Vasus; and of mountain peaks, Meru.

Brihaspati know me 'mid planetary powers; 'mid warriors heavenly, Skanda.

Of all the water-floods, the sea which drinketh each; and Bhrigu of the holy saints; and Om of sacred speech.

O thou divinest One! if this can be, if I may bear the sight, make thyself visible, Lord of all prayers! Show me thy very self, the eternal God! Krishna: Gaze then, thou son of Pritha, I manifest for thee those hundred thousand thousand shapes that clothe my mystery.

I show thee all my semblances, infinite, rich, divine, my changeful hues, my countless forms.

See in this face of mine Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Ashwins, and Maruts.

See wonders unnumbered, Indian prince, revealed to none save thee.