Sacred Concord

YV 4.1h

Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith

a May Dhatr the giver, may Savitr, rejoice in this, Prajapati, the lord of treasures, and Agni, for our sake; May Tvastr, Visnu, accord generously Wealth with offspring to the sacrificer. b O Indra, unite us in heart, with cattle, O bountiful one, with generous ones, with prosperity; With the holy power that is made by the gods, With loving kindness of the gods to whom sacrifice is made. c With glory, with milk, with ourselves, Are we united, with auspicious hearts; May Tvastr make fortune for us [1]; May he set right whatever is amiss in our bodies. d In that to-day, O Agni, we choose thee As Hotr as our sacrifice proceeded, Prosperously hast thou sacrificed, Prosperously hast thou laboured; Come wise and foreseeing one to the sacrifice. e With Hail! to you, O gods, have we made this seat, Ye who have come hither rejoicing in this as the pressing; When ye have eaten and drunken, Ye all, give to us, wealthy ones, wealth. f The gods whom eager thou didst bring hither, O god, Them [2], O Agni, do thou incite in their own abode; Bearing and bringing oblations, The rich draught, do ye mount the sky. g O sacrifice, go to the sacrifice; go to the lord of the sacrifice; go to thine own birthplace; hail! h This is thy sacrifice, O lord of the sacrifice, with its utterance of hymns and producing noble heroes; hail! i Ye gods that find the way, finding the way, go on the way. k O lord of mind, place this sacrifice, O god, for us among the gods, hail! or speech, hail! or the wind, hail! a King Varuna hath made a broad path For the sun to travel; He hath made him set his feet in the pathless way; He driveth away whatever woundeth the heart. b A hundred remedies are thine, O king, a thousand; Broad and deep be thy loving kindness. Overcome the enmity, the hostility; Remove from us whatever sin hath been committed. c The noose of Varuna is overcome.
YV 4.1h · Yajur Veda

Themes in this passage

WorshipThe DivineWealthNatureCharityCompassionJoyLeadership

Worship in other traditions

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

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:31 · Bible · Numbers
Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
Quran 109:5 · Quran · The Unbelievers
Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better.
Dhp 8.108 · Dhammapada · The Thousands
Full fifty more from Athens stem the main, Led by Menestheus through the liquid plain. (Athens the fair, where great Erectheus sway’d, That owed his nurture to the blue-eyed maid, But from the teeming furrow took his birth, The mighty offspring of the foodful earth. Him Pallas placed amidst her wealthy fane, Adored with sacrifice and oxen slain; Where, as the years revolve, her altars blaze, And all the tribes resound the goddess’ praise.) No chief like thee, Menestheus! Greece could yield, To marshal armies in the dusty field, The extended wings of battle to display, Or close the embodied host in firm array. Nestor alone, improved by length of days, For martial conduct bore an equal praise.
Iliad 2.41 · Iliad · 2

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