Sacred Concord

YV 7.6h

Yajur Veda · translated by Arthur Berriedale Keith

c Know ye him in the highest firmament, O gods associates, ye know his form; When he shall come [1] by the paths, god-travelled, Do ye reveal to him what is sacrificed and bestowed. d Move ye forward; go ye along together, Make ye the paths, god-travelled, O Agni In this highest abode, O All-gods, sit ye with the sacrificer. e With the strew, the encircling- stick, The offering-ladle, the altar, the grass (barhis), With the Rc, bear this sacrifice for us To go to the heaven to the gods. f What is offered, what is handed over, What is given, the sacrificial fee, That [2] may Agni Vaiçvanara Place in the sky among the gods for us. g That by which thou bearest a thousand, Thou, O Agni, all wealth, By that (path) do thou bear the sacrifice of ours, To go to the gods in heaven. h By that (path) by which, O Agni, the priests, busy, Bear the fees, the sacrifice, By that do thou bear this sacrifice of ours, To go to the gods in heaven. i By that (path) by which, O Agni, the doers of good deeds, Obtain the streams of honey, By that do thou bear this sacrifice of ours, To go to the gods in heaven. k Where are the streams that fail not Of honey and of ghee, May Agni Vaiçvanara place us In heaven among the gods. a Thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, thine abodes, Thy tongues, O all-knower, thy light, Thy cracklings, thy drops, With these pile thyself, well knowing. The fire is an extended sacrifice; what of it is performed, what not? What the Adhvaryu in piling the fire omits, that of himself he omits. 'Thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, thine [1] abodes', he says; this is the self piling of the fire; verily the fire piles the fire, the Adhvaryu omits nothing from himself. b To the four quarters let the fires advance; May he bear this sacrifice for us, well knowing; Making rich the ghee, immortal, full of heroes, The holy power is the kindling-stick of the libations.
YV 7.6h · Yajur Veda

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WorshipThe DivineWealthDeathKarmaNatureThe SoulStrength

Worship in other traditions

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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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