Yajurveda · Adhyāya 1

Agni's Protective Shield and the Consecration of the Sacrifice

मन्त्र 1

इषे त्वा ऊर्जे त्वा वायवः स्थ देवो वः सविता प्रार्पयतु श्रेष्ठतमाय कर्मणः

iṣe tvā ūrje tvā vāyavaḥ stha devo vaḥ savitā prārpayatu śreṣṭhatamāya karmaṇaḥ

अनुवाद: For vigor I take you, for strength I take you. You are the vital breaths; may god Savitr direct you to the most excellent work.

The priest touches the sacrificial material or the branch to imbue it with divine energy, praying that the vital forces within us are directed toward noble and supreme actions.

मन्त्र 2

अग्नये त्वा जुष्टं निर्वपाम्यसौ च योऽसौ तस्यै

agnaye tvā juṣṭaṃ nirvapāmyasau ca yo'sau tasyai

अनुवाद: To Agni I offer you, acceptable and pleasing, you who are yonder and for that one.

This mantra accompanies the offering of grains into the fire, symbolizing the surrender of our ego and daily labors to the divine flame of consciousness.