Yajurveda · Adhyāya 2 — Agnyādhāna & Sacrificial Utensils

Yajurveda Adhyāya 2, Sūkta 17

मन्त्र 1

इय ते राड् यमसीत्यग्नये त्वा जुष्टं निर्वपामि।

iya te rāḍ yamasītyagnaye tvā juṣṭaṃ nirvapāmi.

अनुवाद: This is your ruler, you are the controller; to Agni I offer you as acceptable.

The sacrificer acknowledges the divine sovereignty and dedicates the ritual oblation directly to the fire god, Agni, for purification.

मन्त्र 2

उर्वरारूकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्युर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात्।

urvarārūkamiva bandhanānmṛtyurmukṣīya mā'mṛtāt.

अनुवाद: Like the cucumber from its stem, may I be freed from death, not from immortality.

A profound prayer seeking liberation from mortal bondage and ignorance, gently detaching the soul just as a ripe fruit separates from the vine.