Yajurveda · Adhyāya 2 — Agnyādhāna & Sacrificial Utensils

Agni's Protective Installation and Sacrificial Offering

मन्त्र 1

अग्ने व्रतपते व्रतमुपैष्यामि तत् शकेयं तन्मे राध्यताम् इदमहम् अनृतात् सत्यम् उपैमि

agne vratapate vratamupaiṣyāmi tat śakeyaṃ tanme rādhyatām idamaham anṛtāt satyam upaimi

अनुवाद: O Agni, Lord of sacred vows, I enter upon the vow; may I be able to accomplish it, may it succeed for me. I now pass from untruth to truth.

The sacrificer invokes Agni to uphold their sacred commitments and pledges to abandon falsehood in pursuit of absolute truth.

मन्त्र 2

स जुषताम् हविषा जातवेदोऽग्निः सुक्षेत्राल्लोकात् प्र वहात्यस्मान्

sa juṣatām haviṣā jātavedo'gniḥ sukṣetrāllokāt pra vahātyasmān

अनुवाद: May Jātavedas Agni accept this oblation and bear us forward from this well-favored realm to higher worlds.

An invocation for Agni to carry the spiritual offerings upward and elevate the consciousness of the practitioner.