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Sukla Yajurveda Sahasram

Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 1

Some interesting statements from Chapter 1 of Shukla Yajurveda related to behaviour of people.

1. O Lord, we only look forward to you, we depend on you for the supply of foodstuffs and the vigour that they give to our body. The creator of this universe, the fountain head of happiness and knowledge may inspire us for the performance of the noblest deeds with our body organs.

2. Yajnas act as purifiers and make explicit true and perfect knowledge. All the learned persons and their followers should perform yajnas.

3. The yajna is the supporter of innumerable worlds and it purifies all of us.

4. Vedas are the true source of knowledge and their study enables us to enjoy the full span of life. They contain the detailed instructions concerning various duties.

5. God give us the power so that we root out the evil tendencies of the wicked, the unsympathetic and uncharitable exploiters of humanity. Give us power so that we take to task the disturbers of peace and expose the wicked.

6. O you men, increase the store of goods acquired by honest and fair means to be used in the service of humanity. Dedicate your life to this cause.

7. I engage in agriculture and craft for removing poverty and ministering happiness to all.

8. O performers of yajnas, the sun receives the waters and air and converts them back into clouds on a daily basis without rest or break. Similarly, you should always perform yajnas.

9. May god impart you the knowledge of building houses. May all persons acquire a house through the grace of God and which remains firmly attached to the ground as skin on body.

10. Yajna is performed with the recitation of vedic verses.

11. We should try to control and defeat the dacoits, exploiters of impure minds and persons who lead impure lifes. May we through the aid of heroic persons win battles again and again.

11. O men, just as I the Lord, propagate the knowledge of this yajna in the world created by Me, and perform it through the bright sun, stable earth, vitalizing air and various kinds of breaths in the human organism, you also perform yajnas.

12. O Lord, may we associate with learned and thus freely spread the system of education propounded in the Vedas. The ignorant people who are opposed to the learned and whom the learned disapprove should be brought round to the path of virtue by hundred of means available.

13. O Lord, You provided this earth full of foodstuffs and life giving substances for the living creatures.

For more detailed, explanation of hymns in simple language see

http://nrao-vedas.blogspot.com/2007/09/yajurveda-chapter-1.html

For chapter 2 selected statements

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Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 2

Selected statements related to behaviour of people.

1. Yajnas help in bringing rains.

2. Protect the yajna with your inhalation and exhalation and keep the flame going with firm strength.

3. O yajna, you are productive like spring, which makes trees bloom. The sun does yajna from time immemorial, for unfolding all objects (makes them visible to all).

4. The food provides us the enegry, protects us and gives the strength for victory in war. The yajna fire is responsible for all this.

5. O God! illuminate us with the light of spiritual knowledge.

6. Men use the life on this earth and knowledge gain from Vedas to obtain salvation.

7. May my active mind understand the requirements of the yajna. May God preserve my unabandonable acquisition of knowledge, which is also a yajna.

8. I purify ignorant persons by the light of knowledge that I have (I provide knowledge to ignorant persons).

9. We make yajnas to keep these things in proper order.

10. The oblation (ahuti) reaches the space, comes in contact with air and the light of the sun. It then brings as well as comes down as rain for us, which fills streams and promotes plants and flowers.

11. O fire, agnideva, you protect me from darkness, protect me from my physical eye as well as spiritual eye.

12. O god, you are the expounder of knowledge for the learned. Please expound the knowledge unto me. All learned people who sing vedic hymns should master knowledge.

13. I shall undertake vows, which I find myself confident to discharge. I know that I sow what I reap. Bless me to take up fruitful activities.

14. O god, let the learned be strong, healthy. They should have pleasure as to their capacity and resources.

15. Accept your teacher, and always be eager for knowledge so that you may attain manhood with all the required knowledge.

16. O sons, please your parents and teachers by offering them various juices, sweet waters, disease-dissipation articles, milk, clarified butter, well cooked food, and juicy fruits.

17. Enjoy your wealth and do not covet the wealth of others.

For more detailed meaning of each hymn in simple language

http://nrao-vedas.blogspot.com/2007/09/sukla-yajurveda-simplified-version.html

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Sukla Yajurveda - Chapter 3

1. Vedas are recited for acquiring the knowledge of God. We should recite vedas and understand the illuminating sayings.

2. God, through the vedas displays knowledge of the world and knowledge of the spirit.

3. In this world the instructors and the learned kindle the ubiquitous fire of extra-ordinary qualities.

4. O God, make me fit for the acquisition of knowledge.

5. The fire assists us in the accomplishment of our deeds (for cooking food, for giving us heat for our bodies and giving us hot things and also in yajnas).

6. Householders should invite and take care of guests who are delightful and knowledgeable. Sins are washed away by giving well cooked food to them.

7. Let us resolve that we will not repeat the sinful acts that we or others have committed in various places, alone or in group.

8. The oblation full of cooked articles put into the fire goes up to the sky, and returns there from full of rain. In life barter is required.

9. You give something to the other, he gives something to you. Life in this world goes on due to truthful bartering.

10. Learn from the knowledgeable people who are healthy and wealthy and cooperate with them for your health, wealth and power.

11. By reflecting on the high principles and meritorious deeds of elders, we strengthen our mind and take correct decisions.

12. O venerable elders! give us in this and the next life intellect whereby we may enjoy a long life and perform noble deeds.

13. O God, we will act according to your law to have healthy bodies to enjoy happiness and to be blessed with progeny.

14. O learned men, follow the Veda and the law of Dharma. Accept the food worth eating which uproots all diseases.

15. Learned persons who follow proper rules of life are endowed with triple life (boyhood, youth and old age). Through grace of God we should also know the proper rules of life, follow proper rules of life and live long.

For simple meaning of each hymn, visit

http://nrao-vedas.blogspot.com/2007/09/sukla-yajurvedasimplified-version.html

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Shukla Yajurveda Chapter 4

1. Act on the teachings of the Rig, Sam and Yajur vedas to end all miseries. (I feel this is one of the important statements. People have to learn and then act on the learning. Result will come only after action is taken. Behaviour only gives results)

2. Pure water removes all external physical imperfections.

3. Good habits in the form of adequate food and adequate control over indulgences (not exceeding the limits prescribed by learned people, we can now interpret as doctors) will give beautiful, comfortable, healthy and strong body.

4. In the yajna, laws of Dharma are propounded, austerity is practiced, teaching and learning takes place, and philanthropy is practiced.

5. Fire provides help to us in many ways. When we are awake it helps us. When we are sleeping it helps us. We should use fire properly. (We should able to start it when we want and we should be able stop it when we want).

6. O man, this body of yours is made and reared for the service of God and service of his creation. By being energetic in your service, gain splendour and lustre. Be active through knowledge (This is another very important statement. Knowledge and action. Action that is based on knowledge is yajna).

7. Speech is friend of learned. Mother, father, brother, friends and society should help people in learning.

8. O speech, the learned person uses you for being happy and creating happiness among people.

9. In the yajna, the performer gains his wishes, becomes wealthy and from that wealth he has to offer the priests cash and kind.

10. Kings are invited for yajnas. He is informed, “all these subjects assembled in this yajna work under your direction and protect the prosperity of the kingdom. The yajna is also for the prosperity of the kingdom. You have to protect them from the enemies of the kingdom.”

11. Let man and woman learn household duties to become fit bear the burden of domestic life, live together and be united in their married life. They should visit the houses of religious (knowledgeable) persons, make them happy and learn more from them frequently.

12. O learned man, go all over the world and learn more from sages situated in different parts of the world.

13. Even though you are learning from sages, do not forget that the ultimate almighty is God. Pray to God, the Friend of all.

14. O God, learned persons use the things created by you as oblations and create more things. (We have to interpret oblations as similar to the seed we put into the ground. The seed disappears, but the plant comes and we get more than we what we sown. All oblations that offer have a similar effect).

15. We have to use the knowledge of learned persons and create more useful things.

16. yajnas benefit our houses, wealth, remove idleness among us, make us strong and remove cowardice among us, and thus give us happiness in manifold ways. O learned persons! Perform yajnas and live happily in your houses with your family members.

For simple meaning of each hymn in the chapter visit

http://nrao-vedas.blogspot.com/2007/11/simplified-sukla-yajurveda-chapter-iv.html

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Shukla Yajurveda Chaper 5

1. O oblation! You are the body of fire. You are the material with which all objects in the universe are created. You only help me in satisfying the guests.

2. O stick of wood! You are the creator of fire. O dried grasses! You maintain the fire.

3. O learned people! You should develop yajnas which promote strong structures on earth.

4. O man and woman! Acquire the knowledge from the learned and live in a peaceful home after marriage. Do not spoil your life and do not spoil life of your children.

5. O man! You observe me in doing the yajna and later on you also do it.

6. Just as a learner and teacher, I do the yajna, you also do. Your companions have to follow the activities being done my companions.

7. O members of the assembly! The military people also participate in yajnas and sacrifices to fight enemies.

8. O highly learned man, preach noble virtues on earth.

9. Let the man who knows vedas have a fine home, good speech and vast knowledge.

10. O General! Attack the enemy with full force. Just fire assimilates ghee and burns brightly; you also subdue the opposing wicked forces.

11. O king! You should go to the sages and learn more.

12. O learned teacher! Let your vast knowledge be mine. Let my learning be guided by you.

13. O learned person! Become conversant with all branches of knowledge.

14. O learned person in medicinal plants! Do not spoil this treasure. Do their sacrifice properly and make sure they are abundantly available.

15. O man! I live on the earth in a spirit of friendliness towards all. You should also live in a spirit of friendliness to all.

For simple meaning of each hymn of the chapter, visit

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Sukla Yajurveda - Chapter 6

1. O king you are a father to your subjects, bring them up. O queen! You also behave accordingly.

2. O king! Your first duty is to undertake the spread of knowledge and the administration of justice. The second duty is to propagate religious truths.

3. O king! Improve the military expertise, prolong the life of people, and advance the children. Advance the knowledge of vedas.

4. O men understand the God's activities and laws of creation, preservation and dissolution. Benefit from that understanding.

5. The learned people understand the lofty attributes of god.

6. O king! Keep all the people and all animals under control of law.

7. O king! Use learned people to increase the pleasures of your subjects and of yourself.

8. O rich sons, learn and get good training.

9. I initiate new brahmacharis by sprinkling them water and corn. May your father, mother, brothers, friends and fellow students grant you permission for my discipleship.

10. O pupil! devote yourself to learning.

11. O performers of yajnas! Rear cows to get ghee.

12. O learned person! Do not behave crookedly or proudly. Tread on the paths of truth and moral rightness.

13. Girls must be endowed with noble qualities and married to educated husbands.

14. O disciple! Maintain cleanliness of your body and all its organs.

15. O disciple! Listen to me and observe my actions.

16. O disciple! Understand all the intricate problems.

17. O learned persons! Keep me away from sin.

18. O warrior! The fire of righteous indignation spur you in the battle to win victory for us.

19. O general! Your orders and commands should reach all corners of your military and win the war.

20. O general! Your mother, father and relatives should encourage you in the battle.

21. O disciple! Go to all the places and learn from them.

22. O king! Protect wells, tanks, canals and forests.

23. O learned persons! Waters in well, tanks and canals contribute to your purity, comfort and usefulness.

24, 25. O virgins! Select your husbands from eligible bachelors with care and enjoy life with them. Both of you should do noble deeds.

26. O noble king! Allow your subjects to make complaints and do justice to them. Let the queen listen to ladies and help them. Let judges listen to people and do justice.

27. People should select as king one among them who is strong, knowledgeable and will be able to guide and control people.

28. O farmer! Become fit to cultivate the land and produce food crops and medicinal crops.

29. O king! People require maintenance in their old ages as they supplied food to others when they were young. This is a proper rule.

30. O my subjects! Pay the tax levied on you as it contributes to efficient administration.

31. O subjects and legislators! Maintain cordial relations with my officers so that they can work properly and help you.

32. We appoint you as king because you are knowledgeable, strong and quick acting. Use all your faculties and make us rich and comfortable.

33. O king! With all your powers protect the yajnas (projects, businesses, occupations) of your subjects.

34. O ladies, you are the possessors of practical wisdom and you help your husbands in the yajnas. Do your sacrifice of domestic life.

35. O woman! Cultivate the strength of your body and soul.

36. O mother! Love your children. O children you should love your mother.

37. O mighty, glorious king, make your subjects progress and make them capable of doing great deeds.

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Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 7

1. O man, for realising God, be a learned man, work pure heartedly under the direction of sages, who are to be respected and listened to by you.

2. O Yogi! gladden others with use of yoga.

3. O yogi! you have the power to protect others. I instruct you to practice that power.

4. O teacher of yoga!, yoga is pain dispelling.

5. O yogi! you are endowed with noble traits.

6. O noble and friendly yogis! give us daily the speech that rightly teaches us the knowledge of yoga.

7. O student of yoga! this yoga learning will provide your comfort.

8. O yogi! elevate your soul by continuous practice of yoga.

9. O yogi! you are also a purifier people like sun.

10. O yoga students, learn the preliminary steps carefully even though you may be experiencing some difficulties. May our method of teaching be accommodated by you.

11. O yoga students, you also like your teachers resort to truth and virtuous deeds.

12. O skillful ruler, with the army! I accept your laws for curbing the sinful and establishing the code of morality.

13. O king! your subordinates should follow your instructions even in the form of a signal of your finger.

14. O ruler, you are the developer of loyal subjects by making them prosperous under your rule. Support the just and suppress the unjust. Keep doing your job like sun and moon without break and rest.

15. Eleven mighty substances do their duty in heaven, on the earth and in respiration. Similarly, members of the king’s court have to carry on their job with zeal and devotion continuously.

16. O ruler!You protect your subjects and subjects protect you. Protect the learned and all valuable things.

17. O learned people, just as a good ruler tries to improve all things in the country, you should participate in improvement efforts and encourage people to participate in them. Help the administration in improving the country.

18. O General, I appoint you for your knowledge, military skill and valour. Do your job with knowledge (veda).

19. We elect you as head of state to harness all natural forces for the betterment of people.

20. Establish the greatness of your country.

21. O god! I accept you and pray to you to make our people united.

22. O performer, all the substance sacrificed by you fill the space and air all around and will come back to the earth in larger quantities. Carry out yajnas under the direction of learned people.

23. O educator! teach me as how to acquire sound knowledge.

24. O giver of knowledge! Teach me yoga.

25. King says, I wish to have good subjects, I wish to have good soldiers, I want them to be energetic.

26. O king we accept you as our ruler all the time. In all twelve month of the year you are our ruler.

27. O members of the king's court! Participate effectively in discussions and protect our welfare.

28. O members of the king's court! Justice is your aim. Learn the related knowledge and art.

29. O pupil! I accept you as a seeker of knowledge.

30. O son! you are accepted by the teacher. Learn from him by obeying his directions.

31. O ruler! We like you for your good relations with people.

32. We learned, accept you as our ruler for all the good work that you have done for the society so far.

33. O General! You are appointed for you knowledge and ability. Understand your military like sun understands every thing by the falling of his rays on them.

33. O head of the state! We goad you into this battle. Fortify yourself individually and fortify your military, go into the battle and bring us victory.

32. Like sun rays that provide light to all, the sayings of the learned people must benefit humanity.

33. Always remember God is mightier than all the natural forces and all the knowledge of learned people.

34. We require victory of various people to give us peace and happiness. We want victory over diseases. We want victory over external enemies. We want victory over ignorance. We want victory over trouble makers we destroy our valuable things through irreligious ways.

35. O rich persons! Lead a religious life and encourage people to do proper things by giving them gold as remuneration.

36. Honour the brahmins, who are learned people, whose fathers and grandfathers are learned people and learn from them.

37. O teacher, I as a person anxious to learn commit to a life of brahmacharya for 24 years/44 years. I am handed over to you by my parents for learning. Provide me a long life with your knowledge and make me a learned person.

38. Vedic instruction is given for the benefit of soul.(The story is that when Brahma was created, he did not know what to do and started suffering. God had given him veda (knowledge) and he understood what to do)

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Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 8

About Vedas

Vedas are the basis of philosophical thinking in India. The people who follow vedic tradition believe that Veda, the knowledge of life was given to Brahma, the formal creator of this universe and its life forms by Vishnu. Brahma gave it to Rishis (sages) that he created and from them to mankind.

Veda was categorized into four books by Vyasa. Yajurveda is one on them. Vedas are available in different versions and there are stories that tell us why these versions came into existence. Sukla Yajurveda is a version of Yajurveda.

Selected Statements from Chapter 8

1. Marriage of learned people leads to prosperity. You have completed student life. May you enjoy the pleasures of newly married couple.

2. O entrants into married life, stick to truth, honouring the vows taken at the time of marriage.

3. O god! Fountain of happiness, give us happiness and encourage us to do noble deeds in our married life.

4. O husband! I accept you as the preserver of yajna of married life.

5. O husband! I give well cooked food to you. You provide all the different kinds of comfort to me.

6. O married man! Follow vedic knowledge and be the master of a loyal wife and children.

7. O members of my family, protect me and my husband working together like two horses to pull the chariot of our married life.

8. O affectionate and heroic husband! You have to be invited and honoured by equally learned people throughout your life.

9. O husband, you can correct the mistakes done by various people. Please correct my mistakes also.

10. O teacher! Instruct us in removing our physical disabilities.

11. O adorable teacher, lead us on the right path by telling what sages had done earlier and show us the examples.

12. O highly learned persons! show us good teachers to learn from.

13. O householder! Do rightly the duties of married life.

14. O noble-minded learned people! Earnestly acquire wealth, retain it ad preserve it with the help of others. Prepare comfortable houses for you and accumulate wealth for your use and use of others. May your efforts grant the society’s prosperity.

15. O married people, drink pure water, take nutritious diet, sharpen your intellect and perform required yajnas.

16. O learned person! We accept you as the priest and guide for the yajna. Perform the yajna according to Vedic rites and provide the prosperity to us.

17. O married people, each of you do things related to the yajna of married life in spirit of dharma.

18. O house holder! Serve your king truthfully.

19. O ruler, make good roads for comfortable journey of people.

20. O married man! With full knowledge of the qualities that lead to success, do the deeds that lead to the fulfillment of your aims.

21. O householder! We urge you to discharge faithfully the duties of married life.

22. O good tempered woman! Retain carefully dearly loved well nurtured child in the womb.

23. The still unborn ten month child may come out as a healthy child without any trouble to mother.

24. O wife! We should have healthy babies.

25. A husband who is healthy should wish for successful pregnancy of his wife.

26. The person in whose house, wind flows smoothly, is truly a builder of good houses.

27. Well built husband and wife perform domestic yajnas properly. Please provide food and clothes to people who depend on you.

28. O married man you have to lead your life by going for various attractions and enjoying them but should restrain yourself appropriately and preserve your health and wealth.

29. O married man! You are fully educated. Lead your married life practicing sixteen traits or arts [1. pran (breathing) 2. Shraddha (devotion) 3. Kham (happiness) 4. Vayu (activity) 5. Jyoti (brilliance) 6. Apa (water) 7. Prithvi (patience) 8. Indriya (organs) 9. Manas (mind) 10. Anna (food) 11. Virya (semen, genetic organs) 12. Tapa (learning activity, religious activity) 13. Mantra (Understanding) 14. Ichha (ambition) 15. Loka (social consciousness) 16. Nam (anger or censure) ] .

30. O king you should set an example by leading a happy and proper married life and using sixteen dimensions of life in an exemplary way.

31. We all should pray to God give us the sixteen qualities.

32. God says, O people, do not call me first. Ask your nearest ruler, then farther rulers to solve your problems. Come to me as the last resort. I am there to take care of your burdens which are beyond your strength and capability.

33. O ruler! Doer of noble deeds, do more noble deeds and make us all happy and bright.

34. O powerful ruler! We accept you for granting us strength and happiness and providing safe environment for our long life till we reach god.

35. O bright ruler! You are also a learned person. I pray you to arrange for spreading the knowledge and make us prosper.

36. O exalted wife! With your knowledge, prepare good eatable and drinkable articles. Energy should come back to me for the next sessions work.

37. O lady! You are praiseworthy, lovable, pleasure giving, adorable, knowledgeable and worthy of respect. Teach everybody the lessons of acquiring such noble qualities.

38. O General, beat our foes away.

39. O noble king! Your speeches dispel our ignorance regarding political and economic issues.

40. O people! Do not think of illicit affairs with women.

41. O learned and educated king! I respect you for your popularity for providing security and prosperity to the country.

42. O virtuous king! Our impeller towards progress and affluence, know the sayings and conduct of learned persons and sages and do what is appropriate.

43. O married people! Enjoy yourselves, produce children, rear them and share with us riches with noble intentions.

44. O learned person! Due to your advice and actions, we may obtain material and spiritual knowledge and pleasure.

45. O our commander and soldiers, defeat our foes in all possible ways so that we may be rich and safe all around us on earth, in space and in sky.

46. O married people! To remain happy follow God’s ways, King’s direction and directions of a physician.

47. People! To be happy understand the use of natural elements and powers – water, wind, etc. and use them appropriately.

48. O married people in the world! Use powers of rains and thunder appropriately.

49. O learned people! Understand the use of various objects in the world and use them appropriately for your benefit.

50. Those who did many yajnas need to be honoured and recognized.

51. Those who are praised by aged sages for their achievement always remain happy.

52. I may receive the benefits of yajnas done by sages and capable people.

53. O sacrifice! Come back in the future as plenty of wealth and prosperity for us.

54. O married man! Sacrifice appropriately for strength of the body and strength of the society.

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Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 9

1. O virtuous king! Rule us according to Vedic prescriptions.

2. O king! I accept you as my king for my prosperity and safety.

3. O king! I advise you to keep water sources pure.

4. O learned person! You are equipped with many qualities to guide us for our prosperity. I accept your directions.

5. O commander you are the means through which king wins war.

6. Longevity lies in respiration and healing medicine. Grow them. Develop them.

7. The learned have to be swift and alert to guide others.

8. O well equipped king! May all the scientists, engineers help you in the administration.

9. O king! The swiftness of falcon may be established in you.

10. I should enjoy safety and prosperity due to the actions of learned people, military commanders and king.

11. O preacher! Acquire knowledge by interacting with sages. O king! Learn from the sages statecraft.

12. O guardians of justice, be free in speech and dispense justice.

13. O learned persons and military men, identify the enemies from a distance and check their onward march.

14. The commander of the army should be able to march the army with the required speed.

15. Only the army that marches according to plan on proper routes can win battles.

16. Only expert army men, well fed and well respected, united in their approach can defeat strong thieves or enemies.

17. The state officials have to learn more by participating in various discussions of learned people.

18. O truthful government officials! Protect us in various quarrels that take place in towns and villages.

19. May I obtain the affection of mother and father.

20. For the king knowledge of all affairs of the society is essential.

21. Eyes thrive by the looking at naturally beautiful objects. Ears thrive by listening to Vedas. Questioning abilities thrive by discussions. Worship of god thrives by concentration (Brahmacharya must be interpreted as focus on single duty.)

22. O producers of thing from earth! Produce food grains and useful items from earth. Always respect earth.

23. May all medicines be properly prepared and medicinal plants taken care of properly in our kingdom.

24. The king should collect taxes from unwilling persons and also use to money for improving the state.

25. The king has to tour throughout the territory and takes required actions to maintain prosperity.

26. The king should be knowledgeable to rule the state.

27. King has to encourage all professionals to do noble deeds.

28. O king! Speak truthfully and kindly to us and grant us happiness.

29. Let the mother impart knowledge to her children with a sweet tongue.

30. I appoint you as king. You have strong and swift hands to take the required actions.

31. O king conduct your rule with justice and kindness.

32. O king recognize all experts from various professions.

33. O king! Advance knowledge in this state.

34. O king! We also participate along with you in battles.

35. O king! You are also useful to householder like fire.

36. O learned people! Here is the king of you, king of kshatriyas, king of brahmanas, and king of all people. You help him in subduing foes.

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Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 10

Some statements from the chapter that describe desired behaviour from people in various roles.

1. The person who wants to be the king has to offer himself to the assembly and request the assembly to anoint him as the king.

2. The King or the aspirant for the kingship says to the assembly. I can protect you, please bestow the kingdom on the deserving me.

3. O wealthy people, O knowledgeable people, O royal women, O military persons, bestow kingdom on the deserving me.

4. O builders of cow sheds! O people of various professions! Bestow kingship on deserving me.

5. O King! Learn more all the arts, sciences. Practice yoga. Follow Veda. Acquire the art of eloquence.

6. O king! Focus yourself on good governance (brahmacharya word must be interpreted as focus on the job.)

7. A good king should put children under the charge of educated and respectable nurses.

8. The king, the mainstay of political power, must be protected by warriors from all quarters.

9. O men, befriend your mother, doctors, commanders of the army, persons who studied sacred books, noble persons etc.

10. O King! Go to the east, go to the west , go to the south, go to the north, you must be praised everywhere, arrange for teaching Vedas in various places, arrange for recitation of Vedas in various places, appoint and recognize various professional people in various places.

11. O king! You must ascend the zenith in acquiring knowledge.

12. O preacher and O commander, you both have to do desirable things in the kingdom.

13. O king! We wish you brilliance like moon, luster like fire, knowledge like sun and a quick mind like lightning. Guard all acts conducive to knowledge and religion.

14. O learned generals! This is your king and our (brahmanas) king. He is the king of devotees of God and devotees of Vedas.

15. O builders of chariots and boats! Create chariots and boats that travel with great speed.

16. O King! You are strong and invincible. I appoint you to guard the state politically with advice of wise statesmen.

17. O renowned king! Do not change your faith in Vedas and God. Ascend the chariot and control the reins.

18. We should behave respectfully with learned and religious minded householders.

19. Worship God alone. The kings may be mighty. There may great sages. But God’s greatness in all dimensions is many fold compared to any king or sage.

20. O God, so great are you. O king, your strength of arms depends on God.

21. O Queen! Acquire and use delight-giving knowledge. Guide all females to useful and noble deeds.

22. O queen, you also sit in court along with your husband.

23. O king! Prosperity of country depends on you. Do things that make the country prosper.

24. O king! You have to recognize and do the needful duties in order of their priority even though you are engaged in many activities.

25. The king says, I forward urged onward by God, sages, the justice based on real facts and the fiery strength to suppress the enemies. (into the battle)

26. O king! O people! Try hard to obtain knowledge and exert yourself for prosperity.

27. O learned king! Take care of old people and make sure that old people are taken care of.

28. O government officials and army men! Protect farmers from evil deeds of others. Do not allow them to do evil deeds.

29. O king! We wish: Your devoted wife should serve you and take care of you. O ministers and army men! Follow the rules framed by the learned and protect the citizens like father and mother.

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1. The master of knowledge of yoga has to spread this knowledge to promote happiness among people. God will guide them in this endeavour.

2. The learned who give their knowledge to others and learn more things themselves will have their mind riveted upon God.

3. Learned people learn the truth from the sages and through their meditation and prayers.

4. O Veda! By learning you, I may be able to explore further learning.

5. The skilled artisan should use well maintained implements with knowledge on earth for proper construction.

6. O artisan and master, you both! Build vehicles that travel with speed like water and fire.

7. O friends! In all our deeds and battles, take the blessings of king.

8. O king! Appoint a commander of forces and provide safety to your subjects.

9. O learned king! A swift horse travels all the way despite obstacles, and a dutiful householder performs agnihotra (his duties) despite obstacles. Similar to that you should win battles and make your country prosperous.

10. O king! Measure your strength carefully, arrange it carefully and then attack the enemy.

11.O artisans and people with knowledge of those skills, explore earth and atmosphere and prepare useful objects.

12. O learned person! Know the water in ocean and material substances embedded in it. Sun with beams takes it from oceans and provides you the rain for your comfort.

13. O learned person assume the role of a teacher.

14. O skilled physician, with the use of pure water and medicinal plants keep people healthy.

15. O wife! Be an embodiment of fine qualities. O learned husband! Become a source of happiness, strength and well being.

16. O householder! Become a rich man, stay in a comfortable house and wear good clothes.

17. O noble son, do not waste the time during your studies. Just as sun takes away waters and returns to earth for the benefit of people on earth, you should also acquire knowledge for using it later for our benefit.

18. O women, take care of your conception with medicines from physicians.

19. O woman! Protect the valuable ancestral property of your husband.

20. All mortals work with their arms for wealth and glory. You prosper and let others also prosper.

21. O mother! Do not disturb your child’s education. You and your son must complete this learning task worth doing.

22. The household priest with his vedic knowledge help households to do good deeds successfully.

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1. O learned person! You have action, contemplation, and learning to undertake. Acquire knowledge, do yajnas and attain to happiness.

2. O learned person! You know the law of cause and effect. Know the significance of various laws, control the air and utilise all earthly subjects for the benefit of mankind (universe).

3. Return to me (to the Lord after every birth) as a learned person with life well lived with worthy actions, with literary achievements, wisdom, wealth creation and progeny.

4. O scientist (person who knows the causes and effects)! You are filled with the delight of knowledge. Your visits to the earth and to me be hundreds and thousands. With each visit find knowledge that was not known before and increase the wealth of the universe.

5. O learned teacher! Save people from vices again and again. Provide them with noble resolves and inspire them to valorous deeds. Provide education that takes care of their nourishment.

6. O king! You should live among your subjects like the brilliant sun, who rises early and is in the sky before the dawn and provides light to all. You have to be a leader in providing the right path of duty to your subjects.

7. O child! Sit in the lap of your mother and learn from her all holy things. Never think of creating distress and grief for her.

8. O king! Learned persons constantly applaud and stimulate you. Similarly you have to stimulate your citizens by praising their good deeds.

9. Elect as a ruler, a person who controls his senses, is a leader in day-to-day activities like the sun who is up before everybody, a wise man, who earned good amount of money, and is now willing to help others by sharing his wisdom and wealth.

10. O learned persons! Marry a learned well behaved girl and make them happy and contented. You respect her and she respects you. Love your children just as your parents loved you.

11. O son! Keep away from vices with your force of character and keep us also away from evil intentions.

12. O learned person! Serve the people with your knowledge and resources.

13. All learned persons have to keep themselves free of disease, and they have to spread education among all without malice to any one. The learned persons have to entertain high aims and achievements using their knowledge.

14. O teacher! Teach our son the eternal knowledge of Vedas; they grant success in all our actions.

15. O girl! Your father, mother and teachers impart you knowledge. Preserve that knowledge with iron determination. Use that knowledge to please people.

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1. O Commander of the army! Attack the foes with the support of ministers and military associated with its paraphernalia.

2. O king! Make progress in your duty of administration.

3. O king! Extend happines to the virtuous and punish the wicked.

4. People should know that a country flourishes in which there are men, active as air, there are men that strive for intellectual supremacy as well as justice, there are men who administer the land efficiently with statesmanship, and there are men who use wisdom-inspiring and pleasure giving speech. (Shloka or Yajus 15)

5. O Queen! You have all the best things in life (The most desirable husband, dresses, ornaments, helpers). You are free from distress (which many other ladies may suffer). Advance the country under thy rule.

6. O woman! Attain to fame living permanently with your husband. You and your husband are inseparable as cause and effect.

7. Teachers and preachers incite love for learning in students. Examiners have to examine the learners without any bias.

8. O woman! Live permanently with they husband.

9. Husband and wife have to work together like Sun and Moon. They should live together constantly like the breath of person and the person.

10. O woman! Lengthen our line of descendants with sons and grandsons. We serve you with presents for this service to us.

11. O wife! I keep you satisfied and you keep me pleased.

12. O learned person! You have to incessantly engage in action like sun, who provides light, rain, and energy throughout all universe. You have to go on the virtuous path, the path that benefits you, your family members and rest of the people in the society.

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13. O learned person! Do not harm the wind, oceans, and rivers. (shloka/yajus: 42)

14. O learned person! Do not harm the earth. Earth is the repository of water and its gives us countless fruits. (Shloka/yajus: 44)

15. O learned person! Do not feel inconvenienced by the fire that comes from earth or from sun. It only sustains the earth and living beings on earth.

These statements exhort learned persons to do appropriate acts to protect the five elements which are essential for living beings.

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1. O woman! Use the vast knowledge of art of cooking.

2. O woman! All learned persons have to respect you for your contribution to the universe. You give the wealth of children for the universe.

3. O woman! Your learned husband bestows the responsibility of the house to you in pursuit of noble deeds. Become a good guardian of the house and children with your knowledge. All learned teachers and preachers should help you in this endeavour and arrange for your protection through the yagnas they do for self protection.

4. O man or woman! Your parents, learned teachers and preachers, prepare you and make you able to acquire all desirable objects. Love water, master the science of fire (energy), cultivate virtuous traits, recite Gayatri Mantra, live according to seasons and prolong your life.

5.O man or woman, Your parents, parents, learned teachers and preachers, prepare you to attain unity with God, the Leader of the Universe. Live in the company of highly learned persons and attain God.

6. O young man or woman! Brahmacharya is learning period. (Brahma gave Vedas to the world. Vishnu gave Vedas to Brahma. Brahmacharya is to be given the meaning of learning Vedas or learning in general. In ancient India, persons in brahmacharya aasramam have no family responsibilities. They stay with guru and their food is taken care of by the society in which the gurukul is there. After brahmacharya aasramam, a person takes up the responsibility of Family.) Learn Vedas, the source of happiness from learned teachers and preachers.

7. The brahman protects the humanity through knowledge, religion and austerity. Kshatriya provides happiness to humanity by providing justice and security. The Vaishya is the lord of riches. His provides happiness to humanity by financing and managing projects that increase wealth. The Shudra is the artisan with the skills. He provides happiness to humanity by using his skill in creating many man-made things. (Shloka 9)

8. Like the bull that pulls the cart, every person must develop his body and strength and undertake the duties of a householder.

9. The master of three Vedas should praise God through action, contemplation and knowledge.

10. O man! You should remove the affliction of your wife. This means you help her to overcome difficulties she faces in her work. A wife should do the same. She should remove the difficulties the husband faces.

11. O woman! Increase the store of pure water. It is essential for the life of your husband and family members.

12. O woman! You have the charge of the house. Please your husband and other relatives in the capacity.

13. O God! Protect my eyes. Protect my ears. Protect my upper gastric tract. Protect my lower gastric tract. Preserve my life. Preserve my soul. The meaning of all prayers is to be applied to oneself only. It is we people we have to protect our body and its organs. Veda is knowledge of living.

14. Food gives physical force. Intellect grants strength. Discernment gives freedom. Wisdom gives pleasure.

15. O Woman! You rear the progeney like the earth. I accept you for for supporting me in my occupation, for food, for peace, happiness, children and longevity.

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10. A vrata gives Deeksha. Deeksha gives dakshina (wealth or reward). Reward gives sraddha (commitment). Commitment(shraddha) gives true benefit. (Ch. 19. Shloka 30).

11. Learning is yajna. One who takes up learning by wearing the sacred thread symbolizing the desire to learn commences his second birth.

12. We offer food and homage to our parents, grand parents and great-grand parents. Blessed are those people who are taking care of the three generations of their forefathers. (Ch. 19. Shloka 36).

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1. O powerful king! Without showing any disrespect, give people good instructions that help everybody live in good houses with all necesary things.

2. O king! Teach us the art of victory so that we can drive away known and unknown foes.

3. O lady! Become skillful in sixteen arts. Forty four years of dedicated (celibacy) learning make a lady, the possessor of great learning and power.

4. Action brings light of truth (Truth has no value unless people use it). The practice of truth gives ease (Any person who speaks truth always does not have to specially remember what he said on a particular occasion).

5. The sweetness of speech like water gives calmness.

6. Perseverance leads to various successful efforts.

7. Conquest of affliction demands strength (To overcome any problem one requires appropriate strength).

8. O man! Gain the stength of wealth, through the extended application of wealth. Acquire strength of knowledge through study. Learn perseverance for conquering a problem.

9. O wife! I accept you for your learning, for your willingness to partner me, for your brilliance, and for your riches (health, the popular saying health is wealth).

10. O husband! You know all the details about matter and you also know the details of the world which is made up of matter. I accept you for your knowledge as husband.

11. All the learned people should help a wife and husband to settle down and lead a happy life.

12. O woman! The learned persons are thy overlords. Listen to learned persons. Your husband, healthy and strong in seventeen vital parts of the body will serve you and take care of you on earth.

13. Use respectful language for a person, who is pure, intelligent, wise and virtuous.

14. O mighty, enligtened vaishya! Have adequate trade relations with others, and bring us all riches.

15. O son of a strong man! Become a learned man and vouchsafe great wealth for us.

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1. O king! Your army is to be provided with food and arms so as to be capable to attack the enemies.

2. O learned person! educate us again and again, with your system of teaching, which is conducive to progress.

3. O commander of the army! Train your army men to be proficient in any weapon that they are using.

4. O physician! Preach to us the laws of health.

5. O people! Your king is the most auspicious person. Listen to his commands and directions.

6. O people! Offer food to the army and the commander. (This statement tell us to take care of our army.)

7. Let people give food to the army. Let people give food to servants. Let people give food to the physician. Let people give food to protectors of households. Let people give food to the judges.

8. Let people give food to forest guards. Let people give food to the person who serves religion and knowledge.

9. People should punish the cheats, deceivers and leaders of such people.

10. Food to the carpenters and manufacturers and transport vehicles.

11. Food to the residenets of forests who control wild creatures.

12. Food to the dogs and rearers of dogs.

13. Food to the person who keeps rivers fit for navigation.

14. Food to people who make beds.

15. Food to the arrow makers and bow makers.

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1. O Ruler! We rally around you for safety. Just as fire and cloth give us protection from cold, you give us protection from enemies and criminal elements.

2. O noble woman! Make domestic life happy and successful with your energy and courteous behaviour.

3. O learned person! Do virtuous deeds, and provide prosperity to us.

4. O King! Administer justice. You have the chief responsibility for improving the behaviour of your subjects.

5. Let us invite the most learned person and let him approve our plans for success.

6. O people! Elect proper persons as rulers to enjoy peace and prosperity.

7. O Commander of the army! You are a foremost fighter, an experienced statesman, master of science of war, and you are well equipped with intelligent warriors and fighting equipment.

8. O Citizens! encourage the commander of the army and the army to win the battles.

9. Musical instruments should be played before the commencement of the battle by the soldiers to infuse valour and couragein the army.

10 O Valiant Warrior! We give you armour to protect you vital parts. We provide you ample food and medicines. Fight with courage in the battle.

11. O King! Acquire convincing facts on every issue by involving intellectuals and take decisions that bring prosperity to us.

12. The educated wives should make domestic life a pleasure and preserve the wealth of families.

13. May the learned increase wealth through stenuous exertion and renunciation.

14. Through yoga I develop physical force. From physical force I develop mental force. From mental force I develop spiritual force. From spiritual force I rise higher to God, the Blissful Light.

15. An imparter of knowledge is like a mother and a nurse and he has to nourish a child with knowledge.

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Yajna means an important project. Veda repeatedly mentions the word yajna. As vedas are relevant for current life as well as life after (as a soul after) the word yajna needs to be interpreted appropriately and contextually.

1. Yajnas helps increasing influence and pleasure.

2. Yajna (practice of religion: dharma) increases wisdom and honour and protects life.

3. I do yajnas to stregthen my body, I do yajnas to stregthen my house and I do yajnas to improve my resources and I do yajnas to take care of my old age.

4. Through yajnas, our children will prosper.

5. Through yajnas, our knowledge will prosper.

6. Through yajnas only, our leader and our followers prosper.

7. Through yajna, we get well cooked and fragrant food.

8. Through yajnas, our cattle will be healthy and give us the output.

9. Through yajnas only, we get bountiful harvests of rice, barley, beans, pulses, sesamum and kidney beans etc.

10. Through yajnas only we get abundant supply of fruits.

11. Through yajna only, houses are built and maintained.

12. Through yajnas only, artisans will produce various utensils and other items.

13. Through yajnas only beasts of burden like elephant, camel, bull etc are kept healthy and fit for work.

14. Food taken according to seasons strengthens the faculties of people.

15. The learned persons have to be given food and shelter and their longevity is to be protected for the benefit of mankind.

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1. O Comrade! The agriculturists produce food and give it to us for our services to them. Eat their food in a nice way. They provide food to you for your knowledge of heaven and earth. Help them to grow more food and protect their produce.

2. By raising your children, you repay the debt to your parents.

3. Householders have to construct majestic houses for themselves. It is the duty of householder to construct a dwelling for himself.

4. The knowledge imparted to the pupils should be in consonance with their capacity.The yajnas or activities of yajnas assigned to pupils should also be consonance with their capacity.

5. The person who can make vessels becomes wealthy.

6. True noble words only get food on any part of earth for a learned man. Even between wife and husband, good deeds and words only develop good relations.

7. My great grand father, grand father and my father should bless me and aid me in living a full life of hundred years.

8. Our aged parents have to come again and again to our Soma banquet.

9. O Son! Learn from your learned fatherly teachers and lead a life as per your learning and spread pleasure in the world between the Earth and the Heaven.

10. The physician and his wife have to take care of the new born babies.

11. A learned doctor gives appropriate medical advice and will not allow lungs, liver, throat, kidney and bile to be affected by ailments.

12. A husband is a protector of the wife. But at the same time he lives with her happily like a child (He behaves like a child of her and she takes care of him as if he is a child).

13. A wife and husband have to give food to their parents and protect their embryo in the womb as well as their children. They have to do many noble deeds and income earning activities.

14. A person who maitains the cleanliness of food (suchi) with the knowledge gained from vedas, uses knowledge to gain supremacy, and enjoys the company of learned persons to know more acquires happiness and salvation.

15. By doing a vrat, an act of performance successfully, one becomes capable (daksh and deeksha). Capable performance of acts brings rewards (dakshina). Rewards increase the faith and by doing things with faith gives the true reward of the act.

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