Simplified Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 38

 CHAPTER 38

In this chapter, there are many mantras related to wife and husband and the expectations or statements made by them at the time of engagement or marriage.

1. O learned woman, you are charitable in  behaviour.  I take you as my wife as a person with strong hands and body. 

2. O  well educated woman, come into me and my lfie. You come into me and I go into you. You give happiness and you get full happiness. Your husband gives you happiness. So  acquire husband. Acquire him (specific person).

O highly learned woman, select a learned husband. Go to him who is advanced in knowledge.

3. O woman, you become constant bestower of knowledge, a symbol of respect (turban), a protector of the family. Dedicate yourself to pleasant domestic life.

4. O girl, acquire excellence, satisfy well your parents. develop good body endowed with consciousness. Please your teachers with learning and truthful speech. Know the science of heat and energy and acquire supremacy over them.

5. O highly learned woman, you have to give milk to  the child and make him sleep. Your  husband is bringer of happiness, possessor of noble qualities, master of riches, and charitable in nature. With his support you acquire all desirable objects. Establish him in the house. Pray that you rise through him to the vast summit of prosperity.

6. O strong man, like the twentyfour syllables of the Gayatri metre, observe  celibacy for twentyfour years, i.e. marry after twenty four years, complete the education. If more vedas are being learned, ; like fortyfour syllables of Trishtup metre, observe celibacy for fortyfour years.

Grasp the hand of the beautiful bride and accept her with vow with water in hand. O husband and wife behave mutually like Pran and Apan to accomplish your tasks.

O Vasus, protect nicely the sacrifice and the sweet honey prepared by the bees. Work together well and nobly to make sun's beams bring rain

7. O husband or wife (each one saying to the other), Truly do I accept you to live with pure air, water and medicinal herbs.  I want you to be fearless,  unconquerable,  irresistible, provider of protection. I accept you for good breath. 

8. O husband or wife  (each one saying to the other), In true words,  I accept you  for the wealthy and powerful offspring. who kills miseries. Children who befriend the wise,  know the science of Sun, and  the atmosphere, and preparing and  possessing stores of provisions. I accept you for the offspring, who will be the guardian of the vedas, and the embodiment of noble virtues.

9. O husband or wife  (each one saying to the other), I, in true words do accept you for the offspring, knowing the science of electricity, lover of justice, and friend of the learned. 

10. O teacher and preacher, in this world, please taste  the remnants of this pleasant well-arranged sacrifice (yagnas etc.).  Let the priest seated in the south of the altar, accompany and worship the learned in all quarters.


11. O husband and  wife, with the verses of the Yajur veda, in a nice way, in the light of the Sun, in the fire fit for yajna, perform with pleasure, the duty of domestic life. In the light of knowledge, perform

with pleasure in the company of the learned, the  yajna,  that gives  true spiritual knowledge.

12. O well educated husband and wife, do the  daily the yajna, which broadens our mental vision, gives us scientific and technical knowledge.  Give food and show respect to the technicians who brings the Sun and atmosphere into useful service.

13. O husband and wife, protect together the domestic life like air and lightning. Like the Sun and Earth. Decide and judge together the responsibilities of the married life. In the domestic life bestow pleasure on all   using  your boons of knowledge. 

14. O husband or wife, be the recipients of truth, religious minded, and be  free from violence, Establish wealth for us, learn the veda, acquire sovereignty, and preserve the subjects. Enjoy overflow of food, enjoy overflow of  vedic knowledge and God, enjoy overflow of energy,  enjoy overflow of  power. 

15. Husband and wife should try to save  persons from irreligious acts. They should respect the pupils. They should receive gladly the thundering clouds. They should respect the highly cultured people, who purify the world with sacrifice and protect us. They should use respectful words for ladies and gentlemen dignified like the Sun and Earth. They should always speak the truth to all the learned people.

16. O husband or wife, spend the day rightly combining the light of knowledge with the light of noble
qualities.

Wisely spend the night, rightly combining the light of contemplation with the light of noble religious qualities. May we enjoy through smell the sweet butter oblations put in the highly blazing fire. 

O Supreme God, I bow to you. Do  not injure me.


17. O learned person, famous, chastiser of the wicked, majestic, possessing far-spread glory, and wise, you condemn the spread of ignorance and spread knowledge. Stay in a place  with plenty to eat. 
Be happy and be the developer of the learned. Your Homa should be good to inhale  and beautiful to see.

18. O learned husband and wife, may thy meditation and divine contemplation for preserving the knowledge of the pupils, and the provisions of the yajna increase and be ever accomplished. 

O husband or wife bright like the day, you activities in the air, with the help of electricity as expounded in Trishtup, may increase and be accomplished. 

O husband or wife, the  shining performance of yours  on the Earth, in the Assembly, or amongst the people, may increase and be accomplished. 

19. O king, guard the body of the Kshatriya and Brahmana and afford protection to others. Just as we follow you,  your subjects also should  follow you  in a spirit of devotion.

20. A godly person  serves in abundance like God, the Protector of the world.  May he, full of age and engagements teach us. May he, advanced in age and happiness instruct us in the knowledge of God, so that we may shun the hateful enemies inside our mind, and cast aside the sayings of the crooked persons.

21. O Great People and Leaders,  Be great and make others also great. Be strong, make others strong. Through your compassion, you  advance and  make others advance. Just as we grow great, let us make others great.

22. All should understand lightning-fire, the cause for rain, fast in motion, mighty, roaring, like friend from far to see us, shining with the Sun in the atmosphere. 

23. To us let waters and plants be friendly.

24. May we, looking mentally upon God, free from darkness, and nicely attain to happiness on all sides.

25. O God, shine in our souls, You are the  illuminator of knowledge, give me knowledge (light). May we progress in full, having acquired you. 

26. O God, even though  the Heaven and Earth are spread in compass,  the seven oceans are extended far and even though they are so vast, you preserve them with your indestructible power of perseverance. I meditate on you to imbibe in me your  imperishable power.

27. With lustrous fulgency, with readily serviceable riches, the yajna shines with triple light. In my soul be that great mental force, in my soul be strength, wisdom and action.

28. O virtuous happy person, you enjoyed a share of the  of the invigorating and savoury milk of the Homas and Yajnas performed for many years. Provide for us also  the bliss of drinking it year after year.    May we obtain your   wisdom and manifest strength through yajnas done under your guidance. Our soul also must receive the benefits of yajnas.

Based on Writings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Devichand.

You can suggest modifications needed.

Simplified Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 39

 

CHAPTER 39

1. This mantra is related to the dead body. The dead body is presented to the various divine entities. Swaha of the vital breathings with their controlling lord, the soul to  earth, To Agni, To Firmament,   To Vayu, To Sky, To Surya. 

2. To the Quarters, To the Moon,  To the Stars, To the Waters,  To the Ocean, To the Navel,  To the Purifying light. 

3. To Speech,  To Breath, To Dhananjaya Vayu,  To the right eye,  To the left eye, ! To the right ear, To the left ear. (You may even interpret it as swaha of.)

4. Prayer: may I obtain, the wishes and purposes of my mind and things happen according my speech (words) . Please bestow on me the  cattle's beauty, sweet taste of food, fame and grace,  truthful speech and virtuous conduct.

5. Worship Him alone. Paramatma, the supreme soul. He, who retains the soul called Prajapati, (the nourisher of men); the well protected soul called Samrat, (filled with lustre); the well received soul called Vaishvadeva (Connected with all meterial objects); the soul  called Dharma, (full of brilliance); the soul progressing called Teja (light); she soul well received in water called Ashwin (connected with Pran and Apan); timely received soul called Paushan (the light connected with the Earth); the violent soul called Maruta (the light connected with man's body); the soul reared in water called Maitra (connected with friendly Pran),  the attacking soul called vayavya (full of velocity like air); the soul invoked called Agneya (burning lustrous like fire), the soul recognised as bead called vak (one that commands and gives orders).

6. After death, the soul goes to the Sun on the first day ; to Agni on the second ; to Vayu on the third; to Aditya on the fourth; to Chandrama (the moon) on the fifth ; to Ritu on the sixth ; to Maruts
on the seventh ; to Brihaspati on the eighth ; to Mitra on the ninth ; to Varuna on the tenth ; to Indra on the eleventh ; to all divine, noble traits on the twelfth. ;

7. The soul after death, according to its actions becomes fierce and calm ; terrible and fearless ; ignorant and enlightened ; trembling and steadfast ; forbearing and unforbearing ; passionate and ascetic ; and a
prey to bewilderment.

8. The souls after death attain to fire with the heart ; to -lightning with the upper part of the heart ; to Pashupati with the whole heart ; to Bhava with the liver.

To Sharva with the two cardinal bones ; to Ishana with righteous indignation; to Mahadeva with the intercostal flesh ; to the Fierce God with the rectum ; to handsome chinned person, to knowable and procurable powers with two lumps of flesh near the heart.

9. Souls inside or outside the womb become virile through pure blood ; lovely through virtuous deeds ; chastisable through ignoble deeds ; supreme through pastime ; noble through spiritual force ; achievers of aims through enjoyment. Suitable place for fire is between the ribs ; for bile the liver ; for waters the rectum ; for soul the protector of bodily organs the pericardium.


10. Swaha ! (statement accompanying burning of various organs) To the hair,  To the nails,  the external skin, the internal skin ! the blood !  the heart's blood ! the fats ! all the wet parts of the body,  the external fleshy parts, the internal fleshy parts, the gross sinews, the subtle sinews,  the tough bones, the soft bones !  marrows !  internal part of the marrows ! the semen ! the anus. 

11. Take nourishing diet for physical exertion, for lofty adventure, for concerted effort, for endeavours by different organs, for enterprise, for physical and mental purity, for contemplative soul, for expounding nice ideas, and for spiritual power.

12. Exert for the performance of religious duty and  penance. Be a  Brahmchari devoted to study as a  recluse and learn from the people lustrous like the Sun. Try hard to avoid sins, expiate for them, and ward off physical ailments through medicine.

13. Honour the just ruler. Keep away Death the great Finisher. Worship God the destroyer of the wicked. Contemplate on God the Great. Try for the preservation of Vedic knowledge (truths regarding the world and Brahma). Revere all learned persons,  utilise all the forces of nature. Acquire the knowledge of Heaven (Brahma) and Earth (entire creation).

Based on Writings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Devichand.

You can suggest modifications needed.

Simplified Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 40

 CHAPTER XL

1.  All moving beings in the universe are enveloped by the Omnipotent God. Enjoy what God has  granted you. Do not covet  the wealth of any other man.

2. Man should wish to live for a hundred years but he has to be unselfish and has to do religious deeds in this world, . Karma done for unselfish does not attach to him. There is no other way than this for  emancipation (escaping from birth and death cycle).

3. The men engulfed in the darkness of ignorance by not listening to gurus, and those who disobey the dictates of conscience,  and are  given to carnal pleasures are sinners. They, in this life, and after death, keep getting birth in those sexual enjoyments and participate in  sexual enjoyments but these activities are covered with afflictions and they suffer. 

4. God is permanent, One, swifter than mind, beyond the reach of physical organs, speeding on before them. He has Omnipresence, The soul resides in him and performs action.

5. God  is motionless. He is far distant from the irreligious and ignorant, and near the yogis. He is within this entire universe, and also surrounds it externally.

6. The man, who sees all animate and inanimate creation in God, and God pervading all material objects, falls not a prey to doubt. Both animate creatures and inanimate objects have God within and around them.

7. A man contemplating upon God, feels in Him all beings exist like he is existing.  Such a yogi looking upon God as an unequalled One, becomes free from delusion and grief.


8. God is All pervading, Lustrous, Bodiless, Flawless, Sinewless, Pure, Unpierced by evil. He is Omniscient, Knower of the hearts of all, Censurer of the sinful, and Self-existent. He truly reveals through the vedas all things for His subjects from His immemorial attributes. He is free from birth and death.

9. People who abandon  God, fall deep into the shade of blinding gloom . Those  who are engaged in the material pleasures of the world  sink to darkness deeper.

10. One fruit results from the knowledge of this created world, the Effect. Another fruit results from the knowledge of eternal Matter, the Cause. 

11. Thie man who knows simultaneously the effect and the cause, overcoming death through the knowledge of the cause, attains to salvation through the knowledge of the effect, the created world.

12. To blinding darkness go the men who worship Nescience. Those proud of little knowledge enter darkness that is darker still.

13. Different is the fruit, they say, of knowledge and Nescience. 

14. He who simultaneously knows well these two, knowledge and Action,   gains salvation through knowledge.

15. As a soul, at the time of death, remember Om. Remember God for your vitality and your eternity,  As a person in body know that soul is immaterial and immortal but the body is finally reduced to ashes.

16. Pray to God. "O Divine, Lustrous, Benevolent God, most ample, respectful adoration do we bring to you. You are  All-Knowing. Remove from us the sin that leads us astray. Lead us through virtuous path to riches, happiness and all sorts of wisdom."

17. Om is the name for God. God is vast like the atmosphere, Greatest of all in merit, action, and nature. 

Based on Writings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati and Devichand.

You can suggest modifications needed.

Yajurveda (Simple Version) Chapter 1

Chapter 1: 31 Yajus (Hymns)

1. We depend on the Lord 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. Our cows should never be killed. They should kept  healthy and strong.  He should bless that  cows be full of calves and free from diseases. Pray to Lord to see to it that a thief and sinner are never born among us. The lord of land and cattle should bestow his beneficial aspect on them. Pray to him. O lord, please protect the cattle, wealth and progeny of the people doing good and right things..

2. Yajnas act as purifiers of the environment and make explicit true and perfect knowledge. All the learned persons and their followers should not give up the performance of yajnas. Rays of the sun purify the air. They are the mainstay of universe and they also add comfort to people. Sun is in an exalted position.

3. The yajna of the great Lord supports innumerable worlds and it purifies all of them.  Lord, lead us on the path of virtue. Lord, purify us through the store of true knowledge and all jnana and vijnana contained in the Vedas. Lord, purify us through selfless deeds of people. O you men, which branches of true knowledge do you want to comprehend? People have to comprehend true knowledge some or thers shastra.

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. Be firmly convinced of the utility of industrial achievements, and may He, protect our yajnas and the knowledge and means therefore.


5. O God, the Lord of Vows (Vrats), I will observe the vow (vrat). Please give me strength for that. I pray to you to grant me success in the fulfillment of my vow (vrat). I take the vow of renouncing untruth and embracing truth.

6. Who prompts people to do good deeds? It is He, the Great Lord who guides people on the path of virtue. The Lord encourages the teacher and the taught, the organizers (yajamans) and the workers to constantly engage in doing good deeds and developing good character and true knowledge.

7. 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.

8. O Lord, you are the dispeller of vices. Please punish the wicked. Deal with vicious people who put sages to trouble. Lord, exhort sinful people to do noble deeds, fill their mind with noble thoughts. We worship you Lord, the purifier of thoughts, the Promulgator of knowledge and the giver of knowledge to the learned, giver of happiness and joy in the universe, and worthy of adoration by the religious minded devotees and the wise.

9. 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. The spiritually minded people also should not give up humanitarian work. Your life has to be constantly consecrated to the performance of five daily duties. The heat of the sun destroys dirt and odour, and draws substances consigned to the fire, in their atomic form for the purification of air.

10. In this universe created by the all pervading and shining God, I realize and appreciate the power and influence of the sun and moon, feel the inhalation and exhalation of life-giving breath, appreciate the efforts made by the votaries of knowledge for mastering the science of energy. I follow the researches made by the learned in the application of water and fire.

11. I engage in agriculture and craft for removing poverty and ministering happiness to all. May our houses be sufficiently large, airy, comfortable and built in the middle of an open space. Our life has to be in conformity with Vedic teachings. I should feel joy in my domestic life. O Lord, we pray to you to preserve and protect whatever gives us happiness in our life.

12. O learned persons, in this world created by God, inhaling and exhaling breaths are purified by the faultless and pure rays of the sun. Charming and beautiful waters which run to the ocean, go up in the atmosphere and then come down and nourish plants and herbs (that give us medicines) are purified by the rays of sun. You also do Homa with pure substances (Is Homa symbol of Sun? Having a Homa is having Sun symbolically very close to you). I always promote this yajna, support the worshipper or performer of the yajna. The worshipper or Yajnapathi will have pure mind, strong body, noble qualities and will be full of learning.

13. 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.
We all should perform prescribed yajnas for the attainment of God, for performing noble acts, for the acquisition of fine virtues and for temporal and spiritual advancement. Yajnas purify all substances and human beings. Yajnas will remove all your physical and mental defects. I, the revealer of the Veda, advance the yajnas, the purificatory act of yours.

14. May your house be comfortable. It should not offer shelter to the wicked and uncharitable. 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. The learned people have to understand the building of house. May God help them to understand. Clouds receive moisture form forests in the form of air and reside in vast space. May God impart you the knowledge of clouds and help us to have water.

15. Yajna is performed with the recitation of vedic verses. I perform yajnas for the acquisition of noble qualities. Assuager of mental, O yajna, accept this oblation and provide happiness for me and the learned. Those who read and teach Vedas, and who are well acquainted with vedic practices may inspire us for the performance of yajnas. Yajnas keep the fire going. Homas maintain agnihotra. From the homa, the hot air goes up and forms the clouds.

16.The yajna keeps away the thieves, refines and sweetens the speech, produces foodstuffs, and provideas knowledge and vigour. The yajna is an instrument to produce rain. Let people inculcate the habit of performing yajnas.

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. Just as the sun breaks the substances put in homa into atoms and air takes them above on a continuous basis, so do God and the scholars preach Veda for the good of humanity.

17. We have to avoid in a yajna the use of fire that burns the corpses. We have to use the fire, that ripens the raw commodities. O Lord, you are a dauntless. We think of you and realize you in our heart for the removal of the wicked. O Lord, you are the bestower of permanent happiness. Through you teachings, remove our miseries and confer bliss upon us. We pray to you to bestow happiness upon the learned and the heroic persons. May the Earth and the beings living on it advance in their life through meritorious work.

18. O Lord, you are the sustainer of the universe. Accept our adoration and prayers offered through Vedic verses and develop our mental power and knowledge. I realize you in my heart as supporter of the learned. I understand you as the Statesman and the Guide on the duties of different classes (varnas). I keep you in my heart, the all pervader, the giver of happiness from all directions, please destroy my internal foes.

O you men, lead a life of penance by doing pranayama and follow the wise and learned and persons who are well versed in shastras.

19. The yajna is the giver of happiness, puts an end to the selfish and miserly habits. May the performer of the yajan realize its benefits. The proper recitation is the vedic hymns is itself a yajna. The yajan performed by on special occasions bestows enormous benefits. The yajna is the sustainer of the illustrious sun, the embodiment of vedic lore (The sun is doing yajna). Let us realize the yajna as the bringer of rain, and giver of spiritual knowledge.

20. The foodstuffs and water purified by the performance of yajna strengthen the body and sense organs. Let us do yajnas for sound health, vitality and for long life full of happiness and prosperity. The glorious creator and emancipator of the universe, through His perfect omnipresence, blesses us for acquiring and disseminating true sublime knowledge.

21. 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. Prepare for your benefit mixtures of various medicines, juices and pure water.

22. The yajna confers fuller life and happiness. The yajnas are to be performed everywhere. The performers of yajnas have to spread the knowledge of performing yajnas. The oblation put into fire expands and reaches the regions below sun and moon and produces rain and food stuff. May the sacrificial agni keep us free from disease. I fully devote myself to the yajna for attainment of happiness and material prosperity. May the large living inside me, make our yajna perfect for the attainment of complete joys.

23. People have to be fearless and should not waver in the performance of yajna. God bless the performer of yajnas to have an offspring, who is faithful, free from weakness and excellent in behariour. We wholeheartedly do yajnas, for the purification of water and air, for getting the blessings of mother, father, and preceptor and for realizing the Lord. This means every one of us has to do efforts to make our father, mother, guru and Lord happy.

24. I perform yajnas free of himsa (violence) for the attainment of noble qualities. Yajnas remove our miseries. A yajna make us receive the rays of sun that ripen a large variety of objects. A yajna makes us receive rain. I perform yajnas with the association and guidance of learned. I can perform yajnas by the push given to me by the Lord, the giver of bliss.

25. O heroic persons, bind by various fetters wicked people in this world, who are opposed to us and opposed by us, and release him not. May the yajnas help us to get rays of sun in abundant quantity. O God, give us thoughts that help us to preserve medicinal herbs that are required in yajnas.

26. 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. May the wicked not blessed with the prosperity and knowledge that help them to do more wicked things. We should subjugate wicked folk who stop yajnas from being performed. The cruel people who are opposed to just living should be bonded by God till they come to senses. Sun and God do their duty and provide us light and fulfill our desires. O you dutiful persons, follow the path of virtue consistently and persistently.

27. I perform the yajnas with the recitation of vedic verses in Gayatri, Trishtup and Jagati metres. O Earth, you are a source of prosperity, happiness and beauty. You provide us with a place fit to dwell upon comfortably and provide us with corn, milk, sweet juices and fruits.

28. O Lord, You provided this earth full of foodstuffs and life giving substances for the living creatures. May the learned people conquer all foes waging severe fight with the aid of warriors and arms and attain power. O learned persons, we know the dutiful persons only are acquiring wealth. You also worship God with you present wealth for future prosperity. Let evil be eradicated in this universe.

29. Oh destroyer of foes, I prepare you for battle. I provide all tings necessary for your vitality. Those who can’t tolerate the good of others must be chastised, and openly condemned. Those who cause harm to others should be humiliated. I want our army to be strong for weakening the foe and waging war when required. O god, let the wicked be punished, the enemies of truth be punished, all those opposed to knowledge should come to grief.

30. O Lord, you are the creator of juices in the soil that help plants to grow. You are omnipresent and pervade everything this universe. You have an inextinguishable flame which keeps on radiating light and energy to the universe. You are worthy of worship by sages, meant for worship through the recitation of the vedic texts. May we worship you and see you and feel you through our spiritual vision, for our advancement.

31. I perform the yajna under the flawless pure rays of the sun. I make the hearts and souls of the people pure by spreading soul-illuminating knowledge provided by you. O Lord, you are the source of all light, purity, you are the giver or bliss of emancipation (moksha). You are the final resort of the universe, fit to be adorned and worshipped by the learned and sages and fit to be loved by the sincere devotees. You are invincible.

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Updated on 6 April 2019 (Ugadi of the year), 5 Sep 2007


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Sukla Yajurveda(Simplified Version) - Vajasaneya Samhita - Chapter 3

Ch. 3 - 63 hymns

1. O learned persons, kindle the fire with the wood sticks, with butter and put oblations in this fire of the yajna.

2. Put the oblations of ghee that removes physical infirmities into this well ablaze fire.

3. Fan the fire and put additional sticks of wood and ghee into the fire that burns vigorously.

4. O beautiful fire, accept my fuel put into you.

5. I sit on the earth on which the learned perform yajna.

6. The earth revolves in the space.

7. The lustre of the yajna fire goes up and down in the space like exhalation and inhaltion in the body. This great fire is similar to sun.

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

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

10. The Sun receives oblations put into the fire and carries them far and wide.

11. God hears our recitation of vedic texts from far and near.

12. Men should worship supreme Lord.

13. Indra and Agni, I invoke you for food and riches. Indra is the lightning. Hence Devichand equates it to electricity.

14. Knowing the power and utility of sacrificial fire and performing agnihotra will increase our wealth.

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

16. The persons who perform the yajnas get rains for their society.

17. God protect my body, give me longevity, give me splendour, and remove all defects from my body.

18. God give us happiness.

19. May I attain excellent offspring.

20. May I enjoy the abundance of good articles with manifold qualities.

21. O Vedic speech, veda mata, remain in this altar.

22. O god, may we be in communion with you everyday, morning and evening.

23. May we worship God.

24. O God, give us knowledge like a father to son.

25. O God, our benefactor, give us wealth.

26. O radiant God, we pray to you for the happiness of our friends.

27. O God may I be endowed with statesmanship. May noble desires come to me.

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

29. May god prompt me to do noble deeds.

30. O God, may not our knowledge of vedas perish.

31. O God, the three forces of nature (water, sun and air) should protect us and help us.

32. Those who worship God will get protection at home, on pathways and on battlefield.

33. The indestructible matter and soul, bestow eternal light upon man during life as well as after death.

34. O God, unless you give the knowledge, man will not be able to acquire it.

35. O God, Master of the universe, we meditate upon you. guide our understanding.

36. O God, protect the learned from all directions from close proximity.

37. O god, protect my offsping, my cattle, my food.

38.O God, Give us splendour and strength.

39. O God, Lord of our houses, take care of my householders, you are the giver of riches to our children.

40. 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).

41. God says, householders do not fear and tremble for the burdens of household. I am there to support you with my strength and intelligence.

42. Guest who come and stay with householders remember them and wish them good things. Householders should welcome religious guests.


43. May we in this world get cows, goats, sheep and abundant food in our houses. May I acquire mundane and celestial happiness and joy.

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

45. Let us resolve that we will not repeat the sinful acts that we or others have committed in various places, alone or in group. (It is appropriate that whenever we wish our sins are washed away, we should resolve not to commit them again. There is no question of washing the sins of a person who commits them again and again.)

46. O God, protect us in battles, in this world, with the help of heroes.

47. The persons who sing vedic hymns in cooperation and do specified deeds acquire noble virtues and enjoy comforts in their houses.

48. O God, preserve from tortuous sins. Stop me from doing such sins.

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

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

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

52. O God, help me to increase my health, wealth and power, help us to increase health, wealth and power.

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

54. In the current birth as well as future births, do virtuous acts for acquiring strength and longevity and contemplate on God.

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

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

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

58. Worship God. He only makes better housed and prosperous.

59. O God you are the healer of the physical, mental and spiritual maladies. Please heal the diseases of cow, goats, sheep,horse and all mankind.

60. God augments our physical, spiritual and social forces. Through his grace, we should live our full life and then our death should be easy and free from protracted illness and our separation from life should be similar to a ripe cucumber falling from its stem. We seek immortal life through salvation and God should grant us moksha.

61. O God, come to my protection and make sure that no harm is caused to me.

62. 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.

63. O God, I approach you for long energetic life, for nice food, for progeny, for riches in abundance and for noble children.

http://www.onlineved.com/yajur-ved/?language=1&mantra=1&adhyay=3

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Updated on 7 April 2019, 22 September 2007

Sukla (Shukla) Yajurveda (simplified Version) Chapter 2

Chapter II – 34 Hymns


1. I perform the yajna in a well dug place, having good air to take the oblations into the space. For havan, I use oblations rectified by ghee. I erect the altar and make it sacred with ghee. Just as water from the rail cleans many objects on earth, I carefull clean all oblations that are put in various ladles for pouring into the agni (fire)

2. Yajnas help in bringing rains. I prepare altar for receiving oblations. I prepare altars for the learned to sit on. May these scholars sing the praises and invite the Earth’s Lord, the world’s Lord, and the Lord of Kings, the almighty God to receive my oblations.

3. The sun, the sustainer of the world by giving heat and energy and the holder of earth, spreads the matter and energy released in the yajna far and wide for the happiness of the universe. Adorable fire (agni), you are the guardian of the worshipper and the yajna. Protect the yajna with your inhalation and exhalation and keep the flame going with firm strength. O Yajna, you are inducer of rain through the power of sun.

4. We try to manifest your glory, O Omniscient, All Illuminating God, the giver of happiness to all, the embodiment of effulgence, and the preacher of yajnas.

5. 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). The power and potency of the sun helps people. Just as Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas do and promote the yajna, I also do the yajna for the acquisition of divine qualities. I promise, you, the giver of happiness, pervaded in space.

6. O the sky, full of butter given in oblations in yajnas, be here in this decorated place for yajna with your lovely glory. O space, full of water (vapour) be there in this decorated yajna place with your glory. O earth, the giver of shelter for long periods of time, be there in this decorated yajna place with your glory. May the necessary articles be place in the holy yajna place. O God, please protect those articles, please protect the yajna place, protect the worshipper and protect the conductor of yajna.

7. I kindle the fire, the carrier of all oblations to the sky. The oblations, carried by the fire to the sky in yajna bring water through forces of nature, that gives us food in the proper season. The food provides us the enegry, protects us and gives the strength for victory in war. The yajna fire is responsible for all this. May these water and food, givers of strength and power be in plenty for my use.

8. May I today collect through yajna acquire articles which contribute to comforts and happiness. O God may I never stop performing yajnas. O Lord, please provide me your refuge, that is abundant in riches. This fire is the important component of yajna. Through it only sun and air get gain the benefit of oblations. This benefit resides in space.

9. O God protect the sun and the earth, which protect us and allow to perform yajnas. Just as fire acts an envoy and provides the nourishment to earth and sun by making the benefits of oblation available to them, O Lord protect us. Just as sun combines his light with the light coming through the yajna fires and provides light to heaven and earth, God illuminate us with the light of spiritual knowledge.

10. O God bestow on me spiritual power. May we obtain wealth full of various kinds of splendour, and earthly power. May our desires be fulfilled, may they attain to fruition. Men use the life on this earth and knowledge gain from Vedas to obtain salvation. May these earth and Vedas advise me on my journey to salvation. May God, you as my last resort and refuge instruct me in my effort for salvation.

11. Our digestive system digests by means of gastric juice the food put into the stomach. The food goes into the human body by the quality of attractions and then the body has the ability to retain the food. Our inhalation and exhalation are the forces of purification and permeation by providing air throughout the body. I eat food cooked in fire. I pray to God, who provides the sustenance to me through all the organs and faculties of the organs that he provided to all beings in this universe.

12. O Lord, creator this universe, the Vedas and the learned men talk about the yajna that you did for the sake of Brihaspati and Brahma. Through similar benevolence, please protect my yajna and the performer of my yajna (the head priest) and me.

13. May my active mind understand the requirements of the yajna. May God preserve my unabandonable acquisition of knowledge, which is also a yajna. All the learned persons in the world should rejoice. May the great sound “Om” be chanted by us.

13. May my active mind understand the requirements of the yajna. May God preserve my unabandonable acquisition of knowledge, which is also a yajna. All the learned persons in the world should rejoice. May the great sound “Om” be chanted by us.

14. O God! We praise your glory through vedic hymns. We entreat you to promote our knowledge. O God, advance our soul. You are the controller of activities of all and you’re the storehouse of knowledge. You are the superpowerful person in this universe and you only bring victory to individuals in their battles. Bless us to become prosperous and sing your praises. I become pure and holy by following your commands and directions.

15. May I achieve victory like the victory of fire and moon (Devichand explains; fire refers to the commander of the army and moon refers to a calm and considerate king). I should be able to accumulate materials of war and my people should be able to accumulate materials of war. May the king and military drive off people who hates and whom we detest. Make our people able to remove that sinful enemy in wars using proper military skills and equipment. We should achieve victory like the victory of air and lightning. May air and lightning properly used, drive off our enemies.

May I achieve happiness through the knowledge used for the acquisition of supremacy. I purify ignorant persons by the light of knowledge that I have (I provide knowledge to ignorant persons).

16. We perform the yajna for Vasus, Rudras and Adityas (According to Dayanand Saraswati, Vasus are Agni, Prithvi, Vayu, Antariksha, Aditya, Dyau, Chandrama and Nakshtra. Rudras are Pran, Apan, Vyan, Udan, Saman, Nag, Kurma, Krikal, Devadutta, Dhananjay, and Jeeva. They are all vital breath of person. Adityas are the twelve months.). We make yajnas to keep these things in proper order. The light of the sun and earth bring a person and other things to light. The pran (external air) and udan (internal air) protect persons. Just as birds go to their nests, so let us do daily yajna reciting Gayatri Mantras.

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.

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

17. O God My I never disobey you. May I never abuse the food, I have got in your creation.

18. May the preachers of the knowledge of Vedas become supreme through knowledge. Let all seekers of truth, devotees of learning and action, attain to happiness. Preach noble words, that bring all kind of joys.

19. O fire and air, you play very important roles in the performance of yajnas. Bring comfort to me. God is near me as he is near to you. I derive happiness from the performance of yajna.

20. O immortal, omnipresent God, protect me from intense pain, protect me form the bondages of sin and ignorance, protect me from the company of evil minded persons, protect me from food injurious to health. Make our food free from poison. Let me live in a comfortable house, praying to you and doing noble deeds. This is our prayer to the lord of the universe. May we get pure knowledge through the Vedas.

21. 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.

22. May the space is filled with vapours of our oblations all twelve months of the year. May the vapours reach the sun, eight life giving agencies and vital breaths. May the rain come whenever oblations are offered.

23. Yajnas, sacrifices and oblations are for the benefit of all. They are for the happiness of all. Don’t abandon them.

24. May we be endowed with the strong bodies, peaceful and devoted minds that study Vedas and acquire knowledge. May god, the giver of happiness grant us riches and banish each blemish from our body.

25. By means of yajnas we remove men who hate us and whom we despise. (meaning is who have to try to remove hatred by efforts).

26. O god, you are self existent, most excellent and lustrous. Give me knowledge. I follow your directions and commands.

27. O lord of the universe, bless me to become a good householder. Protect my house and be my guardian. Bless me and direct me so that I do my domestic duties without idleness. Bless me to live for hundred years day and night in the presence of God.

28. O Lord of the vows, grant me success in the performance of my vows. 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.

29. Speak reverentially to the learned, the repositories of knowledge. Speak sweetly and gently to your father, mother, teacher and the students. Deal vigourously with evil minded people in the world.

30. O god remove from this world people filled with evil ambitions and intentions.

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

32. O Fathers, our salutations, our respects, our obeisance! guide us, give us instructions, protect us.

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

34. O sons (children), please your parents and teachers by offering them various juices, sweet waters, disease-dissipation articles, milk, clarified butter, well cooked food, and juicy fruits. Enjoy you wealth and do not covet the wealth of others.

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Updated on 7 March 2019, 13 September 2007

Sukla (Shukla) Yajurveda (Simplified Version) - Chapter 11

Chapter 11 has 83 hymns

1. Before preaching to others, one has to fully realize the omniscient God.
2. With full concentration of mind, one has to strive to acquire the light of God.
3. The master of knowledge of yoga has to spread this knowledge to promote happiness among people. God will guide them in this endeavour.
4. The learned who give their knowledge to others and learn more things themselves will have their mind riveted upon God.
5. Learned people learn the truth from the sages and through their meditation and prayers
6. The material world is brought out by God only.
7. O God! Create for sustenance pleasant things.
8. O God! Help us in doing proper yajnas.
9. O Veda! Help me to do proper things.
10. O Veda! By learning you, I may be able to explore further learning.
11. The skilled artisan should use well maintained implements with knowledge on earth for proper construction.
12. O learned person, even though you are on the earth, your fame has attained great heights up to sun.
13. O artisan and master, you both! Build vehicles that that travel with speed like water and fire.
14. O friends! In all our deeds and battles, take the blessings of king.
15. O king! Appoint a commander of forces and provide safety to your subjects.
16. O learned person! We have the items for oblation ready. Please bring the agni.
17. The first and foremost God provide energy to sun to provide the world energy in turn.
18. 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.
19. O learned king! Trample upon the foes. Preserve your sovereignty. Promote knowledge.
20. O king! Measure your strength carefully, arrange it carefully and then attack the enemy.
21. O learned persons! Earth has wealth inside her. May she bless us when we digging her for wealth.
22. People who are skilled in digging earth for wealth should do it successfully.
23. O seeker after knowledge! Understand the properties of air.
24. There is heat in side the body manifested by me (God) that sets in motion air in body.
25. O learned person! Know a person who is rich and charitable and inspire him for acts that lead to prosperity for all.
26. We unanimously select you as our commander and use your vast knowledge and strength to destroy enemies.
27. O king! You are brilliant like sun and fire. You are destroyer of wicked people. You protect air, water, forests and medicinal herbs.
28. O artisans and people with knowledge of those skills, explore earth and atmosphere and prepare useful objects.
29. 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.
30. O wife and husband, you are two faultless objects fit for service in many ways. Dwell peacefully in house doing deeds of virtue and worldly gain.
31. O wife and husband! Make use of your thinking faculty and energy.
32. O learned person! Be a good caretaker of cattle with your energy.
33. O king1 let learned persons make you the filler of foes.
34. O warrior, learn governance from learned people and become the destroyer of wicked people.
35. O learned person, establish good relations between king and people with your understanding of the relations between them.
36. persons who follow the proper path learned from knowledgeable people enjoy happiness.
37. O learned person assume the role of a teacher.
38. O skilled physician, with the use of pure water and medicinal plants keep people healthy.
39. O wife! Be an embodiment of fine qualities. O learned husband! Become a source of happiness, strength and well being.
40. O householder! Become a rich man, stay in a comfortable house and wear good clothes.
41. O householder! Study all sciences with your praiseworthy faculties.
42. O learned teacher! Educate well disciplines intelligent pupils with your brilliance.
43. O learned person! The child should obtain knowledge from you and be away from ignorance like sun keeps away darkness.
44. O intelligent boy! Be steady to acquire knowledge, be strong and be active to learn and use the fiery instruments.
45. O intelligent boy! Be good to he creatures of the human race. Do not trouble any object between heaven and earth.
46. 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.
47. O physician, remove from us pain of diseases.
48. O women, take care of your conception with medicines from physicians.
49. O husband take care of your wife and chastise the degraded women.
50. O water! You give comfort. Give pleasant feeling for doing good deeds.
51. O water! Give your best portion to the recipient like a mother feeds the child milk with love.
52. O water! We approach you with interest to receive the comfort you provide. Along with comfort, please purify us.
53. O man! Be a friend of all.
54. O husband and wife! Bring happiness people like sun brings happiness to people with his brightness.
55. O husband! Develop your wife’s talents as potter makes a pot.
56. O lady! With good hair and good looks, take the cooking pan from the giver.
57. The lady with a son in the womb and a son in the lap has to prepare the cooking pan for yajna.
58. O god! Establish in me – give me wealth, cattle, friend and relatives and children.
59. Let the cooking pan be baked, says she.
60. O male or female person! Let vedic priests bless you with mantras in various metres.
61. All the natural forces should help us in baking the cooking pan.
62. O woman! Protect the valuable ancestral property of your husband.
63. O woman! You should serve your husband and fill all directions with your fame.
64. O friend! I hand over this girl to you to remain without fear with you. Never separate her from yourself.
65. O man or woman! Let vedic priests make you pure with mantras in various metres.
66. Respect the wise king. Pray to God with his great names. Practice being truthful. Realize through yoga and meditation your soul.
67. All mortals use work with their arms for wealth and glory. You prosper and let others also prosper.
68. O mother! Do not disturb your child’s education. You and your son must complete this learning task worth doing.
69. O lady! you have given food and water to many persons and satisfied them. May this oblation prepared by be accepted in the yajna.
70. O man! you are fed on fruits, and ghee. You are the son of a strong and noble father. Be good in your domestic life for enjoying happiness.
71. O well qualified girl! Reject those who are equal or inferior to you in strength and learning. Marry a superior.
72. O strong person, come from even the farthest distance for my beautiful and renowned and well-behaved girl and help us in overcoming our foes.
73. O most beautiful youthful young man and woman, we put in the earthen pot all eatables for you.
74. O most youthful couple, eat whatever you can without greed.
75. They bring fodder day after day for the stabled horses. Let them enjoy a happy life.
76. We put oblations in the fire for increase of our riches. For protection or riches, we appoint a commander and army and provide them with food.
77. All people who do criminal things have to be taken care of by the king.
78. O king! Punish the criminals with your teeth, jaws and hands.
79. O king! You have to punish burglars, thieves and robbers.
80. Punish people who trouble people devoted to God.
81. The household priest should strive for the prosperity of the house.
82. The household priest with his vedic knowledge help households to do good deeds successfully.
83. O Lord! Grant us food that provides energy. Grant food for all the animals of the earth.

Shukla Yajurveda - Chapter 11 - More Detailed Meanings and Sanskrit Yajus

Chapter 11 has 83 hymns


युञ्जानः प्रथमं मनस्तत्त्वाय सविता धियः। अग्ने ज्योतिर्निच्चाय्य पृथिव्या अध्याभरत ॥

1. Before preaching to others, one has to fully realize the omniscient God.

An aspirant of superhuman power, should first of all harness his mind and intellect by practicing yoga. He has to understand the power of Agni and Light on the earth and having fully realised the power of the Omniscient God, he should show it to others on this earth.

2. With full concentration of mind, one has to strive to acquire the light of God.
3. The master of knowledge of yoga has to spread this knowledge to promote happiness among people. God will guide them in this endeavour.
4. The learned who give their knowledge to others and learn more things themselves will have their mind riveted upon God.
5. Learned people learn the truth from the sages and through their meditation and prayers
6. The material world is brought out by God only.
7. O God! Create for sustenance pleasant things.
8. O God! Help us in doing proper yajnas.
9. O Veda! Help me to do proper things.
10. O Veda! By learning you, I may be able to explore further learning.
11. The skilled artisan should use well maintained implements with knowledge on earth for proper construction.
12. O learned person, even though you are on the earth, your fame has attained great heights up to sun.
13. O artisan and master, you both! Build vehicles that that travel with speed like water and fire.
14. O friends! In all our deeds and battles, take the blessings of king.
15. O king! Appoint a commander of forces and provide safety to your subjects.
16. O learned person! We have the items for oblation ready. Please bring the agni.
17. The first and foremost God provide energy to sun to provide the world energy in turn.
18. 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.
19. O learned king! Trample upon the foes. Preserve your sovereignty. Promote knowledge.
20. O king! Measure your strength carefully, arrange it carefully and then attack the enemy.
21. O learned persons! Earth has wealth inside her. May she bless us when we digging her for wealth.
22. People who are skilled in digging earth for wealth should do it successfully.
23. O seeker after knowledge! Understand the properties of air.
24. There is heat in side the body manifested by me (God) that sets in motion air in body.
25. O learned person! Know a person who is rich and charitable and inspire him for acts that lead to prosperity for all.
26. We unanimously select you as our commander and use your vast knowledge and strength to destroy enemies.
27. O king! You are brilliant like sun and fire. You are destroyer of wicked people. You protect air, water, forests and medicinal herbs.
28. O artisans and people with knowledge of those skills, explore earth and atmosphere and prepare useful objects.
29. 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.
30. O wife and husband, you are two faultless objects fit for service in many ways. Dwell peacefully in house doing deeds of virtue and worldly gain.
31. O wife and husband! Make use of your thinking faculty and energy.
32. O learned person! Be a good caretaker of cattle with your energy.
33. O king1 let learned persons make you the filler of foes.
34. O warrior, learn governance from learned people and become the destroyer of wicked people.
35. O learned person, establish good relations between king and people with your understanding of the relations between them.
36. persons who follow the proper path learned from knowledgeable people enjoy happiness.
37. O learned person assume the role of a teacher.
38. O skilled physician, with the use of pure water and medicinal plants keep people healthy.
39. O wife! Be an embodiment of fine qualities. O learned husband! Become a source of happiness, strength and well being.
40. O householder! Become a rich man, stay in a comfortable house and wear good clothes.
41. O householder! Study all sciences with your praiseworthy faculties.
42. O learned teacher! Educate well disciplines intelligent pupils with your brilliance.
43. O learned person! The child should obtain knowledge from you and be away from ignorance like sun keeps away darkness.
44. O intelligent boy! Be steady to acquire knowledge, be strong and be active to learn and use the fiery instruments.
45. O intelligent boy! Be good to he creatures of the human race. Do not trouble any object between heaven and earth.
46. 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.
47. O physician, remove from us pain of diseases.
48. O women, take care of your conception with medicines from physicians.
49. O husband take care of your wife and chastise the degraded women.
50. O water! You give comfort. Give pleasant feeling for doing good deeds.
51. O water! Give your best portion to the recipient like a mother feeds the child milk with love.
52. O water! We approach you with interest to receive the comfort you provide. Along with comfort, please purify us.
53. O man! Be a friend of all.
54. O husband and wife! Bring happiness people like sun brings happiness to people with his brightness.
55. O husband! Develop your wife’s talents as potter makes a pot.
56. O lady! With good hair and good looks, take the cooking pan from the giver.
57. The lady with a son in the womb and a son in the lap has to prepare the cooking pan for yajna.
58. O god! Establish in me – give me wealth, cattle, friend and relatives and children.
59. Let the cooking pan be baked, says she.
60. O male or female person! Let vedic priests bless you with mantras in various metres.
61. All the natural forces should help us in baking the cooking pan.
62. O woman! Protect the valuable ancestral property of your husband.
63. O woman! You should serve your husband and fill all directions with your fame.
64. O friend! I hand over this girl to you to remain without fear with you. Never separate her from yourself.
65. O man or woman! Let vedic priests make you pure with mantras in various metres.
66. Respect the wise king. Pray to God with his great names. Practice being truthful. Realize through yoga and meditation your soul.
67. All mortals use work with their arms for wealth and glory. You prosper and let others also prosper.
68. O mother! Do not disturb your child’s education. You and your son must complete this learning task worth doing.
69. O lady! you have given food and water to many persons and satisfied them. May this oblation prepared by be accepted in the yajna.
70. O man! you are fed on fruits, and ghee. You are the son of a strong and noble father. Be good in your domestic life for enjoying happiness.
71. O well qualified girl! Reject those who are equal or inferior to you in strength and learning. Marry a superior.
72. O strong person, come from even the farthest distance for my beautiful and renowned and well-behaved girl and help us in overcoming our foes.
73. O most beautiful youthful young man and woman, we put in the earthen pot all eatables for you.
74. O most youthful couple, eat whatever you can without greed.
75. They bring fodder day after day for the stabled horses. Let them enjoy a happy life.
76. We put oblations in the fire for increase of our riches. For protection or riches, we appoint a commander and army and provide them with food.
77. All people who do criminal things have to be taken care of by the king.
78. O king! Punish the criminals with your teeth, jaws and hands.
79. O king! You have to punish burglars, thieves and robbers.
80. Punish people who trouble people devoted to God.

http://www.indianscriptures.com/scriptures/vedas/yajur-veda/shukla-yajur-veda/vajasneyi/shuklayajurved-samhita/chapter-11/topic-8     81 to 83 detailed Hindi and Sanskrit meanings

81. The household priest should strive for the prosperity of the house.
82. The household priest with his vedic knowledge help households to do good deeds successfully.

अन्नपतेन्नस्य नो देह्यनमीवस्य शुष्मिणः ।  प्र प्र दातारं तारिष ऊर्जम नो धेहि  द्विपदे चतुष्पदे ॥ 83 ॥

83. O Lord! Grant us food that provides energy. Grant food for all the animals of the earth.

When we interpret vedas as actions to be done by the man and other beings created by God, the interpretation is the importance of food for all in this world. The person who can produce food is to be propitiated by others for food to all. Vedas indicate the exchange economy. Certain people are good in certain activities. Others have to give them due importance at various points of time and keep up their spirits and motivate them to keep doing their activities.

R.G. 83 A share of food, O Lord of Food, vouchsafe us, invigorating food that brings no sickness.
Onward, still onward lead the giver. Grant us maintenance both for quadruped and biped.

(http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvbk11.htm )

Updated  26 February 2017, 17 November 2007