Shukla Yajur Veda

Children of Immortality

Verse 5 given below states that all of us are the children of immortality and not sinners. This verse is repeated in Upanishads like Shvetāshvatara. The verse is also in...

Blessings on all Aspects

In this chapter SYV (39) the sage invokes blessings on all aspects of nature, divinities and life, not excluding death and sorrow. Blessed (svāha) be the effort (āyāsa), blessed the...

Will of the Divine or Shivasankalpa

The first six verses of SYV (34.1) – SYV (34.6) constitute this subhymn. All the 6 verses end with the refrain. tan me manaĥ shivasankalpam astu. On that – the...