38 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Prajapati moves in the interior of the womb; though unborn, he is born in many forms. Wise men see his source; wise men desire the place of the Marichis.
He who shines for the gods, he who is the priest of the gods, he who was born before the gods,—salutation to that shining offspring of Brahma.
The gods, generating the shining offspring of Brahma, said in the beginning: “That Brahmin who knows thus,— the gods will be under his control.”
Sri and Laxmi are his wives; the day and night his sides; the stars his ornament; the Ashwins his bright face. Grant me my desires; grant me that; grant me everything.
The second explanation contained in the Vajasaneyi Samhita is quite different from the Purusha Sukta. It reads as follows :
V.S., xiv.28. [1] —“He lauded with one. Living beings were formed. He lauded with three: the Brahman was created; Brahmanaspati was the ruler. He lauded with five: existing things were created; Bhutanampati was the ruler. He lauded with seven: the seven rishis were created: Dhatri was the ruler. He lauded with nine: the Fathers were created: Aditi was the ruler. He lauded with eleven: the seasons were created: the Artavas were the rulers. He lauded with thirteen: the months were created: the year was the ruler. He lauded with fifteen: the Kshatra (the Kshatriya ) was created: Indra was the ruler. He lauded with seventeen: animals were created: Brihaspati was the ruler. He lauded with nineteen: the Shudra and the Arya ( Vaishya ) were created: day and night were the rulers. He lauded with twenty-one: animals with undivided hoofs were created: Varuna was the ruler. He lauded with twenty-three: small animals were created: Pushan was the ruler. He lauded with twenty-five: wild animals were created: Vayu was the ruler (compare R.V., x.90.8). He lauded with twenty-seven: heaven and earth separated: Vasus, Rudras and Adityas separated after them: they were the rulers. He lauded with twenty-nine: living beings were created: the first and second halves of the month were the rulers. He lauded with thirty one: existing things were tranquillized: Prajapati Parameshthin was the ruler.”
Now to turn to the Black Yajur Veda . The Taittiriya Samhita of the Black Yajur Veda gives altogether five explanations. The one at iv. 3,
10 is the same as has been put forth by the Vajasaneyi Samhita of the White Yajur Veda at (xiv.28) and which has been reproduced earlier. Of the rest those which narrate the origin of the Shudra are set out below:
T.S., ii.4.13.1" “The gods were afraid of the Rajanya when he was in the womb. They bound him with bonds when he was in the womb. Consequently,
this Rajanya is born bound. If he were born unbound he would go on slaying
his enemies. In regard to whatever Rajanya any one desires that he should be
born unbound, and should go on slaying his enemies, let him offer for him
this Aindra-Barhaspatya oblation. A Rajanya has the character of Indra, and
1 Muir, Vol. I, p. 18.
2 Muir, Vol. I, p. 22.