Adhyaya 23 Mantra 23 - Shukla Yajurveda | Assamese | Vedapath

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 23, Mantra 23

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition

Devata: Vāc (speech) / ritual order; addressed to Adhvaryu as agent

Chandas: Yajus with quoted vocables (non-metrical)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य॒को॒ऽस॒कौ श॑कुन्त॒क आ॒हल॒गिति॒ वञ्च॑ति । विव॑क्षत इव ते॒ मुख॒मध्व॑र्यो॒ मा न॒स्त्वम॒भि भा॑षथाः

Transliteration

yakó’sakau śakuntaká āhalágiti váñcati | vívakṣata iva te múkham ádhvaryo mā nás tvám abhí bhāṣathāḥ

Translation

‘যকো’সকৌ!’—‘আহলগিতি’ বুলি কঁকাই সৰু পখীটি উৰি ফুৰে। যেন কথা ক’বলৈ উদ্যত, তোৰ মুখ। ‘হে অধ্বৰ্যু, আমাৰ বিৰুদ্ধে তুমি নক’বা।’

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यकः-असकौ । शकुन्तकः । आ-हल-गिति । वञ्चति । विवक्षत इव । ते । मुखम् । अध्वर्यो इति । मा । नः । त्वम् । अभि । भाषथाः

Word by Word

यकःthe ‘yak’ (a kind of creature/name)

असकौAsakau (a named being/bird)

शकुन्तकःthe bird ‘śakuntaka’

आहलगीति(called) ‘āhalagī’

वञ्चतिmoves about / wanders / deceives

विवक्षतwishes to speak

इवas if

तेyour

मुखम्mouth / face

अध्वर्योO Adhvaryu (priest)

माdo not

नःof us / to us

त्वम्you

अभिtowards / against

भाषथाःspeak (to/against)

Entities Mentioned

Vāc

Adhvaryu (as ritual function)

Śakuni/omen-bird (as nimitta)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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