Adhyaya 23 Mantra 48 - Shukla Yajurveda | Assamese | Vedapath

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 23, Mantra 48

Rishi: Brahmodya tradition (Vājasaneyin)

Devata: Brahman, Dyauḥ, Indra, Go

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (verification needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ब्रह्म॒ सूर्य॑समं॒ ज्योति॒र्द्यौः स॑मु॒द्रस॑म॒ᳪ सर॑: । इन्द्र॑: पृथिव्यै॒ वर्षी॑या॒न् गोस्तु मात्रा॒ न वि॑द्यते

Transliteration

bráhma sū́rya-samaṃ jyótir dyáuḥ samudrá-samaṃ sáraḥ | índraḥ pṛthivyái varṣī́yān gós tu mā́trā ná vidyate ||

Translation

ব্ৰহ্ম সূৰ্যসম জ্যোতি; দ্যৌঃ সমুদ্ৰসম সৰঃ। ইন্দ্ৰঃ পৃথিৱ্যৈ বৰ্ষীয়ান; কিন্তু গোৰ বাবে সত্যই কোনো মাত্ৰা ন বিদ্যতে।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ब्रह्म । सूर्य-समम् । ज्योतिः । द्यौः । समुद्र-समम् । सरः । इन्द्रः । पृथिव्यै । वर्षीयान् । गोः । तु । मात्रा । न । विद्यते ।

Word by Word

ब्रह्मBrahman; the sacred power/absolute

सूर्यसमम्equal to the sun; sun-like

ज्योतिःlight; radiance

द्यौःheaven; the sky

समुद्रसमम्equal to the ocean; ocean-like

सरःlake; pool

इन्द्रःIndra

पृथिव्यैto/for the Earth

वर्षीयान्greater; more excellent

गोःof a cow

तुbut; indeed

मात्राmeasure; limit

नnot

विद्यतेexists; is found

Entities Mentioned

Brahman

Sūrya

Dyauḥ (Heaven)

Samudra (Ocean)

Indra

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Go (Cow)

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Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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