Adhyaya 2 Mantra 21 - Shukla Yajurveda | Bengali | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 21

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Śukla-Yajurvedic ritual corpus to the Adhvaryu-lineage (Yājñavalkya transmission); specific ṛṣi ascription is not explicit in the provided excerpt.

Devata: Veda (as sacral knowledge), the Gods as gātu-vidaḥ, and Manaspati (Lord of Mind); Vāta as carrier/impeller in the closing consignment.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus (yajur-style formulae; not a single fixed metrical chandas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वे॒दो॒ऽसि॒ येन॒ त्वं दे॑व वेद दे॒वेभ्यो॑ वे॒दोऽभ॑व॒स्तेन॒ मह्यं॑ वे॒दो भू॑याः । देवा॑ गातुविदो गा॒तुं वि॒त्त्वा गा॒तुमि॑त । मन॑सस्पत इ॒मं दे॑व य॒ज्ञᳪ स्वाहा॒ वाते॑ धाः

Transliteration

védo ’si yéna tváṃ deva veda devébhyo védo ’bhavas téna máhyaṃ védo bhūyāḥ | devā gātu-vido gātúṃ vittvā gātúm ita | mánasas-pate imáṃ deva yajñáṃ svā́hā vā́te dhāḥ

Translation

তুমি বেদ; যে দ্বারা, হে দেব, তুমি জানো, এবং যে দ্বারা তুমি দেবদের জন্য বেদ হয়েছিলে—সেই দ্বারা আমার জন্যও বেদ হও। হে দেবগণ, পথের জ্ঞাতা! পথ জেনে পথেই গমন কর। হে মনস্পতী (মনের অধিপতি) দেব! এই যজ্ঞকে—স্বাহা!—বায়ুতে স্থাপন কর।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वेदः । असि । येन । त्वम् । देव । वेद । देवेभ्यः । वेदः । अभवः । तेन । मह्यम् । वेदः । भूयाः । देवाḥ । गातु-विदः । गातुम् । वित्त्वा । गातुम् । इत । मनसः-पते । इमम् । देव । यज्ञम् । स्वाहा । वाते । धाः

Word by Word

वेदःthe Veda / sacred knowledge

असिyou are

येनby which

त्वम्you

देवO god

वेदyou know

देवेभ्यःto/for the gods

वेदःthe Veda

अभवत्became / came to be

तेनby that / therefore

मह्यम्to me

वेदःthe Veda

भूयाःmay you be / may it be (for you)

देवाःthe gods

गातुविदःknowers of the path/way

गातुम्the path / course

वित्त्वाhaving known

गातुम्the path

इतindeed / just / then (Vedic particle)

मनसःof the mind

पतॆO lord

इमम्this

देवO god

यज्ञम्sacrifice

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

वातेin the wind / in Vāta

धाःplace / establish

Entities Mentioned

Veda (as sacral knowledge)

Devas as gātu-vidaḥ (knowers of the paths)

Manaspati (Lord of Mind)

Vāta (Wind)

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