Adhyaya 20 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | Bengali | Vedapath

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 20, Mantra 28

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (unit-level ṛṣi not securely fixed)

Devata: Surā / (implicitly) a polemical or cautionary address rather than a straightforward deity-invocation

Chandas: Yajus-style verse

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सि॒ञ्चन्ति॒ परि॑ षिञ्च॒न्त्युत्सि॑ञ्चन्ति पु॒नन्ति॑ च । सुरा॑यै ब॒भ्र्वै॒ मदे॑ कि॒न्त्वो व॑दति कि॒न्त्वः

Transliteration

siñcánti pári ṣiñcánty útsiñcanti punánti ca | surā́yai babhrváí máde kíntu vo vadati kíntvaḥ

Translation

তারা ঢালে, চারদিকে ঢালে, বাইরে ঢেলে দেয়, এবং শুদ্ধও করে। বাদামি সুরার জন্য, মত্ততায়—‘কিন্তু কী, সত্যই, সে তোমাদের কী বলে—কীই বা?’

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सि॒ञ्चन्ति॑ । परि॑ । षिञ्च॑न्ति । उत्-सि॑ञ्चन्ति । पु॒नन्ति॑ । च॑ । सुरा॑यै । ब॒भ्र्वै॑ । मदे॑ । कि॒न्तु । वः॑ । व॑दति । कि॒न्त्वः

Word by Word

सिञ्चन्तिthey pour/sprinkle

परिaround, all around

षिञ्चन्तिthey sprinkle/pour (in a particular manner; Vedic usage)

उत्up, out, forth

सिञ्चन्तिthey pour out

पुनन्तिthey purify/strain

चand

सुरायैfor/unto surā (liquor)

बभ्र्वैfor the brown/reddish (one)

मदेin intoxication/rapture

किम्what?

त्वःof you / to you (pl.)

वदतिhe/she says

किम्what?

त्वःof you / to you (pl.)

Entities Mentioned

Surā

Pavitra / Pūti-pāvana (Purifying principle)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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