Adhyaya 28 Mantra 10 - Shukla Yajurveda | Bengali | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 28, Mantra 10

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Soma-yājyā corpus; transmitted under the Adhvaryu/Hotṛ liturgical lineage (often left unspecified in Saṃhitā rubrics).

Devata: Vanaspati; Indra (by epithet śatakratu and indriya).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus with ṛgvedic cadence; functional yājyā style (not a strict single chandas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

होता॑ यक्ष॒द्वन॒स्पति॑ᳪ शमि॒तार॑ᳪ श॒तक्र॑तुं धि॒यो जो॒ष्टार॑मिन्द्रि॒यम् । मध्वा॑ सम॒ञ्जन्प॒थिभि॑: सु॒गेभि॒: स्वदा॑ति य॒ज्ञं मधु॑ना घृ॒तेन॒ वेत्वाज्य॑स्य॒ होत॒र्यज॑

Transliteration

hótā yakṣad vanaspátiṃ śamitā́raṃ śatákratuṃ dhiyó jóṣṭāram indriyám | mádhvā samañján pathíbhiḥ sugébhiḥ svádāti yajñáṃ mádhunā ghṛténa vétv ā́jyasya hótar yája

Translation

হোতা বনস্পতিকে যজন করুন—শমিতা, শতক্রতু, ধীসমূহের জোষ্টা, ইন্দ্রিয়সম বলবান। মধু দিয়ে যথাযথ অভ্যঞ্জন করে, সুগম পথসমূহ দ্বারা, তিনি যজ্ঞকে মধু ও ঘৃত দিয়ে রসময় করেন; তা আজ্য লাভ করুক। হে হোতা, যজন কর!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

होता । यक्षत् । वनस्पतिम् । शमितारम् । शतक्रतुम् । धियः । जोष्टारम् । इन्द्रियम् । मध्वा । समञ्जन् । पथिभिः । सुगेभिः । स्वदाति । यज्ञम् । मधुना । घृतेन । वेतु । आज्यस्य । होतः । यज ।

Word by Word

होताthe Hotṛ-priest

यक्षत्let (him) worship / offer

वनस्पतिम्the lord of the forest (sacrificial wood)

शमितारम्the appeaser / pacifier

शतक्रतुम्Śatakratu (Indra, of a hundred powers/rites)

धियःthoughts / prayers

जोष्टारम्the enjoyer / one who is pleased (with them)

इन्द्रियम्vigour / power

मध्वाwith sweetness / with honey

समञ्जन्he anoints / he smears

पथिभिःby paths

सुगेभिःeasy / good-going

स्वदातिmakes pleasant / sweetens

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

मधुनाwith honey / sweetness

घृतेनwith ghee

वेतुlet (him) obtain / attain

आज्यस्यof the ghee-offering

होतरीin/at the Hotṛ (i.e., with the Hotṛ-priest)

यजworship! / offer!

Entities Mentioned

Vanaspati

Indra (Śatakratu/Indriya)

Agni (implicit via Hotṛ-yaj and offering context)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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