Adhyaya 16 Mantra 9 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 9

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Yājñavalkya’s transmission of the Vājasaneyin corpus; individual ṛṣi ascription for these formulas is not consistently fixed in later lists

Devata: Rudra (as the wielder of bow and arrows), pacified aspect

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formula with ṛgvedic cadence; commonly treated as yajus (non-metrical) in ritual indexing

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रमु॑ञ्च॒ धन्व॑न॒स्त्वमु॒भयो॒रार्त्न्यो॒र्ज्याम् । याश्च॑ ते॒ हस्त॒ इष॑व॒: परा॒ ता भ॑गवो वप

Transliteration

prámuñca dhánvanas tvám ubháyor ārtnyór jyā́m | yā́ś ca te hásta íṣavaḥ párā tā́ bhagavo vapa

Translation

Entspanne den Bogen, löse die Sehne von beiden Enden; und die Pfeile, die du in deiner Hand hältst, wirf weit von uns fort, o Gesegneter (bhagavan).

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

प्र-मुञ्च । धन्वनः । त्वम् । उभयोः । आर्त्न्योः । ज्याम् । याः । च । ते । हस्ते । इषवः । परा । ताः । भगवः । वप

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

मुञ्चrelease! let go!

धन्वनःfrom the bow

त्वम्you

उभयोःof both

आर्त्न्योःof the two ends/arms (of the bow)

ज्याम्the bowstring

याःwhich (those)

चand

तेyour

हस्तेin (your) hand

इषवःarrows

पराaway, forth

ताःthose (them)

भगवःO blessed one / O lord

वपcast/throw (away)!

Entities Mentioned

Rudra

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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