Mantra 78
Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla-Yajurvedic transmission; specific ṛṣi attribution not explicit in the given excerpt)
Devata: Viśvakarman (and, secondarily, the Devas as ṛtavṛdh)
Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formula (yajus; not a fixed ṛgvedic meter)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
चित्तिं॑ जुहोमि॒ मन॑सा घृ॒तेन॒ यथा॑ दे॒वा इ॒हागम॑न्वी॒तिहो॑त्रा ऋता॒वृध॑: । पत्ये॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भूम॑नो जु॒होमि॑ वि॒श्वक॑र्मणे वि॒श्वाहाऽदा॑भ्यᳪ ह॒वि:
Transliteration
cittíṃ juhomi manásā ghṛténa yáthā devā ihā́gaman vītí-hotṛā ṛtā-vṛ́dhaḥ | pátye víśvasya bhū́mano juhómi víśvakarmaṇe víśvāhā ’dā́bhyaṃ havíḥ
Translation
Ich opfere die Erkenntnis (citti) mit dem Geist, mit geklärter Butter, damit die Götter, die Mehrer der Ṛta (der Ordnung), hierher kommen, recht eingeladen zur Hotra (Opferspende). Dem Herrn aller Fülle opfere ich — Viśvakarman — eine allwirksame, unangreifbare Gabe: „bei jedem Ruf“ (viśvāhā).
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
चित्तिम् । जुहोमि । मनसा । घृतेन । यथा । देवाः । इह । आगमन् । वीतिः-होत्राः । ऋत-वृधः । पत्ये । विश्वस्य । भूमनः । जुहोमि । विश्वकर्मणे । विश्वाहा । अदाभ्यम् । हविः
Word by Word
चित्तिम्thought; intention (as oblation)
चित्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचित्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √चित्/√चि ‘to perceive/collect’ से व्युत्पन्न)
जुहोमिI offer (into the fire); I pour as oblation
जुहोमि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√हु (जुहोति)
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
घृतेनwith ghee
घृतेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootघृत
यथाso that; just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
आगमन्came; arrived
आगमन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (आ + √गम्)
वीतिहोत्राःhaving the oblation/Hotṛ-invocation duly performed; ‘with the offering duly carried’
वीतिहोत्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवीतिहोत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वीति’ + ‘होत्र’)
ऋतावृधःincreasers of ṛta (cosmic order); upholders of truth
ऋतावृधः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋतावृध (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋत’ + ‘वृध’)
पत्येto the lord
पत्ये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपति
विश्वस्यof all; of the whole
विश्वस्य:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व
भूमनःof greatness; of abundance/expanse
भूमनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूमान्/भूमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
जुहोमिI offer
जुहोमि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√हु (जुहोति)
विश्वकर्मणेto Viśvakarman (the all-maker)
विश्वकर्मणे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वकर्मन्
विश्वाहाऽदाभ्यम्(as) an invincible (offering) for all days
विश्वाहाऽदाभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootविश्वाह + अदाभ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ’ + √दभ् ‘to harm/deceive’ → ‘unharmed, invincible’)
हविःoblation; offering
हविः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
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ViśvakarmanD
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