Adhyaya 17 Mantra 79 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 79

Rishi: Śukla-Yajurvedic tradition (specific attribution not explicit here)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Yajus with enumerative cadence (not a strict ṛgvedic meter)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स॒प्त ते॑ अग्ने स॒मिध॑: स॒प्त जि॒ह्वाः स॒प्त ऋष॑यः स॒प्त धाम॑ प्रि॒याणि॑ । स॒प्त होत्रा॑: सप्त॒धा त्वा॑ यजन्ति स॒प्त योनी॒रा पृ॑णस्व घृ॒तेन॒ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

saptá te agne samídhaḥ saptá jihvā́ḥ saptá ṛ́ṣayaḥ saptá dhā́ma priyā́ṇi | saptá hotrā́ḥ saptadhā́ tvā yajanti saptá yónīr ā́ pṛṇasva ghṛténa svā́hā

Translation

Sieben sind deine Anzündhölzer, o Agni; sieben deine Zungen; sieben die Ṛṣi; sieben die lieben Wohnstätten. Sieben Hotras (Opferdienste) verehren dich siebenfach; fülle die sieben Schoße mit geklärter Butter — svāhā!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सप्त । ते । अग्ने । समिधः । सप्त । जिह्वाः । सप्त । ऋषयः । सप्त । धाम । प्रियाणि । सप्त । होत्राः । सप्तधा । त्वा । यजन्ति । सप्त । योनीः । आ । पृणस्व । घृतेन । स्वाहा

Word by Word

सप्तseven

तेof you / your

अग्नेO Agni

समिधःkindling-sticks / fuel-sticks

सप्तseven

जिह्वाःtongues (flames)

सप्तseven

ऋषयःseers

सप्तseven

धामabode / station / splendor

प्रियाणिdear, beloved

सप्तseven

होत्राःHotṛ-priests / invokers

सप्तधाsevenfold

त्वाyou

यजन्तिthey worship / sacrifice to

सप्तseven

योनीःwombs / sources / seats

आtowards, fully

पृणस्वfill (you)

घृतेनwith ghee

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

Entities Mentioned

Agni

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