Adhyaya 19 Mantra 23 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 23

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla-Yajurveda school attribution)

Devata: Soma (and Soma-related food-forms)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus (non-metrical formulaic style)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पय॑सो रू॒पं यद्यवा॑ द॒ध्नो रू॒पं क॒र्कन्धू॑नि । सोम॑स्य रू॒पं वाजि॑नᳪ सौ॒म्यस्य॑ रू॒पमा॒मिक्षा॑

Transliteration

páyaso rūpáṃ yád yavā́ dadhnó rūpáṃ karkandhū́ni | sómasya rūpáṃ vā́jinaṃ sauḿyasya rūpám āmíkṣā́ ||

Translation

Gerstenkörner sind die Gestalt der Milch; Karkandhū‑Früchte (Jujuben) sind die Gestalt des Dickmilchs. Der vājín ist die Gestalt des Soma; und āmikṣā ist die Gestalt dessen, was zum Soma gehört.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

पय॑सः । रू॒पम् । यत् । यवा॑ः । द॒ध्नः । रू॒पम् । क॒र्कन्धू॑नि । सोम॑स्य । रू॒पम् । वाजि॑नम् । सौ॒म्यस्य॑ । रू॒पम् । आ॒मिक्षा॑ ।

Word by Word

पयसोof milk

रूपम्form; appearance

यत्which; that which

यवाःbarley-grains

दध्नःof curd

रूपम्form

कर्कन्धूनिjujube-fruits (karkandhu)

सोमस्यof Soma

रूपम्form

वाजिनम्the vigorous one; prize-winner; steed

सौम्यस्यof the Soma-related (soma-mixture)

रूपम्form

आमिक्षाāmikṣā (a milk-curd mixture/oblation)

Entities Mentioned

Soma

Saumya (Soma-related divinity/quality)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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