Adhyaya 23 Mantra 16 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 16

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional)

Devata: Savitar (primary), with the ‘gods’ as destination

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (ritual triṣṭubh cadence; not strictly regular in Saṃhitā transmission)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न वा उ॑ ए॒तन्म्रि॑यसे॒ न रि॑ष्यसि दे॒वाँ२ इदे॑षि प॒थिभि॑: सु॒गेभि॑: । यत्रास॑ते सु॒कृतो॒ यत्र॒ ते य॒युस्तत्र॑ त्वा दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता द॑धातु

Transliteration

ná vā́ u etán mriyase ná ríṣyasi devā́ṃ2 íd eṣi pathíbhiḥ sugébhiḥ | yátrāsate sukṛ́to yátra te yayús tátra tvā deváḥ savitā́ dadhātu ||

Translation

Wahrlich, dadurch stirbst du nicht, noch wirst du verletzt: zu den Göttern gehst du auf Wegen guten Geleits. Wo die Wohlwirkenden sitzen, wohin deine Väter gegangen sind — dorthin setze dich der Gott Savitar.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

न । वै । उ । एतत् । म्रियसे । न । रिष्यसि । देवान् । इत् । एषि । पथिभिः । सुगेभिः । यत्र । आसते । सुकृतः । यत्र । ते । ययुः । तत्र । त्वा । देवः । सविता । दधातु ।

Word by Word

नnot

वैindeed

उ(emphatic particle)

एतत्this

म्रियसेyou die

नnot

रिष्यसिyou are harmed / you perish

देवान्the gods

इत्indeed / just

एषिyou go

पथिभिःby/along paths

सुगेभिःeasy/good (to go)

यत्रwhere

आसतेthey sit / abide

सुकृतःthe well-doers / the meritorious

यत्रwhere

तेyour

ययुःthey have gone

तत्रthere

त्वाyou

देवःthe god

सविताSavitar

दधातुmay (he) place / establish

Entities Mentioned

Savitṛ

Devas (the gods)

Pitṛs (forefathers)

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