Adhyaya 23 Mantra 45 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 45

Rishi: Traditionally associated with brahmodya lineages; often transmitted under Yājñavalkya’s school authority in the Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Interrogative (brahmodya) tending toward Sūrya/Candra/Agni/Pṛthivī as the resolved deities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (brahmodya verses frequently align with triṣṭubh/jagatī patterns; exact metrical scansion requires pada-length verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कः स्वि॑देका॒की च॑रति॒ क उ॑ स्विज्जायते॒ पुन॑: । किᳪ स्वि॑द्धि॒मस्य॑ भेष॒जं किम्वा॒वप॑नं म॒हत्

Transliteration

káḥ svíd ekākī cárati ká u svíj jāyate púnaḥ | kíṃ svíd dhím asya bheṣajáṃ kím vā́vapánaṃ mahát ||

Translation

Wer, wahrlich, wandelt einsam seinen Weg? Und wer, fürwahr, wird immer wieder von neuem geboren? Was, wahrlich, ist das Heilmittel gegen diese Kälte, und was, fürwahr, ist das große Saatfeld?

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

कः । स्वित् । एकाकी । चरति । कः । उ । स्वित् । जायते । पुनः । किम् । स्वित् । हि । अस्य । भेषजम् । किम् । वा । आवपनम् । महत् ।

Word by Word

कःwho?

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative particle)

एकाकीsolitary, alone

चरतिmoves, wanders

कःwho?

उand/indeed (emphatic particle)

स्वित्pray?/indeed?

जायतेis born, comes into being

पुनःagain

किम्what?

स्वित्pray?/indeed?

हिfor, indeed

अस्यof this, his

भेषजम्remedy, medicine

किम्what?

वाor

अवपनम्sowing, scattering; casting down (act/means)

महत्great

Entities Mentioned

Sūrya (Āditya)

Candra (Soma)

Agni

Pṛthivī

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