Adhyaya 23 Mantra 55 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 55

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Vājasaneyin transmission (often anonymous/prājāpatya attribution for riddle-series)

Devata: Praśna (interrogative) addressed to the hidden agent; ultimately Prajāpati/Viśvakarman as the concealed referent in Brāhmaṇa hermeneutics

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (riddle-series; exact metrical classification is fluid in this section)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

का ई॑मरे पिशङ्गि॒ला का ईं॑ कुरुपिशङ्गि॒ला । क ई॑मा॒स्कन्द॑मर्षति॒ क ईं॒ पन्थां॒ वि स॑र्पति

Transliteration

kā ī́m are piśaṅgilā kā ī́ṃ kurupiśaṅgilā | ka ī́māskandam arṣati ka ī́ṃ panthā́ṃ ví sarpati

Translation

Wer ist er doch, der fahl‑gesprenkelte? wer wahrlich der Kuru‑fahl‑gesprenkelte? Wer ist es, der beim Ansturm dahinstürmt, und wer ist es, der den Weg entlang dahinkriecht?

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

का । ईम् । अरे । पिशङ्गिला । का । ईम् । कुरु-पिशङ्गिला । कः । ईम् । आ-स्कन्दम् । अर्षति । कः । ईम् । पन्थाम् । वि । सर्पति

Word by Word

काwho? (which one?)

ईम्indeed; just; emphatic particle

अरेO! (vocative particle)

पिशङ्गिलाO tawny/variegated one (address)

काwho?

ईम्indeed

कुरुपिशङ्गिलाO Kuru-tawny/variegated one (address)

कःwho?

ईम्indeed

आtowards; unto (prefix)

स्कन्दम्Skanda (the deity)

अर्षतिmoves/flows/rushes

कःwho?

ईम्indeed

पन्थाम्path; way

विapart; forth; widely (prefix)

सर्पतिcreeps/crawls; moves along

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Viśvakarman

Praśna (interrogative speech)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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