Adhyaya 28 Mantra 15 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 28, Mantra 15

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional White Yajurveda attribution for VS collections; specific r̥ṣi not always separately stated for these prose-like yajus).

Devata: Indra (with subsidiary feminine powers Joṣṭrī/Vasudhiti).

Chandas: Yajus (mixed, predominantly non-metrical sacrificial formulae with embedded cadence).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दे॒वी जोष्ट्री॒ वसु॑धिती दे॒वमिन्द्र॑मवर्धताम् । अया॑व्य॒न्याघा द्वेषा॒ᳪस्यान्या व॑क्ष॒द्वसु॒ वार्या॑णि॒ यज॑मानाय शिक्षि॒ते व॑सु॒वने॑ वसु॒धेय॑स्य वीतां॒ यज॑

Transliteration

dēvī joṣṭrī vasūdhitī dēvám índram avardhatām | ayā́vy anyā́ghā́ dveṣā́ṃsy anyā́ vakṣad vásu vā́ryāṇi yájāmānāya śikṣité vasuváne vasudhḗyasya vītāṃ́ yája

Translation

Mögen die beiden Göttinnen — Jōṣṭrī und Vasudhiti, die den Reichtum begründet — den Gott Indra erstarken lassen. Die eine vertreibe die Übel, die andere bringe die Feindschaften herbei; und sie trage dem Opferherrn, der recht geschult ist im Gewinnen von Gut, erlesene Schätze zu. Zur Begründung des Schatzes mögen sie hierher kommen; opfere.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

दे॒वी । जोष्ट्री॒ । वसु॑-धिती । दे॒वम् । इन्द्र॑म् । अ॒व॒र्ध॒ता॒म् । अया॑वि । अ॒न्या । अ॒घाः । द्वेषा॒ꣳ॒सि । अ॒न्या । व॒क्ष॒त् । वसु॑ । वार्या॑णि । यज॑मानाय । शि॒क्षि॒ते । व॒सु॒वने॑ । वसु॒धेय॑स्य । वी॒ता॒म् । यज॑

Word by Word

देवीthe goddess

जोष्ट्रीthe favoring one / patroness

वसुधितीthe wealth-supporting (goddess)

देवम्the god

इन्द्रम्Indra

अवर्धताम्let the two increase / strengthen

अयाव्यunfailing / not going astray

अन्याघाanother (that is) sinless / harmless

द्वेषांसिhatreds / hostile acts

अन्याanother (one)

वक्षत्may she carry / convey

वसुwealth

वार्याणिexcellent (things) / desirable gifts

यजमानायto the sacrificer

शिक्षितेwhen (he is) trained / instructed

वसुवनेin the winning of wealth / in the wealth-grove (ritual sphere)

वसुधेयस्यof the wealth-deposit / wealth-bestowal

वीताम्having come / having been obtained; (let them) come

यजsacrifice! / perform worship!

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Joṣṭrī (Devī)

Vasudhiti / Vasudhītī (Devī)

Ritual Context

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