Mantra 6

Rishi: Vājasaneyin liturgical transmission (applied mantra; ṛṣi attribution not uniformly fixed in ritual manuals)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa and Uṣasā (dual Dawns) as installed powers at the yajña’s ‘mukha’

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (liturgical triṣṭubh-style)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अ॒न्त॒रा मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ चर॑न्ती॒ मुखं॑ य॒ज्ञाना॑म॒भि सं॑विदा॒ने । उ॒षासा॑ वाᳪ सुहिर॒ण्ये सु॑शि॒ल्पे ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॑वि॒ह सा॑दयामि

Transliteration

antarā mitrāvaruṇā carantī mukhaṃ yajñānām abhi saṃvidāne | uṣāsā vāṃ suhirāṇye suśilpe ṛtasya yonāv iha sādayāmi ||

Translation

Zwischen Mitra und Varuṇa wandelnd, in Eintracht sich begegnend – der Mund der Opfer – jene beiden Uṣas, schön-golden, kunstvoll gestaltet: auf dem Sitz der Ṛta (der Ordnung) lasse ich sie hier Platz nehmen.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

अ॒न्त॒रा । मि॒त्रा-वरु॑णा । चर॑न्ती । मुख॑म् । य॒ज्ञाना॑म् । अ॒भि । सं॒वि॒दा॒ने । उ॒षासा॑ । वा॒म् । सु॒-हि॒र॒ण्ये । सु॒-शि॒ल्पे । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । योना॑ । इ॒ह । सा॒द॒या॒मि ।

Word by Word

• अन्तरा: in between, amidst
• अन्तरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) / अन्तरा (अव्यय)

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरन्ती: moving, roaming
• चरन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• मुखम्: the face, the mouth
• मुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञानाम्: of the sacrifices
• यज्ञानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• संविदाने: agreeing, coming together, being in concord
• संविदाने: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: सम् + विद् (धातु)

• उषासा: Dawn (the two Dawns / dawn-pair)
• उषासा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or / and (Vedic connective)
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• सुहिरण्ये: in/with good gold(-like) splendor
• सुहिरण्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुशिल्पे: in/with fine workmanship, well-formed
• सुशिल्पे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + शिल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतस्य: of Ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• योनौ: in the womb/seat/origin
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• सादयामि: I seat/establish (I cause to sit)
• सादयामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) / सादयति (णिजन्त)

Entities Mentioned

• Mitra
• Varuṇa
• Uṣasā (the two Dawns)
• Ṛta