Adhyaya 35 Mantra 17 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 17

Rishi: Vājasaneyin ritual tradition (ṛṣi not explicitly fixed in the provided citation).

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant cadence).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आयु॑ष्मानग्ने ह॒विषा॑ वृधा॒नो घृ॒तप्र॑तीको घृ॒तयो॑निरेधि । घृ॒तं पी॒त्वा मधु॒ चारु॒ गव्यं॑ पि॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रम॒भि र॑क्षतादि॒मान्त्स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

āyúṣmān agne havíṣā vṛdhānó ghṛtá-pratīko ghṛtá-yonir edhi | ghṛtáṃ pītvā́ mádhu cā́ru gavyáṃ pitéva putrám abhí rakṣatā́dimān svā́hā ||

Translation

Lebenspendender Agni, durch die Opfergabe (havis) erstarkend, mit Ghee als Glanz, mit Ghee als Ursprung – entflamme! Nachdem du Ghee, Honig und die liebliche Milch der Kühe getrunken hast, behüte diese (die Unsrigen) wie ein Vater seinen Sohn, o du mit dem vordersten Anteil: Svāhā!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

आयु॑ष्मान् । अग्ने । ह॒विषा॑ । वृधा॒नः । घृ॒त-प्र॑तीकः । घृ॒त-यो॑निः । एधि । घृ॒तम् । पी॒त्वा । मधु॑ । चारु॑ । गव्य॑म् । पि॒ता-इव॑ । पु॒त्रम् । अ॒भि । र॑क्षत । आ॒दिमान् । स्वाहा॑

Word by Word

आयुष्मान्O long-lived (possessing life)

अग्नेO Agni

हविषाwith oblation

वृधानःgrowing/increasing

घृतप्रतीकःwhose face/appearance is ghee

घृतयोनिःwhose source/womb is ghee

एधिkindle up / blaze

घृतम्ghee

पीत्वाhaving drunk

मधुhoney/sweet drink

चारुpleasant, lovely

गव्यम्from the cow; milk-like (cow’s produce)

पितेवlike a father

पुत्रम्a son

अभिtowards; over

रक्षतprotect (you all)

आदिand so; moreover

इमान्these

स्वाहाsvāhā (offering exclamation)

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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