Mantra 2

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional Vājasaneyin attribution for the Saṃhitā corpus; Īśāvāsya often treated as śruti-appendix without separate ṛṣi rubric)

Devata: Ātman/Īśa (the Lord as the all-pervading Self)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कु॒र्वन्ने॒वेह कर्मा॑णि जिजीवि॒षेच्छ॒तᳪ समा॑: । ए॒वं त्वयि॒ नान्यथे॒तो॒ऽस्ति॒ न कर्म॑ लिप्यते॒ नरे॑

Transliteration

kurvann evéha karmā́ṇi jijīviṣéc chatáṃ samā́ḥ | eváṃ tváyi nā́nyathéto ’stí ná kárma lipyate náre ||

Translation

Wahrlich, indem man hier die Werke vollbringt, soll man wünschen, hundert Jahre zu leben. So ist es in dir; anders gibt es keinen Weg: das Werk haftet dem Menschen nicht an.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

कुर्वन् । एव । इह । कर्माणि । जिजीविषेत् । शतम् । समाः । एवम् । त्वयि । न । अन्यथा । इतः । अस्ति । न । कर्म । लिप्यते । नरे ।

Word by Word

कुर्वन्doing, performing

एवindeed, only

इहhere (in this world)

कर्माणिactions, works

जिजीविषेत्one should wish to live

शतम्a hundred

समाःyears

एवम्thus, in this manner

त्वयिin you

नnot

अन्यथाotherwise

इतःfrom this, than this

अस्तिis, exists

नnot

कर्मaction (deed)

लिप्यतेis tainted, is stained

नnot

नरेin a man (in the person)

Entities Mentioned

Ātman/Īśa

Dharma (Vedic karma)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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