Adhyaya 8 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 28

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (Vājasaneyin tradition, general attribution for VS mantras)

Devata: Vāyu / Ap (cosmic motion and waters), with the foetus as the immediate ritual referent

Chandas: Mixed prose-like triṣṭubh cadence (not a strict metrical ṛc; Yajus-formula with rhythmic members)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एज॑तु॒ दश॑मास्यो॒ गर्भो॑ ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह । यथा॒ऽयं वा॒युरेज॑ति॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति । ए॒वा॒यं दश॑मास्यो॒ अस्र॑ज्ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह

Transliteration

éjatu daśamāsyo gárbho jarāyuṇā sahá | yáthā ’yáṃ vāyúr éjati yáthā samudrá éjati | evāyáṃ daśamāsyo ásraj jarāyuṇā sahá

Translation

Es rege sich der zehnmonatige Fötus zusammen mit der Nachgeburt. Wie dieser Vāyu (Wind) sich regt, wie das Meer sich regt, so werde dieser zehnmonatige geboren — zusammen mit der Nachgeburt und mit dem Blut.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

एजतु । दश-मास्यः । गर्भः । जरायुणा । सह । यथा । अयम् । वायुः । एजति । यथा । समुद्रः । एजति । एव । अयम् । दश-मास्यः । अस्रक् । जरायुणा । सह ।

Word by Word

एजतुlet (it/he) move, tremble

दशमास्यःten-month (gestation)

गर्भःthe embryo, fetus

जरायुणाwith the afterbirth/placental membrane

सहtogether with

यथाas, just as

अयम्this

वायुःwind

एजतिmoves, trembles

यथाas

समुद्रःocean, sea

एजतिmoves, heaves

एवthus, just so

अयम्this

दशमास्यःten-month (gestation)

अस्रक्blood

जरायुणाwith the afterbirth/placental membrane

सहtogether with

Entities Mentioned

Vāyu

Āpas (Waters) / Samudra

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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