Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional Vājasaneyin attribution for the Saṃhitā corpus)
Devata: Multiple (functional devatās named in the mantra; culminating in Bhūvanapati/Adhipati)
Chandas: Yajus (prose formulae; not metrical)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari) आ॒पये॒ स्वाहा॑ स्वा॒पये॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽपि॒जाय॒ स्वाहा॑ क्रत॑वे॒ स्वाहा॒ वस॑वे॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽह॒र्पत॑ये॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽह्ने॑ मु॒ग्धाय॒ स्वाहा॑ मु॒ग्धाय॑ वैनᳪशि॒नाय॒ स्वाहा॑ विन॒ᳪशिन॑ आन्त्याय॒नाय॒ स्वाहा ऽन्त्या॑य भौव॒नाय॒ स्वाहा॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ पत॑ये॒ स्वाहाऽधि॑पतये॒ स्वाहा॑
Transliteration ā́paye svā́hā su-ā́paye svā́hā ’pijā́ya svā́hā kratáve svā́hā vásave svā́hā ’harpátaye svā́hā ’hné mugdhā́ya svā́hā mugdhā́ya vainaṁśinā́ya svā́hā vinaṁśína āntyāyanā́ya svā́hā ’ntyā́ya bhauvanā́ya svā́hā bhúvanasya pátaye svā́hā’dhípataye svā́hā
Translation For refreshment—Svāhā! for full refreshment—Svāhā! for generation—Svāhā! for sacrificial efficacy—Svāhā! for the Vasus—Svāhā! for the Lord of the Day—Svāhā! for the Day, for the removal of bewilderment—Svāhā! for bewilderment’s destroyer—Svāhā! for the Perisher (that makes perishing) Āntyāyana—Svāhā! for the Last, the Cosmic—Svāhā! for the Lord of the worlds—Svāhā! for the Over-lord—Svāhā!
Padapatha (Word Analysis) आ-पये । स्वाहा । सु-आपये । स्वाहा । अपि-जाय । स्वाहा । क्रतवे । स्वाहा । वसवे । स्वाहा । अहः-पतये । स्वाहा । अह्ने । मुग्धाय । स्वाहा । मुग्धाय । वैनंशिनाय । स्वाहा । विनंशिनः । आन्त्यायनाय । स्वाहा । अन्त्याय । भौवनाय । स्वाहा । भुवनस्य । पतये । स्वाहा । अधि-पतये । स्वाहा ।
Word by Word आपये cause (it) to obtain / make (it) reach स्वाहा svāhā (oblation-call) स्वापये cause (it) to sleep / lull अपिजाय to Apijā (a deity/name) क्रतवे to Kratu (power/resolve; deity) वसवे to Vasu (the Vasu; wealth) अहर्पतये to the lord of the day मुग्धाय to Mugdha (the bewildered/one named Mugdha) वैनंशिनाय to Vainamśin (name/title) विनंशिनः of Vinamśin (of the destroyer) आन्त्यायनाय to Āntyāyana (name/title) अन्त्याय to Antya (the last/terminal; name) भौवनाय to Bhauvana (name/title) भुवनस्य of the world / of existence अधिपतये to the overlord / supreme lord Entities Mentioned Ā
Āpaya (Refreshment/Nourishment) S
Svāpaya (Full refreshment/Complete satiation) A
Apijā (Generation/Procreative power) K
Kratu (Sacrificial efficacy/Resolve) A
Aharpati (Lord of the Day) M
Mugdhavainaṃśina (Destroyer of bewilderment) V
Vināṃśin / Āntyāyana (Perisher/End-maker) A
Antya / Bhauvāna (The Last / The Cosmic) B
Bhūvanapati (Lord of the worlds) Viniyoga (Ritual Application)