Adhyaya 9 Mantra 24 - Shukla Yajurveda | German | Vedapath

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Mantra 24

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional)

Devata: Prasava/Samrāṭ (ordering sovereign power; Savitṛ/Prajāpati-bandhu)

Chandas: Yajus with elevated cadence

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वाज॑स्ये॒मां प्र॑स॒वः शि॑श्रिये॒ दिव॑मि॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि स॒म्राट् । अदि॑त्सन्तं दापयति प्रजा॒नन्त्स नो॑ र॒यिᳪ सर्व॑वीरं॒ नि य॑च्छतु॒ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

vā́jasyémāṃ prasaváḥ śiśriyé dívaṃ imā́ṃ ca víśvā bhúvanāni samrā́ṭ | áditsantaṃ dāpayati prajā́nán sá no rayíṃ sárvavīraṃ ní yacchatu svā́hā

Translation

Dieser Antrieb der Kraft hat jenes Himmelsgewölbe und diese Erde gefestigt, den allherrschenden Souverän über alle Welten. Der Weise bringt selbst den Nichtgeber zum Geben; er sichere uns Reichtum, reich an allen Helden, und halte ihn uns zu — Svāhā!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वाजस्य । इमाम् । प्रसवः । शिश्रिये । दिवम् । इमाम् । च । विश्वा । भुवनानि । सम्राट् । अदित्-सन्तम् । दापयति । प्रजानन् । सः । नः । रयिम् । सर्ववीरम् । नि । यच्छतु । स्वाहा ।

Word by Word

वाजस्यof strength/prize (vāja)

इमाम्this (f.)

प्रसवःimpulse/instigation; sending forth

शिश्रियेhas resorted to/has taken support

दिवम्heaven

इमाम्this (f.)

चand

विश्वाall

भुवनानिworlds/creatures/regions

सम्राट्the sovereign ruler

अदित्सन्तम्one who is not intending to give / unwilling to give

दापयतिcauses (him) to give; makes (him) pay

प्रजानन्knowing; being aware

त्सःhe

नःfor us; our

रयिम्wealth

सर्ववीरम्abounding in all heroes/men; with all valiant offspring

निdown; in; firmly

यच्छतुmay he restrain/hold; may he grant/secure

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

Entities Mentioned

Prasava (Impelling Power)

Samrāṭ (Universal Sovereignty)

Savitṛ (as Prasava-bandhu)

Prajāpati (as bandhu of order and progeny)

Aditi

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