Adhyaya 12 Mantra 11 - Shukla Yajurveda | English | Vedapath

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Mantra 11

Rishi: Royal/installation tradition within Śukla-Yajur transmission

Devata: Indra/Kingly sovereignty (rāṣṭra) as the operative power; addressed entity is the installed sovereign/centre

Chandas: Yajus-style; installation prose-verse

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वा॑ऽहार्षम॒न्तर॑भूर्ध्रु॒वस्ति॒ष्ठावि॑चाचलिः । विश॑स्त्वा॒ सर्वा॑ वाञ्छन्तु॒ मा त्वद्रा॒ष्ट्रमधि॑भ्रशत्

Transliteration

ā́ tvā’ hārṣam antár abhūr dhruvás tiṣṭhā́vichācalíḥ | víśas tvā sárvā vāñchantu mā́ tvád rāṣṭrám ádhi bhraśat

Translation

I have brought thee hither; thou hast become within: stand thou firm, unshaken. May all the peoples desire thee; may the realm not fall away from thee.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

आ । त्वा । अहार्षम् । अन्तर् । अभूः । ध्रुवः । तिष्ठ । अवि-चाचलिः । विशः । त्वा । सर्वाः । वाञ्छन्तु । मा । त्वत् । राष्ट्रम् । अधि । भ्रशत्

Word by Word

आtowards, hither

त्वाyou (acc. sg.)

अहार्षम्I brought / I have brought

अन्तःwithin, inside

अभूःyou became / you have become

ध्रुवःfirm, fixed

तिष्ठstand!

अविचाचलिःdo not waver / you did not waver

विशःthe clans/people

त्वाyou

सर्वाःall

वाञ्छन्तुmay (they) desire / seek

माdo not

त्वत्from you

राष्ट्रम्kingdom, realm

अधिover, upon; (with √भ्रंश) away from

भ्रशत्let it not fall away / may it not slip

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Rāṣṭra (sovereignty/polity as a power)

Viśaḥ (the peoples)

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