Mantra 9

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Vājasaneyin liturgical corpus to the ritual lineage (often left unspecified in Saṃhitā-prayoga lists); associated here with Mitra–Varuṇa hymnic diction

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-length typical of RV-style dual-invocations)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र बा॒हवा॑ सिसृतं जी॒वसे॑ न॒ आ नो॒ गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतं घृ॒तेन॑ । आ मा॒ जने॑ श्रवयतं युवाना श्रु॒तं मे॑ मित्रावरुणा॒ हवे॒मा

Transliteration

prá bā́havā sisṛtaṃ jīváse na ā́ no gavyū́tim ukṣataṃ ghṛténa | ā́ mā́ jáne śravayataṃ yúvānā śrutáṃ me mitrā́varuṇā háve imā́

Translation

Put ye forth your arms for our life; bedew for us the cow-track with clarified butter. Make me heard among the folk, ye youthful twain: heard be my call, O Mitra and Varuṇa, these invocations!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

प्र । बा॒हवा॑ । सि॒सृ॒त॒म् । जी॒वसे॑ । नः । आ । नः । गव्यू॑तिम् । उ॒क्ष॒त॒म् । घृ॒तेन॑ । आ । मा॒ । जने॑ । श्र॒व॒य॒त॒म् । यु॒वा॒ना॒ । श्रु॒त॒म् । मे॒ । मि॒त्रा॒व॒रु॒णा॒ । हवे॒ । इ॒मा

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

बाहवा(you) two arms

सिसृतम्flow/stream forth (you two)

जीवसेfor life, for living

नःof us/our

आtowards, hither

नःus

गव्यूतिम्cattle-track; pasture-path

उक्षतम्sprinkle/bedew (you two)

घृतेनwith ghee

आhither

माme

जनेamong the people, in the community

श्रवयतम्make (me) heard; proclaim (you two)

युवानाyou two young ones

श्रुतम्the heard (word); what is heard

मेmy

मित्रावरुणाMitra and Varuṇa

हवेin the invocation/call

इमाthese (f.)

Entities Mentioned

Mitra

Varuṇa

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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