Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 5, Mantra 16
Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Viṣṇu-trivikrama hymn-complex (Ṛgvedic provenance); in VS transmission attributed within the Adhvaryu corpus rather than a single named seer
Devata: Viṣṇu (cosmic supporter/strider)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (predominant in the Viṣṇu-vīrya stanzas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इरा॑वती धेनु॒मती॒ हि भू॒तᳪ सू॑यव॒सिनी॒ मन॑वे दश॒स्या । व्य॑स्कभ्ना॒ रोद॑सी विष्णवे॒ते दा॒धर्थ॑ पृथि॒वीम॒भितो॑ म॒यूखै॒ः स्वाहा॑
Transliteration
īrā́vatī dhenúmatī hí bhūtáṃ sū́yavasinī mánave daśasyā́ | vyàskabhnā ródasī viṣṇave te dā́dhartha pṛthivī́m abhíto mayū́khaiḥ svā́hā
Translation
Oh Irāvatī, en verdad te has vuelto rica en sustento, rica en vacas lecheras, bien provista de pastos, digna de ser servida para Manu. Has apuntalado y separado los dos mundos; para ti, oh Viṣṇu, has afirmado la Tierra por todas partes con rayos: Svāhā.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
इरा॑वती । धेनु॒मती॑ । हि । भू॒तम् । सू॑यव॒सिनी॑ । मन॑वे । दश॒स्या । व्य॑स्कभ्नाः । रोद॑सी इति । विष्णवे॑ । ते । दा॒धर्थ॑ । पृथि॒वीम् । अ॒भितः॑ । म॒यूखैः॑ । स्वाहा॑
Word by Word
इरा॑वतीendowed with nourishment/refreshment
इरा॑वती:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootइरावत् (प्रातिपदिक) < इरा
धेनु॒मती॒possessing cows; rich in milch-cows
धेनु॒मती॒:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootधेनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < धेनु
हिindeed/for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भूतम्has become; being/come to be
भूतम्:
Kartā (as predicate complement)
TypeVerb (participial) / Adjective
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त, क्त)
सू॑यव॒सिनी॒abounding in good pasture/fodder
सू॑यव॒सिनी॒:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-यवसिन्/यवसिन् (प्रातिपदिक) (यवस् ‘fodder/grass’)
मनवेfor Manu; for mankind
मनवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
दशस्याfor Daśasya (the ‘tenfold’ one; an epithet/name)
दशस्या:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet/title)
Rootदशस्य (प्रातिपदिक) < दश ‘ten’
व्यस्कभ्नाःhe propped apart; he supported asunder
व्यस्कभ्नाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootस्कभ् (धातु) + वि → व्य-स्कभ्
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-रूप) < रोदस्
विष्णवेतेfor Viṣṇu; these (two)
विष्णवेते:
Sampradāna (विष्णवे), Kartā/अन्वय-सूचक (एते)
TypeNoun + Pronoun (compound-like sandhi)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + एते (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक ‘एतद्’)
दाधर्थhe held; he supported
दाधर्थ:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु) → दा-धर्थ (लिट्)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अभितःaround; on all sides
अभितः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभितः
मयूखैःwith rays/beams
मयूखैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमयूख (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाहा॑svāhā (hail!; offering-call)
स्वाहा॑:
—
TypeIndeclinable (ritual exclamation)
Rootस्वाहा
Entities Mentioned
V
ViṣṇuP
Pṛthivī (Earth)M
ManuRitual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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