Adhyaya 23 Mantra 45 - Shukla Yajurveda | French | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 45

Rishi: Traditionally associated with brahmodya lineages; often transmitted under Yājñavalkya’s school authority in the Vājasaneyin tradition

Devata: Interrogative (brahmodya) tending toward Sūrya/Candra/Agni/Pṛthivī as the resolved deities

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (brahmodya verses frequently align with triṣṭubh/jagatī patterns; exact metrical scansion requires pada-length verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कः स्वि॑देका॒की च॑रति॒ क उ॑ स्विज्जायते॒ पुन॑: । किᳪ स्वि॑द्धि॒मस्य॑ भेष॒जं किम्वा॒वप॑नं म॒हत्

Transliteration

káḥ svíd ekākī cárati ká u svíj jāyate púnaḥ | kíṃ svíd dhím asya bheṣajáṃ kím vā́vapánaṃ mahát ||

Translation

Qui donc, en vérité, chemine solitaire sur sa voie ? Et qui, certes, naît de nouveau, encore et encore ? Quel est donc, en vérité, le remède à ce froid, et quel est, certes, le grand champ des semailles ?

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

कः । स्वित् । एकाकी । चरति । कः । उ । स्वित् । जायते । पुनः । किम् । स्वित् । हि । अस्य । भेषजम् । किम् । वा । आवपनम् । महत् ।

Word by Word

कःwho?

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative particle)

एकाकीsolitary, alone

चरतिmoves, wanders

कःwho?

उand/indeed (emphatic particle)

स्वित्pray?/indeed?

जायतेis born, comes into being

पुनःagain

किम्what?

स्वित्pray?/indeed?

हिfor, indeed

अस्यof this, his

भेषजम्remedy, medicine

किम्what?

वाor

अवपनम्sowing, scattering; casting down (act/means)

महत्great

Entities Mentioned

Sūrya (Āditya)

Candra (Soma)

Agni

Pṛthivī

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