Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 17, Mantra 57
Rishi: Traditional Śukla-Yajurveda attribution
Devata: Primarily ritual-process (havis/havya) and Vāc/Āśiṣ as efficacious speech; implicitly the gods as recipients
Chandas: Mixed; Yajus-style verse with technical diction
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वी॒तᳪ ह॒विः श॑मि॒तᳪ श॑मि॒ता य॒जध्यै॑ तु॒रीयो॑ य॒ज्ञो यत्र॑ ह॒व्यमेति॑ । ततो॑ वा॒का आ॒शिषो॑ नो जुषन्ताम्
Transliteration
vītáṃ havíḥ śamítáṃ śamítā yajádhyai turī́yo yajñó yátra havyám eti | táto vākā́ āśíṣo no juṣantām ||
Translation
हविः वीत (प्राप्त) हुआ है, शमित (शान्त/संतुष्ट) हुआ है; शमिता (शान्तकर्ता) यजन के लिए है। चतुर्थ यज्ञ वही है जहाँ हव्यम् (आहुति) जाता है। वहाँ से वाणी-रूप आशीषें हमें रुचें, हमें प्रसन्न करें।
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
वीतम् । हविः । शमितम् । शमिता । यजध्यै । तुरीयः । यज्ञः । यत्र । हव्यं । एति । ततः । वाकाः । आशिषः । नः । जुषन्ताम् ।
Word by Word
वीतम्purified, clarified
वीतम्:
Karma (qualifier of हविः)
TypeAdjective
Rootवीत (√वा/√वी ‘to blow, to be purified/clarified’; prātipadika ‘वीत’ = purified/clarified)
हविःoblation
हविः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (prātipadika)
शमितम्prepared, made ready
शमितम्:
Karma (qualifier of हविः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशमित (from √शम् ‘to pacify/prepare’; kṛdanta past passive participle)
शमिताthe preparer (śamitr̥-priest)
शमिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशमितृ (agent noun from √शम्)
यजध्यैshould sacrifice / is to perform sacrifice
यजध्यै:
(Predicate; action enjoined)
TypeVerb
Root√यज्
तुरीयःthe fourth
तुरीयः:
Kartā (qualifier of यज्ञः)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुरीय (ordinal prātipadika)
यज्ञःsacrifice
यज्ञः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (prātipadika)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
हव्यम्the offering (that is to be offered)
हव्यम्:
Kartā (of एति) / or Karma depending on construal
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहव्य (prātipadika)
एतिgoes, proceeds
एति:
(Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√इ
ततःfrom there; thereafter
ततः:
Apādāna (source: ‘from there/thereafter’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
वाकाःutterances, words
वाकाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (prātipadika; nom. pl. ‘वाचः’ with Vedic variant)
आशिषःblessings, benedictions
आशिषः:
Kartā (in apposition with वाकाः)
TypeNoun
Rootआशिष् (prātipadika)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’) / or Genitive relation
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
जुषन्ताम्may they be pleased; may they accept/favor
जुषन्ताम्:
(Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√जुष्
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AgniV
VācĀ
Āśiṣ (Benediction)V
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