Adhyaya 2 Mantra 12 - Shukla Yajurveda | Hindi | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 2, Mantra 12

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional White Yajurveda attribution; specific ṛṣi not explicitly marked in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Savitṛ (primary address); with explicit linkage to Bṛhaspati and Brahman

Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus (Yajus-formula; not a fixed ṛgvedic metre)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ए॒तं ते॑ देव सवितर्य॒ज्ञं प्राहु॒र्बृह॒स्पत॑ये ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । तेन॑ य॒ज्ञम॑व॒ तेन॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ तेन॒ माम॑व

Transliteration

e̱táṃ te deva savitary yajñáṃ prāhúr bṛ́haspátaye bráhmaṇe | ténā yajñám ava ténā yajñápatim ténā mām ava

Translation

हे देव सवितृ, तुम्हारे इस यज्ञ को उन्होंने बृहस्पति के लिए, ब्रह्म के लिए घोषित किया है। उसी के द्वारा यज्ञ की रक्षा करो; उसी के द्वारा यज्ञपति की रक्षा करो; उसी के द्वारा मेरी रक्षा करो।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ए॒तम् । ते॒ । दे॒व॒ । स॒वि॒त॒र् । य॒ज्ञम् । प्र॒आ॒हुः॒ । बृह॒स्पत॑ये । ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । तेन॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । अ॒व॒ । तेन॑ । य॒ज्ञप॑तिम् । तेन॒ । माम् । अ॒व॒

Word by Word

एतम्this (one/thing)

तेto you

देवO god

सवितर्O Savitṛ

यज्ञम्sacrifice, yajña

प्रforth, forward (intensifier with verb)

आहुःthey have said / they call

बृहस्पतयेfor Bṛhaspati

ब्रह्मणेfor brahman (sacred power / priestly office)

तेनby that / with that

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

अवdown; (with √अव) protect

तेनby that

यज्ञपतिम्the lord/patron of the sacrifice

तेनby that

माम्me

अवprotect

Entities Mentioned

Savitṛ

Bṛhaspati

Brahman (as sacred power/principle)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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