Adhyaya 31 Mantra 20 - Shukla Yajurveda | Hindi | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 31, Mantra 20

Rishi: Often treated as belonging to the brahman/Agni praise stratum; specific ṛṣi attribution uncertain in this excerpted context.

Devata: Agni / Brahmanic Ruc (splendour).

Chandas: Gāyatrī-like brevity with mixed cadence; commonly catalogued as Triṣṭubh/Anuṣṭubh admixture in later indices (requires metrical verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो दे॒वेभ्य॑ आ॒तप॑ति॒ यो दे॒वानां॑ पु॒रोहि॑तः । पूर्वो॒ यो दे॒वेभ्यो॑ जा॒तो नमो॑ रु॒चाय॒ ब्राह्म॑ये

Transliteration

yó devébhya ātápati yó devā́nāṃ puróhitaḥ | pū́rvo yó devébhyo jātó námo rucā́ya brā́hmye

Translation

जो देवों के लिए तपता/दीप्त होता है, जो देवों का पुरोहित (अग्रस्थापित याजक) है; जो देवों से भी पूर्व जन्मा—उस रुचि (दीप्ति) को, उस ब्राह्म्य तेज को नमस्कार।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यः । दे॒वेभ्यः । आ॒-तप॑ति । यः । दे॒वा॒नाम् । पु॒रः-हि॑तः । पू॒र्वः । यः । दे॒वेभ्यः । जा॒तः । नमः॑ । रु॒चाय॑ । ब्राह्म॑ये

Word by Word

यःwho (he)

देवेभ्यःto/for the gods

आतपतिhe heats / shines forth

यःwho (he)

देवानाम्of the gods

पुरोहितःthe priest set in front; household/ritual priest

पूर्वःformer, first, primordial

यःwho (he)

देवेभ्यःfrom the gods

जातःborn, arisen

नमःobeisance, salutation

रुचायto the radiance / splendor

ब्राह्मयेto the brahmanic one / to the one belonging to Brahman

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Brahman (brahmanic power)

Ruc (Śrī/tejas as ‘shining splendour’)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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