Adhyaya 24 Mantra 25 - Shukla Yajurveda | Japanese | Vedapath

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Mantra 25

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (school attribution)

Devata: Ahan (Day); Rātri (Night); Ahorātra-sandhi; Cāturmāsa; Saṃvatsara (Year)

Chandas: Yajus (prose formula)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अह्ने॑ पा॒राव॑ता॒नाल॑भते॒ रात्र्यै॑ सीचा॒पूर॑होरा॒त्रयो॑: स॒न्धिभ्यो॑ ज॒तूर्मासे॑भ्यो दात्यौ॒हान्त्सं॑वत्स॒राय॑ मह॒तः सु॑प॒र्णान्

Transliteration

áhne pārā́vatān ā́labhate rā́tryai sīcāpū́ram ahorātráyoḥ sandhíbhyaś cātūrmā́sebhyo dātyauhā́n saṃvatsarā́ya mahátaḥ supárṇān

Translation

昼（Ahna）のためにパーラーヴァタ（Pārāvata）の鳥を執り、夜（Rātri）のためにスィーチャープーラ（Sīcāpūra）を執る。昼夜の継ぎ目（sandhi）のために四月祭（Cāturmāsya）の力としてダーティヤウハー（Dātyauhā）を、年（Saṃvatsara）のために偉大なる善翼の鳥（suparṇa）を執る。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

अह्ने॑ । पा॒राव॑तान् । आ-ल॑भते । रात्र्यै॑ । सीचा॒पूर॑म् । अहो॑रा॒त्रयो॑ः । स॒न्धिभ्यः॑ । चा॒तूर्मासे॑भ्यः । दात्यौ॒हान् । सं॑वत्स॒राय॑ । मह॒तः । सु॑प॒र्णान्

Word by Word

अह्नेfor the day (Day-deity)

पारावतान्pigeons / doves

आलभतेhe takes/handles (for offering), he offers

रात्र्यैfor the night (Night-deity)

सीचापूरहोराात्रयोःof the ‘Sīcā-pūra’ and the ‘Ahōrātra’ (day-and-night)

सन्धिभ्यःfrom the junctions / transitions

चातुर्मासेभ्यःfrom the Cāturmāsya (four-monthly) periods

दात्यौहान्त्संवत्सरायfor the ‘Dātyauhānta’ year (a named year/annual cycle)

महतःof the great

सुपर्णान्well-winged ones; birds (Suparṇas)

Entities Mentioned

Ahan (Day)

Rātri (Night)

Ahorātra-sandhi (Junctions of day and night)

Cāturmāsa (Seasonal powers)

Saṃvatsara (Year)

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