Adhyaya 8 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | Japanese | Vedapath

Mantra 28

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (Vājasaneyin tradition, general attribution for VS mantras)

Devata: Vāyu / Ap (cosmic motion and waters), with the foetus as the immediate ritual referent

Chandas: Mixed prose-like triṣṭubh cadence (not a strict metrical ṛc; Yajus-formula with rhythmic members)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एज॑तु॒ दश॑मास्यो॒ गर्भो॑ ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह । यथा॒ऽयं वा॒युरेज॑ति॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति । ए॒वा॒यं दश॑मास्यो॒ अस्र॑ज्ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह

Transliteration

éjatu daśamāsyo gárbho jarāyuṇā sahá | yáthā ’yáṃ vāyúr éjati yáthā samudrá éjati | evāyáṃ daśamāsyo ásraj jarāyuṇā sahá

Translation

十か月の胎児よ、胎盤（後産）とともに動き出でよ。この風が動くように、この大海が動くように。かくのごとく、この十か月の胎児が、胎盤と血とともに生まれ出でよ。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

एजतु । दश-मास्यः । गर्भः । जरायुणा । सह । यथा । अयम् । वायुः । एजति । यथा । समुद्रः । एजति । एव । अयम् । दश-मास्यः । अस्रक् । जरायुणा । सह ।

Word by Word

एजतुlet (it/he) move, tremble

दशमास्यःten-month (gestation)

गर्भःthe embryo, fetus

जरायुणाwith the afterbirth/placental membrane

सहtogether with

यथाas, just as

अयम्this

वायुःwind

एजतिmoves, trembles

यथाas

समुद्रःocean, sea

एजतिmoves, heaves

एवthus, just so

अयम्this

दशमास्यःten-month (gestation)

अस्रक्blood

जरायुणाwith the afterbirth/placental membrane

सहtogether with

Entities Mentioned

Vāyu

Āpas (Waters) / Samudra

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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