Mantra 60

Rishi: Traditional attribution within the Vājasaneyin transmission (often linked to Yājñavalkya’s school-lineage rather than a single ṛṣi named in the mantra).

Devata: Aśvins; Sarasvatī; Indra (Sutrāman); with vanaspati as consecrated support.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formula (yajus), not a strict metrical ṛc.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सू॒प॒स्था अ॒द्य दे॒वो वन॒स्पति॑रभवद॒श्विभ्यां॒ छागे॑न॒ सर॑स्वत्यै मे॒षेणेन्द्रा॑य ऋष॒भेणाक्षँ॒स्तान् मे॑द॒स्तः प्रति॑ पच॒तागृ॑भीष॒तावी॑वृधन्त पुरो॒डाशै॒रपु॑र॒श्विना॒ सर॑स्व॒तीन्द्र॑: सु॒त्रामा॑ सुरासो॒मान्

Transliteration

sū-pasthā́ adyá devó vanaspátir abhavad aśvíbhyāṃ chāgéna sárasvatyai meṣéṇéndrā́ya ṛṣabhéṇākṣan tā́n médastaḥ práti pacatá́gṛbhīṣatā́vīvṛdhanta puroḍā́śair apuraśvinā́ sárasvatī́ndraḥ sutrā́mā surā-somā́n

Translation

Of good foundation, to-day the divine Lord of the Forest hath come to be;—for the Aśvins with a he-goat, for Sarasvatī with a ram, for Indra with a bull. Those (portions), from the fat, do ye cook; take ye them up; with cakes they have increased (the offering):—Aśvins, Sarasvatī, and Indra, the good protector, (accept) the surā and the soma.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सू-प॒स्था: । अ॒द्य । दे॒व: । वन॒स्पति॑: । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । अ॒श्वि॒भ्याम् । छागे॑न । सर॑स्वत्यै । मे॒षेण । इन्द्रा॑य । ऋ॒ष॒भेण । अ॒क्षन् । तान् । मे॒द॒स्त: । प्रति॑ । प॒च॒त । आ-गृ॑भीषत । आ-वी॑वृधन्त । पु॒रो॒डाशै॑: । अ॒पु॒र॒ । अ॒श्विना॑ । सर॑स्वती । इन्द्र॑: । सु॒त्रामा॑ । सु॒रा॒सो॒मान्

Word by Word

सूपस्थाःhaving good support/seat; well-based

अद्यtoday, now

देवःthe god

वनस्पतिःthe lord of the forest (tree/wood; Vanaspati)

अभवत्became, came to be

अश्विभ्याम्to/for the Aśvins

छागेनwith a goat

सरस्वत्यैto/for Sarasvatī

मेषेणwith a ram

इन्द्रायto/for Indra

ऋषभेणwith a bull

अक्षन्the eyes (or: axles)

तान्those

मेदस्तःfrom fat; from the marrow/fat

प्रतिtowards, in return; against

पचतcook (you all)

आtowards; hither

गृभीषतseize, take hold (you all)

आtowards; hither

वीवृधन्तthey have increased; they have grown

पुरोडाशैःwith the puroḍāśa cakes

अपु॒रःnot before; unprecedented (reading uncertain)

अश्विनाthe two Aśvins

सरस्वतीSarasvatī

इन्द्रःIndra

सुत्रामाhaving good protection; well-protecting

सुरासोमान्sura-and-soma drinks (intoxicants/offerings)

Entities Mentioned

Vanaspati (Lord of the Forest)

Aśvins

Sarasvatī

Indra Sutrāman

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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