Adhyaya 3 Mantra 15 - Shukla Yajurveda | Lao | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 15

Rishi: Bhṛgu-lineage (traditional attribution via internal mention of Bhṛgavaḥ); in Śukla-Yajurvedic liturgical use, treated as a received ṛṣi-tradition rather than a single author

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and first-established fire)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by RV-parallel cadence and length; confirmable by full metrical scan in RV source)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अ॒यमि॒ह प्र॑थ॒मो धा॑यि धा॒तृभि॒र्होता॒ यजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रेष्वीड्य॑: । यमप्न॑वानो॒ भृग॑वो विरुरु॒चुर्वने॑षु चि॒त्रं वि॒भ्वं॒ वि॒शेवि॑शे

Transliteration

a̱yám i̱há prathamáḥ dhā́yi dhā̱tṛ́bhir hótā yájiṣṭho adhvaréṣv ī́ḍyaḥ | yám apnavā́no bhṛ́gavo virurucúr váneṣu citráṃ vibhváṃ víśe-viśe

Translation

This (Agni) was here established first by the Ordainers: the Hotṛ, most meet for sacrifice, worthy of praise in the rites; whom, as one winning substance, the Bhṛgus caused to shine forth in the woods—bright, all-pervading—unto each and every clan.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

अ॒यम् । इ॒ह । प्र॒थ॒मः । धा॒यि । धा॒तृभिः । हो॒ता । यजि॑ष्ठः । अ॒ध्व॒रेषु । ईड्यः । यम् । अ॒प्न॒वा॒नः । भृगवः । वि॒रु॒रु॒चुः । वनेषु । चि॒त्रम् । वि॒भ्वम् । वि॒शे॒वि॒शे

Word by Word

अयम्this (one)

इहhere

प्रथमःfirst

धायिwas placed/was established

धातृभिःby the establishers/placers

होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)

यजिष्ठःmost worshipful / best at sacrifice

अध्वरेषुin the rites/sacrifices

ईड्यःpraiseworthy

यम्whom

अप्नवानःpossessing wealth/attainment

भृगवःthe Bhṛgus (seers)

विरुरुचुःshone forth / became radiant

वनेषुin the woods

चित्रम्bright, wondrous

विभ्वम्all-pervading, mighty

विशे-विशेin each clan/settlement

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Dhātṛs (Ordainers)

Bhṛgus (Bhṛgavaḥ)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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