Mantra 31

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Agnicayana mantra-corpus (Yājñavalkya lineage in Śukla tradition)

Devata: Agni (as Apāṃ pati; altar-Agni)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (predominant cadence; mixed/irregular in some YV prose-verse contexts)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्रीन्त्स॑मु॒द्रान्त्सम॑सृपत् स्व॒र्गान॒पां पति॑र्वृष॒भ इष्ट॑कानाम् । पुरी॑षं॒ वसा॑नः सुकृ॒तस्य॑ लो॒के तत्र॑ गच्छ॒ यत्र॒ पूर्वे॒ परे॑ताः

Transliteration

trīn samudrā́n sam asṛpat svargā́n apā́m patír vṛṣabhá iṣṭakānām | purī́ṣaṃ vásānaḥ sukṛtásya loké tátra gaccha yátra pū́rve párētāḥ

Translation

അവൻ മൂന്നു സമുദ്രങ്ങളെ ഒന്നാക്കി ഒഴുകി സ്വർഗ്ഗലോകങ്ങളിലേക്കു പ്രവഹിച്ചു—അപാം പതി, ഇഷ്ടകകളുടെ വൃഷഭൻ. പൂരീഷം (പൂരിപ്പുമണ്ണ്) ധരിച്ച്, സുകൃതന്റെ ലോകത്തിൽ—അവിടെ പോകുക; മുമ്പേ പരലോകം പ്രാപിച്ച പിതൃകൾ പോയിടത്തേക്ക്.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

त्रीन् । समु॒द्रान् । सम् । असृपत् । स्व॒र्गान् । अ॒पाम् । पतिः । वृष॒भः । इष्ट॑कानाम् । पुरी॑षम् । वसा॑नः । सु॒कृ॒तस्य॑ । लो॒के । तत्र॑ । गच्छ । यत्र॑ । पूर्वे॑ । परे॑ताः

Word by Word

त्रीन्three

समुद्रान्oceans

सम्together/fully

असृपत्crept/advanced

स्वर्गान्heavens

अपाम्of the waters

पतिःlord

वृषभःbull (the mighty one)

इष्टकानाम्of the bricks

पुरीषम्filling/packing (earth, mortar)

वसानःwearing/putting on

सुकृतस्यof the well-done (merit/good deed)

लोकेin the world

तत्रthere

गच्छgo

यत्रwhere

पूर्वेthe former ones

परेताःdeparted (gone beyond)

Entities Mentioned

Agni (as Apāṃ pati)

Apas (Waters)

Pitṛs (the Former/Ancestors)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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