Mantra 24
Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla-Yajurveda school attribution)
Devata: Yajña as ordered liturgy (implicit); Soma-rite framework
Chandas: Yajus (formulaic, largely non-metrical)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ श्रा॑व॒येति॑ स्तो॒त्रिया॑: प्रत्याश्रा॒वो अनु॑रूपः । यजेति॑ धाय्यारू॒पं प्र॑गा॒था ये॑यजाम॒हाः
Transliteration
ā́ śrāvayéti stotríyāḥ pratyāśrā́vo ánurūpaḥ | yájéti dhāyyārū́paṃ pragāthā́ yé yajāmáhāḥ ||
Translation
‘ആ ശ്രാവയേതി’—ഇത് സ്തോത്രിയത്തിന്റേതാണ്; പ്രത്യാശ്രാവം അനുരൂപമാണ്. ‘യജേതി’—ഇത് ധായ്യാ-രൂപമാണ്; പ്രഗാഥങ്ങൾ ഞങ്ങൾ യജ്ഞം നിർവഹിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ളവയാണ്.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । श्रा॑व॒य॒ इति॑ । स्तो॒त्रिया॑ः । प्रत्य॒-आ॒श्रावः॑ । अनु॑रूपः । यज॑ इति॑ । धाय्य॑-आ॒रू॒पम् । प्र॑गा॒थाः । ये॑ । य॒जा॒म॒हाः ।
Word by Word
आtowards; forth (prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
श्रावयmake (him/them) hear; announce
श्रावय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
स्तोत्रियाःthe Stotriya-priests (chanters)
स्तोत्रियाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रत्याश्रावःthe counter-response (reply-call)
प्रत्याश्रावः:
Kartā/भेदेन विधेयः
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्याश्राव (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुरूपःcorresponding; appropriate
अनुरूपः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
यजsacrifice; worship
यज:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
धाय्याthe ‘dhāyyā’ (a chant/recitative-form)
धाय्या:
Kartā/विधेयः
TypeNoun
Rootधाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
रूपम्form; shape
रूपम्:
Karma (if taken as ‘has the form’)/—
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रगाथाःthe prāgātha-verses (paired stanzas)
प्रगाथाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रगाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
येwhich; who
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यजामहाःwe have sacrificed / we perform worship
यजामहाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
Entities Mentioned
Y
Yajña (ordered sacrifice/liturgy)S
Soma (Soma-rite framework)V
Vāc (Sacred Speech)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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