Adhyaya 23 Mantra 61 - Shukla Yajurveda | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Mantra 61

Rishi: Śukla YV transmission (Yājñavalkya-associated)

Devata: Prajāpati / Vāc / cosmic order (implicit), with ‘Horse’ as solar-ritual symbol

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (interrogative litany)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पृ॒च्छामि॑ त्वा॒ पर॒मन्तं॑ पृथि॒व्याः पृ॒च्छामि॒ यत्र॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ नाभि॑: । पृ॒च्छामि॑ त्वा॒ वृष्णो॒ अश्व॑स्य॒ रेत॑: पृ॒च्छामि॑ वा॒चः प॑र॒मं व्यो॑म

Transliteration

pṛcchā́mi tvā parámántaṃ pṛthivyā́ḥ pṛcchā́mi yátra bhúvanasya nā́bhiḥ | pṛcchā́mi tvā vṛ́ṣṇo áśvasya rétaḥ pṛcchā́mi vā́caḥ parámáṃ vyòma ||

Translation

ഞാൻ നിന്നോടു ഭൂമിയുടെ പരമ അറ്റത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ചോദിക്കുന്നു; ലോകത്തിന്റെ നാഭി (കേന്ദ്രം) എവിടെയാണെന്ന് ചോദിക്കുന്നു. വൃഷണ (വീര്യവാൻ) അശ്വത്തിന്റെ രേതഃ (ബീജം/വീര്യം) സംബന്ധിച്ച് നിന്നോടു ചോദിക്കുന്നു; വാചഃ (വാണി)യുടെ പരമ വ്യോമം—അവളുടെ ഉന്നതമായ ആകാശം—സംബന്ധിച്ചും ചോദിക്കുന്നു.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

पृच्छामि । त्वा । परम्-अन्तम् । पृथिव्याः । पृच्छामि । यत्र । भुवनस्य । नाभिः । पृच्छामि । त्वा । वृष्णः । अश्वस्य । रेतः । पृच्छामि । वाचः । परम् । व्योम

Word by Word

पृच्छामिI ask / I inquire

त्वाyou (as object)

परमम्the highest / farthest

अन्तम्end, limit

पृथिव्याःof the earth

पृच्छामिI ask

यत्रwhere

भुवनस्यof the world / of existence

नाभिःnavel; hub/center

पृच्छामिI ask

त्वाyou

वृष्णःof the bull / of the virile one

अश्वस्यof the horse

रेतःseed, semen

पृच्छामिI ask

वाचःof speech

परमम्highest

व्योमsky, firmament, space

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Vāc

Aśva (solar/ritual horse)

Ṛ

Ṛta / Cosmic Order

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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