Adhyaya 31 Mantra 18 - Shukla Yajurveda | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Mantra 18

Rishi: As above: Puruṣa-corpus attribution; often treated as śruti of primordial scope.

Devata: Puruṣa (cosmic Person), with solar (Āditya) radiance as predicate.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वेदा॒हमे॒तं पुरु॑षं म॒हान्त॑मादि॒त्यव॑र्णं॒ तम॑सः प॒रस्ता॑त् । तमे॒व वि॑दि॒त्वाति॑ मृ॒त्युमे॑ति॒ नान्यः पन्था॑ विद्य॒तेऽय॑नाय

Transliteration

vedá̄ham etám púruṣaṃ mahā́ntam ādityávarṇaṃ támasaḥ parástāt | tám evá viditvā́ti mṛtyúm eti ná̄nyaḥ pánthā vidyaté’yanāya

Translation

ഞാൻ ആ മഹാപുരുഷനെ അറിയുന്നു—ആദിത്യവർണ്ണനായ, തമസ്സിന് അപ്പുറമുള്ളവനെ. അവനെ മാത്രം അറിഞ്ഞാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ മരണത്തെ അതിക്രമിക്കുന്നു; അവിടേക്ക് പോകാൻ മറ്റൊരു മാർഗം ഇല്ല.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वेदा॒ । अ॒हम् । ए॒तम् । पुरु॑षम् । म॒हान्त॑म् । आ॒दि॒त्य-व॑र्णम् । तम॑सः । प॒रस्ता॑त् । तम् । ए॒व । वि॒दि॒त्वा । अति॑ । मृ॒त्युम् । ए॒ति । न । अ॒न्यः । पन्था॑ः । वि॒द्य॒ते । अ॒य॒नाय

Word by Word

वेदI know

अहम्I

एतम्this

पुरुषम्Person (Puruṣa)

महान्तम्great

आदित्यवर्णम्having the lustre of the Sun

तमसःfrom darkness

परस्तात्beyond, on the farther side

तम्him

एवindeed, only

विदित्वाhaving known

अतिbeyond, over

मृत्युम्death

एतिgoes, passes

नnot

अन्यःanother

पन्थाःpath

विद्यतेexists, is found

अयनायfor going/attainment (as the goal)

Entities Mentioned

Puruṣa (Mahān)

Āditya / Sūrya (as predicate of radiance)

Mṛtyu (Death)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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