Mantra 35

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (general)

Devata: Sūrya (as Mitra-Varuṇa’s cakṣus; ṛta-personified)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (with yajus flexibility)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ चक्ष॑से म॒हो दे॒वाय॒ तदृ॒तᳪ स॑पर्यत । दू॑रे॒दृशे॑ दे॒वजा॑ताय के॒तवे॑ दि॒वस्पु॒त्राय॒ सूर्या॑य शᳪसत

Transliteration

námo mi·trásya váruṇasya cákṣase ma·hó de·vā́ya tád ṛ·táṃ sa·paryata | dū·ré·dṛśe de·vá·jātāya ke·táve di·váspu·trāya sū́ryāya śaṃsata

Translation

മിത്ര-വരുണന്മാരുടെ ചക്ഷുസ്സിന് (നേത്രത്തിന്) നമസ്കാരം; മഹാദേവനായ ഋതത്തെ സേവിക്കുവിൻ. ദൂരദർശിയായ, ദേവജനിതമായ ധ്വജരൂപ കേതുവിനെ—ദിവസ്പുത്രനായ സൂര്യനെ—സ്തുതിക്കുവിൻ.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः॑ । मि॒त्रस्य॑ । वरु॑णस्य । चक्ष॑से । म॒हः । दे॒वाय॑ । तत् । ऋ॒तम् । स॒प॒र्य॒त॒ । दू॒रे॒-दृशे॑ । दे॒व-जा॑ताय । के॒तवे॑ । दि॒वः-पु॒त्राय॑ । सूर्या॑य । श॒ᳪस॒त॒ ।

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

मित्रस्यof Mitra

वरुणस्यof Varuṇa

चक्षसेto the eye (seer/power of sight)

महोgreat

देवायto the god

तत्that

ऋतम्ṛta, cosmic order / truth

सपर्यतworship (you should serve/honour)

दूरेदृशेto the far-seeing one

देवजातायto the god-born (divinely born)

केतवेto the banner/sign; to the radiant mark (ray)

दिवःof heaven

पुत्रायto the son

सूर्यायto Sūrya

शंसतpraise / proclaim

Entities Mentioned

Sūrya

Mitra

Varuṇa

Ṛ

Ṛta (personified)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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