Mantra 2

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (not explicit)

Devata: Puruṣa (cosmic Person), with lightning as generative image

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (approximate; requires full pada-count verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सर्वे॑ निमे॒षा ज॑ज्ञिरे वि॒द्युत॒: पुरु॑षा॒दधि॑ । नै॑नमू॒र्ध्वं न ति॒र्यञ्चं॒ न मध्ये॒ परि॑ जग्रभत्

Transliteration

sárve nimeṣā́ jajñire vidyútaḥ púruṣād ádhi | náinam ūrdhvám ná tiryáñcaṃ ná madhyé pári jagrabhāt

Translation

Segala sekelip (nimeṣa) lahir daripada kilat (vidyut), daripada Puruṣa. Tiada sesiapa melingkupi-Nya—tidak di atas, tidak melintang, tidak juga di tengah—untuk menangkap-Nya dari segala sisi.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सर्वे । निमेषाः । जज्ञिरे । विद्युतः । पुरुषात् । अधि । न । एनम् । ऊर्ध्वम् । न । तिर्यञ्चम् । न । मध्ये । परि । जग्रभत्

Word by Word

सर्वेall

निमेषाःwinkings; instants

जज्ञिरेwere born; arose

विद्युतःlightnings

पुरुषात्from the Puruṣa

अधिupon; from (as governing the ablative here)

नnot

एनम्him

ऊर्ध्वम्upwards

नnor

तिर्यञ्चम्sideways; across

नnor

मध्येin the middle

परिaround; completely

जग्रभत्seized; grasped

Entities Mentioned

Puruṣa

Vidyut (Lightning)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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