Adhyaya 4 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | Punjabi | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 4, Mantra 28

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Agni/Varuṇa hymn-complex transmission; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anuvāka indexing.

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Mixed; prose-like yajus with mantra cadence (not a strict ṛgvedic meter).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि॑ माग्ने॒ दुश्च॑रिताद्बाध॒स्वा मा॒ सुच॑रिते भज । उदायु॑षा स्वा॒युषोद॑स्थाम॒मृताँ॒२ अनु॑

Transliteration

pári māgne dúścaritādbādhasvā́ mā́ súcarite bhaja | udā́yuṣā svā́yuṣódasthām amṛ́tāṁ̐² ánu ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਅਗਨੀ, ਮੈਨੂੰ ਚੌਹੀਂ ਪਾਸੀਂ ਘੇਰ ਕੇ ਰੱਖ; ਦੁਸ਼ਚਰਿਤ (ਕੁਕਰਮ/ਕੁਵਰਤਨ) ਤੋਂ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਹਟਾ; ਸੁਚਰਿਤ (ਸਦਾਚਾਰ) ਵਿੱਚ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਭਾਗੀ/ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕਰ। ਉੱਚੇ ਆਯੁਸ਼ ਨਾਲ, ਮੇਰੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਆਯੁਸ਼ ਨਾਲ, ਅਸੀਂ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤਾਂ (ਅਮਰਾਂ) ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਉੱਠ ਖੜੇ ਹੋਈਏ/ਉਤਥਾਨ ਪਾਈਏ।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

परि । मा । अग्ने । दुः-चरितात् । बाधस्व । मा । सु-चरिते । भज । उत्-आयुषा । सु-आयुषा । उद्-स्थाम् । अमृतान् । अनु ।

Word by Word

परिaround; completely

माnot

अग्नेO Agni

दुश्चरितात्from evil conduct

बाधस्वdrive away; repel

माnot

सुचरितेin good conduct

भजpartake (of); assign (me)

उद्up; forth

आयुषाwith life(-force); by lifetime

स्वायुषाwith one’s own life

उदस्थामwe have risen up; we have stood forth

अमृतान्the immortals; immortal ones

अनुafter; following

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Amṛtāḥ (the Immortals/Devas)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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