Verse 18
Ishavasya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान्। युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नमउक्तिं विधेम॥१८॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अग्ने । नय । सु-पथा । राये । अस्मान् । विश्वानि । देव । वयुनानि । विद्वान् । युयोधि । अस्मत् । जुहुराणम् । एनः । भूयिष्ठाम् । ते । नमः-उक्तिम् । विधेम ।
IAST Transliteration
agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te nama-uktiṃ vidhema ||18||
Translation
ਹੇ ਅਗਨੀ, ਸਭ ਰਾਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇਵ, ਸਾਨੂੰ ਧਨ-ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਵੱਲ ਸੁਪਥ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਲੈ ਚਲ। ਭਟਕਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪਾਪ ਸਾਡੇ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਰ ਕਰ। ਤੈਨੂੰ ਅਸੀਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਚੁਰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ-ਵਚਨ ਅਰਪਿਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ।
Academic Translation
O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity, O god, knowing all the ways. Remove from us the sin that leads us astray. To you we would offer the most abundant utterance of homage.
Verse Context
Grace and guidance toward mokṣa; purification from pāpa/avidyā; ‘supathā’ as the right path (dharma/jñāna)Mahavakya: Indirect: prayer for purification and right guidance that prepares the seeker for mahāvākya-realization; not itself a mahāvākya.YajurŚukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions ShakhaChandas: Triṣṭubh (common Vedic hymn meter; approximated in this mantra’s cadence)