Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यजुर्भियत्र्तरिधा वेद्यं जुद्धत्यध्वर्यवो5ध्वरे । सामभिर्य॑ च गायन्ति सामगा: शुद्धबुद्धयः

Transliteration

yajurbhir yatra tridhā vedyam śuddhyaty adhvaryavo 'dhvare | sāmabhir ya ca gāyanti sāmagāḥ śuddha-buddhayaḥ ||

Translation

वायुरुवाच—यजुर्भिस्तत्र त्रिधा वेद्यं शुद्ध्यत्यध्वर्यवोऽध्वरे। सामभिश्चैव गायन्ति सामगा: शुद्धबुद्धयः॥

Word by Word

यजुर्भिःwith Yajus (Yajurvedic) mantras

यत्रwhere

त्रिधाin three ways / threefold

वेद्यम्the altar / sacrificial ground (vedi)

शुद्ध्यतिis purified / becomes pure

अध्वर्यवःthe Adhvaryu priests

अध्वरेin the sacrifice

सामभिःwith Sāman chants

येwho

चand

गायन्तिsing / chant

सामगाःSāmaga singers (Sāmavedic chanters)

शुद्धबुद्धयःof pure understanding / pure-minded

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

य

यजुर्वेद (Yajurveda)

स

सामवेद (Sāmaveda)

अ

अध्वर्यु (Adhvaryu priests)

स

सामग (Sāma-chanters)

व

वेदी (sacrificial altar/vedi)

अ

अध्वर (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links outer ritual purity with inner purity: the sacrifice is properly established when the altar is ritually purified through Yajus-formulas and when Sāma-hymns are sung by chanters whose minds are themselves purified. Correct performance (karma) and purified intention/understanding (buddhi) together uphold dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes the functioning of a Vedic sacrifice: Adhvaryu priests employ Yajurveda formulas to purify and prepare the altar in a threefold manner, while Sāmaveda chanters sing the Sāman melodies. The description emphasizes the coordinated roles of different Vedic specialists and the sanctity of the rite.