Adhyaya 16 Mantra 51 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 16, Mantra 51

Rishi: Rudra-hymnic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Rudra (invited as śiva, disarmed).

Chandas: Yajus with metrical cadence; often treated as yajus in Śrauta recitation.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मीढु॑ष्टम॒ शिव॑तम शि॒वो न॑: सु॒मना॑ भव । प॒र॒मे वृ॒क्ष आयु॑धं नि॒धाय॒ कृत्तिं॒ वसा॑न॒ आ च॑र॒ पिना॑कं॒ बिभ्र॒दा ग॑हि

Transliteration

mī́ḍhuṣṭama śívatama śivó naḥ sumánā bhava | paramé vṛkṣá ā́yudhaṃ nidhā́ya kṛ́ttiṃ vásāna ā́ cara pinā́kaṃ bíbhrad ā́ gahi ||

Translation

मीढुष्टम शिवतम शिवो नः सुमना भव। परमे वृक्ष आयुधं निधाय कृत्तिं वसान आ चर पिनाकं बिभ्रद् आ गहि।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

मीढु॑ष्टम । शिव॑तम । शि॒वः । नः । सु॒मना॑ः । भव । प॒र॒मे । वृ॒क्षे । आयु॑धम् । नि॒धाय॑ । कृत्तिम् । वसा॑नः । आ । चर । पिना॑कम् । बिभ्र॒त् । आ । ग॒हि ।

Word by Word

मीढुःतमO most bountiful (one)

शिवतमO most auspicious

शिवःauspicious

नःfor us / our

सुमनाःkind-minded, benevolent

भवbe (become)

परमेin the highest

वृक्षेin/on the tree

आयुधम्weapon

निधायhaving placed (down)

कृत्तिम्skin, hide

वसानःwearing

आtowards, hither

चरmove, come, proceed

पिनाकम्the Pināka (bow)

बिभ्रत्bearing, carrying

आhither

गहिcome

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Śiva)

Pināka (Rudra’s bow)

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