Adhyaya 23 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Mantra 28

Rishi: Śukla-Yajurvedic tradition

Devata: Prajāpati / Paśu (victim as divine body), with prāṇa-bandhu

Chandas: Yajus; irregular

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यद॑स्या अᳪहु॒भेद्या॑: कृ॒धु स्थू॒लमु॒पात॑सत् । मु॒ष्काविद॑स्या एजतो गोश॒फे श॑कु॒लावि॑व

Transliteration

yád asyā́ aṃhú-bhedyāḥ kṛdhú sthū́lam upā́tasat | múṣkāv íd asyā́ ejató gośaphé śakulā́v iva

Translation

यदस्या अंहुभेद्याः कृधु स्थूलमुपातसत् । मुष्काविदस्या एजतो गोशफे शकुलाविव ॥

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यद्॑ । अ॒स्या॒ः । अ॒म्॒हु॒-भेद्या॑ः । कृ॒धु । स्थू॒लम् । उ॒प-आत॑सत् । मु॒ष्कौ । इत् । अ॒स्या॒ः । ए॒ज॒तः॒ । गो॒-श॒फे । श॒कु॒लौ । इ॒व॒

Word by Word

यत्which/that

अस्याःof her

अंहुभेद्याः(of her) that is ‘to be split/cleft at the aṃhu’ (i.e., at the narrow/weak part)

कृधुmake / do

स्थूलम्thick, stout

उपnear, towards

आतसत्struck / smote

मुष्कौthe testicles

अविदत्found / obtained

अस्याःof her

एजतःof the moving/trembling one

गोशफेin/at the cow’s hoof

शकुलौtwo birds (sparrows/birds)

इवlike, as

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Paśu (the victim as divine body)

Prāṇa (as bandhu/inner correlate)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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