Adhyaya 4 Mantra 23 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 23

Rishi: Traditional attribution within Vājasaneyin transmission (often treated as Yājñavalkya-lineage for VS mantras)

Devata: Devī (contextual feminine divinity; often construed as Śrī/Vāc or the rite’s auspicious power depending on application)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus-formula (not a strict ṛgvedic meter)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सम॑ख्ये दे॒व्या धि॒या सं दक्षि॑णयो॒रुच॑क्षसा । मा म॒ आयु॒: प्रमो॑षी॒र्मो अ॒हं तव॑ । वी॒रं वि॑देय॒ तव॑ देवि सं॒दृशि॑

Transliteration

sām·akhye devyā dhiyā saṃ dakṣiṇayor rucákṣasā | mā me āyúḥ pramóṣīr mo áhaṃ táva | vīráṃ vidéya táva devi saṃdṛ́śi

Translation

देव्याः धिया समाख्ये, दक्षिणयोः उचक्षसा सह। मा मे आयुः प्रमोषीः, मा च अहं तव (वियुज्ये)। देवि, संदृशि तव वीरं विदेय।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सम्-अख्ये । दे॒व्या । धि॒या । सम् । दक्षि॑णयोः । रुच॑क्षसा । मा । मे । आयुः । प्र-मो॑षीः । मा । उ । अहम् । तव । वी॒रम् । वि॒देय । तव । देवि । सम्-दृशि॑

Word by Word

समाख्येI utter/recite (together, duly)

देव्याःof the goddess

धियाwith (sacred) thought/insight

संtogether, completely

दक्षिणयोःof the two Dakṣiṇās / of the two right-sides

उरुचक्षसाwith wide-seeing vision

माdo not

मेmy / to me

आयुःlife, lifespan

प्रमोषीःdo not steal away / do not take away

माdo not

अहम्I

तवof you / your

वीरम्a hero, a strong son/offspring

विदेयmay I obtain/find

तवof you / your

देविO goddess

संदृशिin (your) presence / in the sight (of you)

Entities Mentioned

Devī

Dakṣiṇā (as principle of the right-hand/auspicious share)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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