Adhyaya 6 Mantra 7 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Mantra 7

Rishi: Śukla Yajurveda ritual tradition (yajus-formula complex; specific ṛṣi attribution varies)

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ (with divine viś as attendants/carriers)

Chandas: Yajus (prose-formula with mixed cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒पा॒वीर॒स्युप॑ दे॒वान्दैवी॒र्विश॒: प्रागु॑रु॒शिजो॒ वह्नि॑तमान् । देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्वसु॑ रम ह॒व्या ते॑ स्वदन्ताम्

Transliteration

upāvī́rasya úpa devā́n daivī́r víśaḥ prā́g uruśíjo váhnitamān | déva tvaṣṭar vásu rama havyā́ te svadantām

Translation

उपावीरस्य दैवीर्विशः प्राग् देवान् उप यन्तु—उरुशिजो वह्नितमान्। देव त्वष्टर्वसो रम; हव्याः ते स्वदन्ताम्।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उ॒पा॒-वीर॑स्य । उप॑ । दे॒वान् । दैवीः॑ । विशः॑ । प्राक् । उ॒रु॒शिजः॑ । वह्नि॑-तमान् । देव॑ । त्वष्टः॑ । वसु॑ । र॒म॒ । ह॒व्या । ते॒ । स्व॒द॒न्ताम्

Word by Word

उपnear; towards

अवीरस्यof the unheroic / of one without heroes

उपnear; towards

देवान्the gods

दैवीःdivine

विशःthe clans/peoples

प्राक्forward; in front; eastward

उरुशिजःthe broad-conquering (Urushij) ones (a class of beings/attendants)

वह्नितमान्the most bearing/most conveying (i.e., best carriers)

देवO god

त्वष्टःO Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)

वसुO Vasu (good one/wealth-giver)

रमrejoice; take delight

हव्यानिthe oblations

ते

स्वदन्ताम्let them be sweet/pleasing; let them taste well

Entities Mentioned

Tvaṣṭṛ

Agni (implied as vahnitama, ‘best bearer’)

Daivī Viś (divine ‘peoples’/hosts)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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