Adhyaya 7 Mantra 18 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Mantra 18

Rishi: Vājasaneyin ritual tradition.

Devata: Manthi/Manthin (as ritual power), with prosperity/progeny orientation.

Chandas: Mixed: imperative yajus with triṣṭubh-like cadence.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सु॒प्र॒जाः प्र॒जाः प्र॑ज॒नय॒न् परी॑ह्य॒भि रा॒यस्पोषे॑ण॒ यज॑मानम् । स॒ञ्ज॒ग्मा॒नो दि॒वा पृ॑थि॒व्या म॒न्थी म॒न्थिशो॑चिषा निर॑स्तो॒ मर्को॑ म॒न्थिनो॑ऽधि॒ष्ठान॑मसि

Transliteration

suprájāḥ prajā́ḥ prajanáyan párīhy abhí rāyáspoṣeṇa yájamānam | sañjagmā́no divā́ pṛthivyā́ manthī́ manthiśóciṣā nírasto márko manthíno'dʰiṣṭʰā́nam asi

Translation

सुप्रजाः प्रजाः प्रजनयन् परीह्यभि रायस्पोषेण यजमानम्। सञ्जग्मानो दिवा पृथिव्या मन्थी मन्थिशोचिषा निरस्तो मर्को मन्थिनोऽधिष्ठानमसि॥

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सु॒-प्र॒जाः । प्र॒जाः । प्र॒ज॒नय॒न् । परी॑हि । अ॒भि । रा॒यः-पोषे॑ण । यज॑मानम् । स॒ञ्ज॒ग्मा॒नः । दि॒वा । पृ॑थि॒व्या । म॒न्थी । म॒न्थि-शो॑चिषा । निर॑स्तः । मर्कः॑ । म॒न्थिनः॑ । अ॒धि॒ष्ठान॑म् । अ॒सि॒

Word by Word

सु-प्रजाःhaving good offspring

प्रजाःoffspring, progeny

प्रजनयन्begetting, generating

परीहिgo around, encompass

अभिtowards, over

रायस्of wealth

पोषेणwith nourishment, increase

यजमानम्the sacrificer

सञ्जग्मानःhaving come together, having approached

दिवाby day; from heaven

पृथिव्याःof the earth

मन्थीthe churning-stick; churner

मन्थि-शोचिषाwith the flame/heat of the churning-stick

निरस्तःcast out, driven away

मर्कःthe pest/demon ‘Marka’ (harmful being)

मन्थिनःof the churning-stick

अधिष्ठानम्support, base, seat

असिyou are

Entities Mentioned

Manthi/Manthin

Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)

Prajā (Progeny as a divine aim)

Rāyas-Poṣa (Increase of wealth/nourishment)

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