Adhyaya 8 Mantra 14 - Shukla Yajurveda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Mantra 14

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (not explicitly stated in the excerpt)

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ (primary); ancillary: auspicious mind/wholeness

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (to be verified against pada-count in a metrical pass)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सं वर्च॑सा॒ पय॑सा॒ सं त॒नूभि॒रग॑न्महि॒ मन॑सा॒ सᳪ शि॒वेन॑ । त्वष्टा॑ सु॒दत्रो॒ वि द॑धातु॒ रायोऽनु॑मार्ष्टु त॒न्वो यद्विलि॑ष्टम्

Transliteration

sáṃ várcasā páyasā sáṃ tanū́bhir ágannmahi mánasā sáṃ śivéna | tváṣṭā sudátro ví dadhātu rā́yo ’nú mārṣṭu tanvò yád vilíṣṭam

Translation

सं वर्चसा पयसा सं तनूभिरगन्महि मनसा सं शिवेन। त्वष्टा सुदत्रो विदधातु रायोऽनुमार्ष्टु तन्वो यद्विलिष्टम्।

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सम् । वर्चसा । पयसा । सम् । तनूभिः । अगन्महि । मनसा । सम् । शिवेन । त्वष्टा । सु-दत्रः । वि । दधातु । रायः । अनु । मार्ष्टु । तन्वः । यत् । विलिष्टम्

Word by Word

सम्together, completely

वर्चसाwith lustre, with brilliance

पयसाwith milk, with sap

सम्together, completely

तनूभिःwith (our) bodies

अगन्महिwe went / we have come

मनसाwith mind

सम्together, completely

शिवेनwith auspiciousness / with the auspicious (one)

त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)

सुदत्रःthe good-giver, bountiful

विapart, forth, distinctly

दधातुmay he place / bestow

रायःof wealth, of riches

अनुafter, along; in accordance

मार्ष्टुmay he wipe off / cleanse

तन्वःof the body (of ours)

यत्whatever (that which)

विलिष्टम्smeared on, stuck on, defiled

Entities Mentioned

Tvaṣṭṛ

Śiva Manas (Auspicious Mind)

Vārcas (Lustre)

Payas (Milk/Nourishment)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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