Adhyaya 11 Mantra 26 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 11, Mantra 26

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Vājasaneyin transmission to the ritual lineage (often left unspecified in Śukla-Yajur ritual mantras).

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by RV-parallel cadence; used here as a yajus-mantra in prose-ritual setting)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि॑ त्वाऽग्ने॒ पुरं॑ व॒यं विप्र॑ᳪ सहस्य धीमहि । धृ॒षद्व॑र्णं दि॒वे-दि॑वे ह॒न्तारं॑ भङ्गु॒राव॑ताम्

Transliteration

pári tvā’gne púraṃ vayáṃ vípraṃ sahasya dhīmahi | dhṛṣád-varṇaṃ divé-dive hantā́raṃ bhaṅgurā́vatām ||

Translation

அக்னியே! உம்மைச் சுற்றிலும் ஒரு கோட்டையாகக் கொண்டு, நாங்கள் விப்ரர்கள் உம்மை—அந்த வல்லவனை—தியானிக்கிறோம். தினந்தோறும் துணிவுத் திகழ்வுடைய ஒளியுடன், நொய்மையானவற்றை நசைக்கும் ஹந்தாவாகிய உம்மை நாம் போற்றுகிறோம்.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

परि । त्वा । अग्ने । पुरम् । वयम् । विप्रम् । सहस्य । धीमहि । धृषत्-वर्णम् । दिवे-दिवे । हन्तारम् । भङ्गुर-अवताम् ।

Word by Word

परिaround, all around

त्वाyou (acc. sg.)

अग्नेO Agni

पुरम्fortress, stronghold

वयम्we

विप्रम्sage, inspired priest

सहस्यof might/strength

धीमहिwe place/establish; we meditate (set our thought)

धृषद्वर्णम्of bold/ardent color; shining fiercely

दिवेfor the day; for heaven

दिवेday by day

हन्तारम्slayer, destroyer

भङ्गुरावताम्of the breakable/fragile ones; of those who are to be shattered

Entities Mentioned

Agni

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