Adhyaya 12 Mantra 68 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 12, Mantra 68

Rishi: Traditionally associated with agrarian/prosperity mantras in the Vājasaneyin corpus; specific ṛṣi ascription is not uniform across anukramaṇīs for this cluster.

Devata: Sītā (Furrow/Field) and the productive powers implicit in Vāc and Śruṣṭi.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-length typical of this series).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यु॒नक्त॒ सीरा॒ वि यु॒गा त॑नुध्वं कृ॒ते योनौ॑ वपते॒ह बीज॑म् । गि॒रा च॑ श्रु॒ष्टिः सभ॑रा॒ अस॑न्नो॒ नेदी॑य॒ इत्सृ॒ण्य॒: प॒क्वमेया॑त्

Transliteration

yūnákta sī́rā ví yugā́ tanudhvaṃ kṛté yónau vápatehá bī́jam | girā́ ca śruṣṭíḥ sabharā́ ásanno nédīya ítsṛṇyáḥ pakvám eyāt

Translation

உழவுக் கலங்களை (சீரா) இணைக்குங்கள்; நுகங்களைப் பிரித்து விரியச் செய்யுங்கள்; நன்கு தயாரான யோனி (வயல்) யில் இங்கே விதையை விதையுங்கள். புனித வாக்கும் கீழ்ப்படியும் அருளும் உடன் நமக்கு வளம் உண்டாக; அரிவாள் அருகே வருக; பழுத்த அறுவடை நெருங்குக.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

युनक्त । सीरा । वि । युगा । तनुध्वम् । कृते । योनौ । वपते । इह । बीजम् । गिरा । च । श्रुष्टिः । सभराः । असन् । नः । नेदीयः । इत् । सृण्यः । पक्वम् । एयात्

Word by Word

युनक्त(he) yokes / harnesses

सीराःploughs

विapart, asunder

युगाःyokes

तनुध्वम्stretch out / extend (you all)

कृतेin the prepared (field)

योनौin the womb; in the furrow/bed

वपतेsows

इहhere

बीजम्seed

गिराwith voice; by speech

चand

श्रुष्टिःobedience; attentive hearing

सभराःbearing well; well-provided

असन्were

नःfor us / of us

नेदीयःnearer; very near

इत्indeed, just

सृण्यःsickle / reaping-knife

पक्वम्ripe

एयात्may it come / may it reach

Entities Mentioned

Sītā

Vāc

Śruṣṭi (Śruṣṭī)

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