Adhyaya 17 Mantra 64 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 17, Mantra 64

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition

Devata: Indrāgnī; also ‘Devāḥ’ and ‘Brahman’ as operative power

Chandas: Yajus/prose formula

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒द्ग्रा॒भं च॑ निग्रा॒भं च॒ ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा अ॑वीवृधन् । अधा॑ स॒पत्ना॑निन्द्रा॒ग्नी मे॑ विषू॒चीना॒न्व्य॒स्यताम्

Transliteration

udgrā́bhaṁ ca nigrā́bhaṁ ca bráhma devā́ avīvṛdhan | ádhā sapatnā́n indrāgnī́ me viṣūcī́nān vyasyatām

Translation

தேவர்கள் பிரஹ்மம் (புனித ஆற்றல்) — உத்க்ராபமும் நிக்ராபமும் இரண்டையும் — வளர்த்தனர். அதன் பின் இந்திரனும் அக்னியும் என் பகைவர்களைப் பல திசைகளில் சிதறடித்து, பிரித்தெறியட்டும்.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उ॒द्ग्रा॒भम् । च॒ । नि॒ग्रा॒भम् । च॒ । ब्रह्म॑ । दे॒वाः । अ॒वी॒वृ॒धन् । अधा॑ । स॒पत्ना॑न् । इन्द्रा॒ग्नी । मे॒ । वि॒षू॒चीना॑न् । वि । अ॒स्य॒ताम्

Word by Word

उद्ग्राभम्the uplifting/raising (act/means)

चand

निग्राभम्the holding-down/pressing (act/means)

चand

ब्रह्मthe sacred utterance/prayer (brahman)

देवाःthe gods

अवीवृधन्they increased / caused to grow

अधाthen, thereafter

सपत्नान्rivals, enemies

इन्द्राग्नीO Indra and Agni

मेmy / for me

विषूचीनान्turned aside, divergent, separated

व्यस्यताम्cast (them) away / scatter (them)

Entities Mentioned

Brahman

Devāḥ (the Gods)

Indra

Agni

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