Adhyaya 17 Mantra 66 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 17, Mantra 66

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (ṛc-style), though embedded in Yajus liturgy

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्राची॒मनु॑ प्र॒दिशं॒ प्रेहि॑ वि॒द्वान॒ग्नेर॑ग्ने पुरो अ॑ग्निर्भवे॒ह । विश्वा॒ आशा॒ दीद्या॑नो॒ वि भा॒ह्यूर्जं॑ नो धेहि द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे

Transliteration

prācī́m ánu pradíśaṁ préhi vidvā́n agnér agne puro agnír bhavehá | víśvā ā́śā dī́dyāno ví bhā́hī́ ūrjáṁ no dhehi dvipáde catúṣpade

Translation

கிழக்கு திசையைத் தொடர்ந்து, அறிந்த அக்னியே, முன்னே செல்; அக்னியே, இங்கே முன்னணியில் செல்லும் அக்னியாக இரு. எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் ஒளிர்ந்து பிரகாசி; எங்களுக்கு—இருகாலரும் நால்காலரும்—போஷணமும் ஊர்ஜமும் அருள்வாயாக/நிறுவுவாயாக.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

प्राची॑म् । अनु॑ । प्र॒दिश॑म् । प्रेहि॑ । वि॒द्वान् । अ॒ग्नेः । अ॒ग्ने । पु॒रः । अ॒ग्निः । भ॒वे॒ह । विश्वाः॑ । आशाः॑ । दीद्या॑नः । वि । भाः॑ । हि । ऊर्ज॑म् । नः॒ । धे॒हि । द्वि॒पदे॑ । चतु॑ष्पदे

Word by Word

प्राचीम्eastward (direction), to the east

अनुalong, after, following

प्रदिशम्the (fore-)direction, quarter

प्रेहिgo forth! proceed!

विद्वान्knowing, wise

अग्नेO Agni

पुरःin front, before

अग्निःAgni

भवbe! become!

इहhere

विश्वाःall

आशाःdirections, quarters

दीद्यानःshining, blazing

विapart, widely, in all directions

भाहिshine forth! illuminate!

ऊर्जम्strength, nourishment

नःof us / for us

धेहिplace, bestow

द्विपदेin/for the two-footed (humans)

चतुष्पदेin/for the four-footed (cattle)

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Agni

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