Adhyaya 19 Mantra 69 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 19, Mantra 69

Rishi: Pitṛ-tradition (not uniquely fixed in VS)

Devata: Agni (as Pitṛ-vāhana) and Pitaraḥ (implicit recipients)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अधा॒ यथा॑ नः पि॒तर॒: परा॑सः प्र॒त्नासो॑ अग्न ऋ॒तमा॑शुषा॒णाः । शुचीद॑य॒न् दीधि॑तिमुक्थ॒शास॒: क्षामा॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अरु॒णीरप॑ व्रन्

Transliteration

adhā́ yáthā naḥ pitáraḥ párāsaḥ pratnā́so agne ṛtám āśuṣāṇā́ḥ | śucī́dayan dī́dhitim ukthaśā́saḥ kṣā́mā bhindánto aruṇī́r ápa vran

Translation

அக்னியே! எங்கள் தொலைவிலுள்ள பித்ருக்கள்—பழங்கால ஆண்கள்—ருத (தர்ம-ஒழுங்கு) நோக்கி விரைந்து, ஸ்தோத்திரம் உரைத்து, ஒளியைத் தூய்மைப்படுத்தினர்; பூமியைப் பிளந்து, அருண (செம்மை) தடைகளை அகற்றினர்—அவ்வாறே எங்களுக்கும் ஆகட்டும்.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

अधा॑ । यथा॑ । नः । पि॒तरः॑ । परा॑सः । प्र॒त्नासः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ऋ॒तम् । आ॒शु॒षा॒णाः । शु॒ची॒द॒य॒न् । दीधि॑तिम् । उ॒क्थ॒शासः॑ । क्षामा॑ । भि॒न्दन्तः॑ । अ॒रु॒णीः । अप॑ । व्रन् ।

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अधाthen, thereafter

यथाas, just as

नःof us, our

पितरःfathers, forefathers

परासःformer, earlier (ancient ones)

प्रत्नासःancient, primeval

अग्नेO Agni

ऋतम्ṛta; truth/order

आशुषाणाःhastening, eager (to attain)

शुचीदयन्making (it) pure/bright

दीधितिम्splendor, blaze

उक्थशासःreciters/chanters of hymns

क्षामाःthe earths/grounds (fields, expanses)

भिन्दन्तःsplitting, cleaving

अरुणीःthe ruddy ones (red lights/dawns)

अपaway, off

व्रन्they drove/turned (away)

Entities Mentioned

Agni

Pitaraḥ (Fathers/ancient seers)

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