Adhyaya 20 Mantra 28 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 20, Mantra 28

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (unit-level ṛṣi not securely fixed)

Devata: Surā / (implicitly) a polemical or cautionary address rather than a straightforward deity-invocation

Chandas: Yajus-style verse

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सि॒ञ्चन्ति॒ परि॑ षिञ्च॒न्त्युत्सि॑ञ्चन्ति पु॒नन्ति॑ च । सुरा॑यै ब॒भ्र्वै॒ मदे॑ कि॒न्त्वो व॑दति कि॒न्त्वः

Transliteration

siñcánti pári ṣiñcánty útsiñcanti punánti ca | surā́yai babhrváí máde kíntu vo vadati kíntvaḥ

Translation

அவர்கள் ஊற்றுகின்றனர்; சுற்றிலும் ஊற்றுகின்றனர்; வெளியே ஊற்றுகின்றனர்; மேலும் தூய்மைப்படுத்துகின்றனர். பழுப்பு நிற சுராவிற்காக, மயக்கத்தில்—‘ஆனால் என்ன? உண்மையில் அவன் உங்களிடம் என்ன சொல்கிறான்—என்னதான்?’

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सि॒ञ्चन्ति॑ । परि॑ । षिञ्च॑न्ति । उत्-सि॑ञ्चन्ति । पु॒नन्ति॑ । च॑ । सुरा॑यै । ब॒भ्र्वै॑ । मदे॑ । कि॒न्तु । वः॑ । व॑दति । कि॒न्त्वः

Word by Word

सिञ्चन्तिthey pour/sprinkle

परिaround, all around

षिञ्चन्तिthey sprinkle/pour (in a particular manner; Vedic usage)

उत्up, out, forth

सिञ्चन्तिthey pour out

पुनन्तिthey purify/strain

चand

सुरायैfor/unto surā (liquor)

बभ्र्वैfor the brown/reddish (one)

मदेin intoxication/rapture

किम्what?

त्वःof you / to you (pl.)

वदतिhe/she says

किम्what?

त्वःof you / to you (pl.)

Entities Mentioned

Surā

Pavitra / Pūti-pāvana (Purifying principle)

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