Mantra 22

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (school attribution)

Devata: Varuṇa (primary); Chandas (Aticchandas); Svāhā as liturgical operator

Chandas: Aticchandas (explicitly stated)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वाहा॑ य॒ज्ञं वरु॑णः सुक्ष॒त्रो भे॑ष॒जं क॑रत् । अति॑च्छन्दा इन्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हदृ॑ष॒भो गौर्वयो॑ दधुः

Transliteration

svā́hā yajñáṃ váruṇaḥ sukṣatró bheṣajáṃ karat | átिचchandā indriyáṃ bṛhád ṛṣabhó gaúr váyo dadhúḥ

Translation

ஸ்வாஹா! நல்ல ஆட்சி (ஸு-க்ஷத்ர) உடைய வருணன் யாகத்தை மருந்தாக—சிகிச்சையாக—ஆக்குவானாக. ‘அதிச்சந்தஸ்’ என்னும் சந்தம்; அவர்கள் இந்திரிய-வலிமையை நிறுவினர்—மகத்தான காளை, பசு, மேலும் வயஸ் (பிராணரசம்/உயிர்சாறு) ஆகியவற்றை நிலைநிறுத்தினர்.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

स्वाहा॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । वरु॑णः । सु॒क्ष॒त्रः । भे॒ष॒जम् । क॒रत् । अति॑च्छन्दा । इन्द्रि॒यम् । बृ॒हत् । ऋ॒ष॒भः । गौः । वयः॑ । दधुः

Word by Word

स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation/oblation-call)

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

वरुणःVaruṇa

सुक्षत्रःof good dominion / well-ruling

भेषजम्a remedy; healing medicine

करत्made; fashioned

अतिच्छन्दाःthe Aticchandas (metres/chant-forms); those of over-metre

इन्द्रियम्vital power; strength; faculty

बृहदृषभःthe great bull (mighty bull)

गौःthe cow

वयःvigor; life-breath; vitality

दधुःthey placed; they bestowed

Entities Mentioned

Varuṇa

Svāhā

Aticchandas

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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