Verse 18

Ishavasya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान्। युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नमउक्तिं विधेम॥१८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अग्ने । नय । सु-पथा । राये । अस्मान् । विश्वानि । देव । वयुनानि । विद्वान् । युयोधि । अस्मत् । जुहुराणम् । एनः । भूयिष्ठाम् । ते । नमः-उक्तिम् । विधेम ।

IAST Transliteration

agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te nama-uktiṃ vidhema ||18||

Translation

ஹே அக்னியே, செல்வ-வளத்திற்காக எங்களைச் சுபபாதையில் நடத்துவாயாக; ஹே தேவா, நீ எல்லா வழிகளையும் முறைகளையும் அறிந்தவன். எங்களை வழிதவறச் செய்யும் பாவத்தை எங்களிடமிருந்து அகற்று. உனக்கு மிகப் பெருமளவு நமஸ்கார-வாக்கை அர்ப்பணிப்போம்॥१८॥

Academic Translation

O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity, O god, knowing all the ways. Remove from us the sin that leads us astray. To you we would offer the most abundant utterance of homage.

Verse Context

• Grace and guidance toward mokṣa; purification from pāpa/avidyā; ‘supathā’ as the right path (dharma/jñāna)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prayer for purification and right guidance that prepares the seeker for mahāvākya-realization; not itself a mahāvākya.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions Shakha
• Chandas: Triṣṭubh (common Vedic hymn meter; approximated in this mantra’s cadence)