Mantra 13

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्माद् यज्ञात् सर्वहुत ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे । छन्दो ह जज्ञिरे तस्माद् यजुस्तस्मादजायत

IAST Transliteration

tásmād yajñā́t sarvahúta ṛ́caḥ sā́māni jajñire | chándo ha jajñire tásmād yájus tásmād ajāyata ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From that all-offered Sacrifice were born the Ṛc and Sāman; the metres verily were born therefrom; from that the Yajus from that arose.

Translation

ఆ సర్వహుత యజ్ఞం నుండి ఋక్ (Ṛc) మరియు సామన్ (Sāman) జన్మించాయి; అక్కడినుండే ఛందస్సులు (వేద ఛందస్సులు) జన్మించాయి; అదే నుండి యజుస్—యజ్ఞీయ యజుర్వాక్యాలు—ఉద్భవించాయి.

Word by Word

तस्मात्from that

यज्ञात्from the sacrifice

सर्वहुतात्from the all-offered (oblation), i.e., the universal offering

ऋचःṚc-verses

सामानिSāman-chants

जज्ञिरेwere born / arose

छन्दांसिmeters

हindeed

जज्ञिरेwere born / arose

तस्मात्from that

यजुःthe Yajus (formula)

तस्मात्from that

अजायतwas born / came into being

Attribution

Rishi: Puruṣa-sūkta transmission line

Devata: Vāc / Yajña (speech and sacrifice as co-generative principles)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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