Mantra 8

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वष्टा युनक्तु बहुधा नु रूपा अस्मिन् यज्ञे सुयुजः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

tváṣṭā yunaktu bahudhā nú rūpā́ asmín yajñé suyújaḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

May Tvaṣṭṛ yoke—yea, now—forms in manifold wise unto this sacrifice—well-yoked: svāhā.

Translation

ขอทวัสฏฤ (Tvaṣṭṛ) เทพช่าง—ใช่แล้ว บัดนี้—จงเทียมรูปทั้งหลายอันหลากหลายเข้ากับยัญพิธีนี้ ให้เทียมดีแล้ว: สวาหา (svāhā).

Word by Word

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक) / √त्वक्ष् (धातु, ‘to fashion’)

• युनक्तु: may (he) yoke/join/arrange
• युनक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (युजँ समाधौ/योजने)

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय; ‘many ways’)

• नु: now/indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय/निपात)

• रूपा: forms, shapes
• रूपा: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुयुजः: well-yoked, well-joined (ones)
• सुयुजः: कर्तृ (सम्बोधन/आशीर्वादार्थे कर्तृवत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-yoked/fitly-joined’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-call)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (oblation-formula).

Mantra Rasa

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