Mantra 14
Rishi: Yājñavalkya (general Śukla-Yajus attribution)
Devata: Deities as ‘Brahma-pura-etāraḥ’ (often interpreted as Viśve Devāḥ or a high divine cohort tied to pavitra)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like movement (approximate; not securely determinable from the input alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये दे॒वा दे॒वेष्वधि॑ देव॒त्वमाय॒न् ये ब्रह्म॑णः पुर ए॒तारो॑ अ॒स्य । येभ्यो॒ न ऋ॒ते पव॑ते॒ धाम॒ किञ्च॒न न ते दि॒वो न पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॒ स्नुषु॑
Transliteration
yē dēvā dēvēṣv ádhi dēvatvám āyán yē bráhmaṇaḥ púra ētárō asyá | yēbhyō ná ṛté pávate dhā́ma kíñcana ná tē divó ná pṛthivyā́ ádhi snúṣu
Translation
โอ้เหล่าเทวะ ผู้บรรลุความเป็นเทวะท่ามกลางเทวะทั้งหลาย; ผู้เป็นผู้นำหน้าแห่งพรหมัน (brahman) ณ ที่นี้. หากปราศจากท่านแล้ว ธรรมบัญญัติใดๆ หรือที่สถิตใดๆ ย่อมไม่อาจชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ได้—ท่านมิได้พิงพำนักทั้งในสวรรค์และบนแผ่นดิน.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
ये । दे॒वाः । दे॒वेषु॑ । अधि॑ । दे॒व॒त्वम् । आ॒य॒न् । ये । ब्रह्म॑णः । पुरः । ए॒तारः॑ । अ॒स्य । येभ्यः॑ । न । ऋ॒ते । पव॑ते । धाम॑ । किञ्च॑न । न । ते । दि॒वः । न । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । अधि॑ । स्नुषु॑
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिover, upon; in addition (as preverb)
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
देवत्वम्godhood, divinity
देवत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवत्व (प्रातिपदिक; देव + त्व)
आयन्attained, went to
आयन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणःof Brahman / of the sacred power
ब्रह्मणः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरःin front, before
पुरः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
एतारःgoers, leaders, guides
एतारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootएतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ + तृ)
अस्यof this (one/thing)
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
येभ्यःfrom whom; without whom
येभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
ऋतेwithout
ऋते:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते (अव्यय; ‘without’)
पवतेis purified / flows (as purifying)
पवते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपू (धातु; ‘to purify’) → पवते
धामabode, station, light
धाम:
Karma (with implied ‘exists/stands’)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
किञ्चनanything at all
किञ्चन:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिञ्चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
नnor
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिover, upon
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्नुषु(Vedic) in/into flowing, in the stream; (sense: ‘in the flow/ooze’)
स्नुषु:
(क्रिया-विशेषण/अव्ययार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic) / verbal form
Rootस्नु (धातु; ‘to flow/ooze’; वैदिक प्रयोग) / स्नुषु (अव्यय-रूपेण)
Entities Mentioned
V
Viśve Devāḥ (interpreted collective)B
Brahma-pura-etāraḥ (leaders before Brahman)P
Pavitra (principle of purification)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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