Adhyaya 18 Mantra 55 - Shukla Yajurveda | Thai | Vedapath

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Mantra 55

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Yājñavalkya-line transmission (Śukla-Yajurvedic school attribution)

Devata: Āpaḥ / Parjanya (waters and rain-giver), with cosmic-altar as addressed support

Chandas: Mixed/ritual prose-verse (yajus-style); not a strict ṛgvedic metre

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्व॑स्य मू॒र्धन्नधि॑ तिष्ठसि श्रि॒तः स॑मु॒द्रे ते॒ हृद॑यम॒प्स्वायु॑र॒पो द॑त्तोद॒धिं भि॑न्त । दि॒वस्प॒र्जन्या॑द॒न्तरि॑क्षात्पृथि॒व्यास्ततो॑ नो॒ वृष्ट्या॑व

Transliteration

víśvasya mū́rdhann ádhi tiṣṭhasi śritáḥ samudré te hṛ́dayam apsv ā́yur ápo datto-dadhíṃ bhínta | divás párjanyā́d antárikṣāt pṛthivyā́s táto no vṛ́ṣṭyā́va

Translation

ท่านยืนอยู่เหนือยอดแห่งสรรพสิ่ง มั่นคงตั้งอยู่; หทัยของท่านอยู่ในมหาสมุทร ชีวิตของท่านอยู่ในสายน้ำ. จงประทานน้ำเถิด; จงผ่าทะเลเถิด! จากฟ้า จากปัรชัญยะ (Parjanya) จากอากาศกลาง จากแผ่นดิน—จากที่นั้น จงนำฝนมาสู่พวกเรา.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

विश्वस्य । मूर्धन् । अधि । तिष्ठसि । श्रितः । समुद्रे । ते । हृदयम् । अप्सु । आयुः । अपः । दत्त । उदधिम् । भिन्त । दिवः । पर्जन्यात् । अन्तरिक्षात् । पृथिव्याः । ततः । नः । वृष्ट्या । आव

Word by Word

विश्वस्यof all / of the whole

मूर्धन्on the head / at the summit

अधिupon, over

तिष्ठसिyou stand

श्रितःresting, supported

समुद्रेin the ocean

तेof you / your

हृदयम्heart

अप्सुin the waters

आयुःlife, vital force

अपःthe waters

दत्तgiven / (give!)

उदधिम्the ocean, the reservoir (of waters)

भिन्तsplit, cleave

दिवःfrom heaven

पर्जन्यात्from Parjanya (rain-cloud)

अन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-space

पृथिव्याःfrom the earth

ततःthence, from there

नःto us / for us

वृष्ट्याby rain

आवhither/down (as verbal prefix: ‘towards us’)

Entities Mentioned

Āpaḥ (Waters)

Parjanya

Samudra (Ocean)

Dyauḥ/Antarikṣa/Pṛthivī (Heaven–Midspace–Earth)

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