Mantra 12

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional White Yajurveda attribution; specific ṛṣi not explicitly marked in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Savitṛ (primary address); with explicit linkage to Bṛhaspati and Brahman

Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus (Yajus-formula; not a fixed ṛgvedic metre)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ए॒तं ते॑ देव सवितर्य॒ज्ञं प्राहु॒र्बृह॒स्पत॑ये ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । तेन॑ य॒ज्ञम॑व॒ तेन॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ तेन॒ माम॑व

Transliteration

e̱táṃ te deva savitary yajñáṃ prāhúr bṛ́haspátaye bráhmaṇe | ténā yajñám ava ténā yajñápatim ténā mām ava

Translation

โอ้เทพสวิตฤ (Savitṛ) เขาทั้งหลายประกาศว่า ยัญญะของท่านนี้เป็นของพระพฤหัสปติ (Bṛhaspati) เป็นของพรหมัน (Brahman). ด้วยสิ่งนั้น ขอท่านจงคุ้มครองยัญญะ; ด้วยสิ่งนั้นจงคุ้มครองเจ้าของยัญญะ; ด้วยสิ่งนั้นจงคุ้มครองข้าพเจ้า.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ए॒तम् । ते॒ । दे॒व॒ । स॒वि॒त॒र् । य॒ज्ञम् । प्र॒आ॒हुः॒ । बृह॒स्पत॑ये । ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । तेन॑ । य॒ज्ञम् । अ॒व॒ । तेन॑ । य॒ज्ञप॑तिम् । तेन॒ । माम् । अ॒व॒

Word by Word

एतम्this (one/thing)

तेto you

देवO god

सवितर्O Savitṛ

यज्ञम्sacrifice, yajña

प्रforth, forward (intensifier with verb)

आहुःthey have said / they call

बृहस्पतयेfor Bṛhaspati

ब्रह्मणेfor brahman (sacred power / priestly office)

तेनby that / with that

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

अवdown; (with √अव) protect

तेनby that

यज्ञपतिम्the lord/patron of the sacrifice

तेनby that

माम्me

अवprotect

Entities Mentioned

Savitṛ

Bṛhaspati

Brahman (as sacred power/principle)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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