Mantra 32

Rishi: Traditional attribution within Vājasaneyin transmission (often treated as a well-known Ṛgvedic borrowing into Yajus usage)

Devata: Dadhikrāvan (divine/heroic horse-power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by cadence and length)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द॒धि॒क्राव्णो॑ अकारिषं जि॒ष्णोरश्व॑स्य वा॒जिन॑: । सु॒र॒भि नो॒ मुखा॑ कर॒त्प्र ण॒ आयू॑ᳪषि तारिषत्

Transliteration

dadhikrā́vṇo akāriṣaṃ jiṣṇór áśvasya vājínaḥ | surabhí no múkhā karat prá ṇa ā́yūṃṣi tāriṣat ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้รจนาบทสรรเสริญแด่ทัธิกราวัน (Dadhikrāvan) ม้าผู้มีชัยและชนะรางวัล; ขอท่านจงทำให้ปากของเราหอมรื่น และขอท่านจงพาช่วงอายุของเราก้าวไปสู่ความปลอดภัย

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

दधिक्राव्णः । अकारिषम् । जिष्णोः । अश्वस्य । वाजिनः । सुरभि । नः । मुखात् । करत् । प्र । नः । आयूंषि । तारिषत्

Word by Word

दधिक्राव्णःof Dadhikrāvan (a divine steed)

अकारिषम्I have made / I performed

जिष्णोःof the victorious one

अश्वस्यof the horse

वाजिनःof the swift/strong (steed), the prize-winner

सुरभिfragrant, sweet-smelling

नःfor us / our

मुखात्from the mouth

करत्may (he/it) make

प्रforth, forward

नःour

आयूँषिlifespans, vital powers

तारिषत्may (he/it) carry across / prolong / save

Entities Mentioned

Dadhikrāvan

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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