Mantra 3

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (not explicit)

Devata: Hiraṇyagarbha / Prajāpati

Chandas: Mixed; largely yajus with ṛk-like cadence (verification needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न तस्य॑ प्रति॒मा अ॑स्ति॒ यस्य॒ नाम॑ म॒हद्यश॑: । हि॒र॒ण्य॒ग॒र्भ इत्ये॒षः मा मा॑ हिᳪसी॒दित्ये॒षा यस्मा॒न्न जा॒त इत्ये॒ष:

Transliteration

ná tásya pratímā asti yásya nā́ma mahád yáśaḥ | hiraṇyagárbha íty eṣáḥ mā́ mā hiṃsī́d íty eṣā́ yásmān ná jā́ta íty eṣáḥ

Translation

พระองค์ไม่มีสิ่งใดเสมอเหมือน ผู้ซึ่งพระนามคือ ‘มหาเกียรติยศ’ (mahadyáśas). ‘หิรัณยครรภะ’ (Hiraṇyagarbha ครรภ์ทอง)—นี่คือพระนามของพระองค์; ‘อย่าได้เบียดเบียนข้าพเจ้า’—นี่คือคำวอน; ‘จากพระองค์ไม่มีผู้ใดบังเกิด’—นี่คือพระนามานุภาพของพระองค์.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

न । तस्य । प्रतिमा । अस्ति । यस्य । नाम । महत् । यशः । हिरण्यगर्भः । इति । एषः । मा । मा । हिंसीत् । इति । एषा । यस्मात् । न । जातः । इति । एषः

Word by Word

नnot

तस्यof him/its

प्रतिमाimage, likeness, counterpart

अस्तिis/exists

यस्यwhose

नामname

महत्great

यशःglory, fame

हिरण्यगर्भःHiraṇyagarbha (the Golden Embryo/Source)

इतिthus (quoting)

एषःthis (one/statement)

माdo not

माdo not (indeed)

हिᳪसीत्may you injure/harm

इतिthus

एषाthis (fem.; statement/formula)

यस्मात्from whom/which

नnot

जातःborn, arisen

इतिthus

एषःthis (one/statement)

Entities Mentioned

Hiraṇyagarbha

Prajāpati

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