Mantra 5

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Prajāpati-hymn complex (often treated as anonymous/ādi in ritual collections; later tradition associates such cosmogonic material with Prajāpati/Āditya seers)

Devata: Prajāpati (with implicit bandhu to the Yajña and the altar)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant cadence in this anuvāka)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्मा॑ज्जा॒तं न पु॒रा किं चनै॒व य आ॑ब॒भूव॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । प्र॒जाप॑तिः प्र॒जया॑ सᳪररा॒णस्त्रीणि॒ ज्योती॑ᳪषि सचते॒ स षो॑ड॒शी

Transliteration

yasmā́j jātaṃ na purā́ kiṃ canaivá ya ābabhū́va bhúvanāni víśvā | prajā́patiḥ prajā́yā saṃrarāṇás trī́ṇi jyótīṃṣi sacate sá ṣoḍaśī́

Translation

เมื่อท่านบังเกิด จากท่านนั้นก่อนหน้านี้หาได้มีสิ่งใดไม่; ต่อมาท่านได้เป็นโลกทั้งปวงนี้. ปรชาปติ (Prajāpati) ผู้ปีติยินดีกับหมู่ประชาและวงศ์วาน ยึดประสานกับแสงทั้งสาม; ท่านนั้นคือองค์ที่สิบหก.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यस्मात् । जातम् । न । पुरा । किम् । चन । एव । यः । आबभूव । भुवनानि । विश्वा । प्रजापतिः । प्रजया । सं-रराणः । त्रीणि । ज्योतींषि । सचते । सः । षोडशी ।

Word by Word

यस्मात्from whom

जातम्born; produced

नnot

पुराformerly; before

किम्anything

चनeven; at all

एवindeed; just

यःwho

आबभूवhas come into being; has arisen

भुवनानिworlds; beings; realms

विश्वाall

प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Lord of creatures)

प्रजयाby/with progeny; by creation

संरराणःdelighting/consorting together; being in union

त्रीणिthree

ज्योतींषिlights; luminaries

सचतेassociates with; attends; is joined to

सःhe

षोडशीthe sixteenth; (the) Ṣoḍaśī

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Three Lights (trīṇi jyotīṃṣi)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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