Adhyaya 33 Mantra 74 - Shukla Yajurveda | Thai | Vedapath

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Mantra 74

Rishi: Cosmological/architectonic RV tradition (as transmitted in VS)

Devata: Cosmic ordering powers (often Prajāpati/Viśvakarman-type bandhu in Brāhmaṇa reading)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires parallel confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी३दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी३त् । रे॒तो॒धा आ॑सन्महि॒मान॑ आसन्त्स्व॒धा अ॒वस्ता॒त्प्रय॑तिः प॒रस्ता॑त्

Transliteration

tiraścī́no vítato raśmír eṣām adháḥ svíd āsī́d úpari svíd āsīt | retodhā́ āsan mahimā́na āsan svadhā́ avástāt práyatiḥ párastāt

Translation

เชือกของพวกเขาถูกขึงพาดขวาง—แท้จริงแล้วอยู่เบื้องล่างหรืออยู่เบื้องบน? พวกเขาเป็นผู้วางไว้ซึ่งพืชพันธุ์ เป็นมหาอำนาจทั้งหลาย: พลังค้ำจุนของตนมาจากเบื้องล่าง แรงผลักดันให้ก้าวไปมาจากฟากโน้น.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ति॒र॒श्चीनः॑ । वित॑तः । र॒श्मिः । ए॒षाम् । अ॒धः । स्वि॒त् । आ॒सी॒त् । उ॒परि॑ । स्वि॒त् । आ॒सी॒त् । रे॒तो॒धाः । आ॒सन् । म॒हि॒मानः॑ । आ॒सन् । स्व॒धा । अ॒वस्ता॑त् । प्रय॑तिः । प॒रस्ता॑त्

Word by Word

तिरश्चीनःtransverse, crosswise

विततःstretched out, spread

रश्मिःray, rein, cord

एषाम्of these

अधःbelow

स्वित्indeed? (interrogative/emphatic particle)

आसीत्was

उपरिabove

स्वित्indeed?

आसीत्was

रेतोधाःseed-placers / seed-bearers

आसन्were

महिमानःgreatnesses, mighty powers

आसन्were

स्वधाsvadhā (own power/nourishment; ritual ‘svadhā’)

अवस्तात्from/below, beneath

प्रयतिःimpulse, forward movement, effort

परस्तात्from/beyond, above/after, on the farther side

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Viśvakarman (architectonic power)

Ṛ

Ṛta/Dhāman (cosmic order and supports)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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