Adhyaya 35 Mantra 20 - Shukla Yajurveda | Thai | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 20

Rishi: Traditional Yajurvedic transmission (often left unspecified for late ritual formulas; attributed generically to the Adhvaryu lineage)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛs as recipients

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like yajus with ṛgvedic cadence; not a strict single chandas in śukla-yajus usage

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वह॑ व॒पां जा॑तवेदः पि॒तृभ्यो॒ यत्रै॑ना॒न्वेत्थ॒ निहि॑तान् परा॒के । मेद॑सः कु॒ल्या उप॒ तान्त्स्र॑वन्तु स॒त्या ए॑षामा॒शिष॒: सं न॑मन्ता॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

váha vapā́ṃ jātávedas pitṛ́bhyo yátraínān véttha níhitān parā́ke | médasaḥ kulyā́ úpa tā́n srávantu satyā́ eṣām ā́śiṣaḥ sáṃ namantāṃ svā́hā

Translation

โอ้ชาตเวทัส (อัคนี) จงนำเยื่อหุ้มทารก (vāpā) ไปยังเหล่าบรรพชน (Pitṛ) ณ ที่ซึ่งท่านรู้ว่าเขาทั้งหลายถูกวางไว้ในแดนอันไกลโพ้น ขอให้ร่องธารแห่งไขมันไหลไปถึงเขา ขอให้พรอันสัตย์จริงของเขาทั้งหลายโน้มมาสู่พวกเรา สวาหา (svāhā)

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वह । वपाम् । जात-वेदः । पितृभ्यः । यत्र । एनान् । वेत्थ । निहितान् । पराके । मेदसः । कुल्याः । उप । तान् । स्रवन्तु । सत्याः । एषाम् । आशिषः । सम् । नमन्ताम् । स्वाहा ।

Word by Word

वहcarry (you)!

वपाम्the omentum/fatty caul

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)

यत्रwhere

एनान्these (ones)

अन्वेत्थyou have followed/you know by tracking

निहितान्placed/laid down

पराकेin a far place/afar

मेदसःof fat

कुल्याःchannels/streams

उपtowards, up to

तान्them

स्रवन्तुlet (them) flow

सत्याःtrue, unfailing

एषाम्of these

आशिषःblessings, benedictions

सम्together, completely

नमन्ताम्let (them) bow/submit

स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!)

Entities Mentioned

Agni Jātavedas

Pitṛs (Fathers/Ancestors)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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