Mantra 41

Rishi: Traditional: associated with the Adhvaryu transmission; often left unspecified in Saṃhitā colophons for such yajuṣ-formulas

Devata: Viṣṇu (with offering-seal svāhā; ghṛta as medium)

Chandas: Yajuṣ (prose-formula; not a fixed ṛk-meter)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒रु वि॑ष्णो॒ वि क्र॑मस्वो॒रु क्षया॑य नस्कृधि । घृ॒तं घृ॑तयोने पिब॒ प्रप्र॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं तिर॒ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

urú víṣṇo ví kramasvorú kṣáyāya naḥ kṛdhi | ghṛtáṃ ghṛtáyone piba prá-pra yajñápatíṃ tira svā́hā

Translation

โอวิษณุ (Viṣṇu) ผู้กว้างใหญ่ จงก้าวออกไปอย่างกว้างขวาง จงทำที่พำนักอันกว้างให้เราได้อยู่อาศัย โอผู้มีฆฤตะเป็นครรภ์เป็นกำเนิด (ghṛta-yonī) จงดื่มฆฤตะนี้ ไปเถิด ไปเถิด จงพาเจ้าแห่งยัญญะ (yajña-pati) ข้ามพ้นไป—สวาหา (Svāhā)!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उ॒रु । वि॑ष्णो॒ । वि । क्र॑मस्व । उ॒रु । क्षया॑य । नः । कृधि । घृ॒तम् । घृ॑त-योने । पिब । प्र-प्र । य॒ज्ञ-प॑तिम् । तिर । स्वाहा॑ ।

Word by Word

उरुwide, vast

विष्णोO Viṣṇu

विforth, apart, widely

क्रमस्वstride, step

उरुwide, ample

क्षयायfor a dwelling/place of abode

नःof us, our

कृधिmake, do

घृतम्ghee

घृतयोनेO ghee-wombed one (whose source is ghee)

पिबdrink

प्रforth, forward

प्रstrongly forth

यज्ञपतिम्the lord of the sacrifice

तिरcarry across, bring over

स्वाहाsvāhā (hail; offering-call)

Entities Mentioned

Viṣṇu

Agni

Yajñapati (Lord of Sacrifice)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary