Mantra 20

Rishi: Vājasaneyin ritual tradition.

Devata: Viṣṇu (protector/pervader) and the Agrayaṇa graha as ritual power.

Chandas: Yajus (prose-formula with imperatives).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्याग्रय॒णो॒ऽसि॒ स्वा॒ग्रयणः । पा॒हि य॒ज्ञं पा॒हि य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ विष्णु॒स्त्वामि॑न्द्रि॒येण॑ पातु॒ विष्णुं॒ त्वं पा॑ह्य॒भि सव॑नानि पाहि

Transliteration

upayā́magṛhīto'sy agrayaṇó'si svāgrayaṇaḥ | pā́hi yajñáṃ pā́hi yajñápatim | víṣṇus tvām indriyéṇa pātu | víṣṇuṃ tváṃ pāhy abhí sávanāni pāhi

Translation

ท่านถูกหยิบขึ้นด้วยอุปยามะ (Upayāma); ท่านคืออัครยาณะ (Agrayaṇa) คืออัครยาณะอันประเสริฐ. จงคุ้มครองยัญ จงคุ้มครองเจ้าของยัญ. ขอวิษณุ (Viṣṇu) คุ้มครองท่านด้วยพลัง; ท่านจงคุ้มครองวิษณุ; และจงคุ้มครองการคั้นโสมทั้งหลายแห่งสวะนะ (Savana) โดยรอบเถิด

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उ॒प॒या॒म-गृ॑हीतः । अ॒सि॒ । अ॒ग्र॒य॒णः । अ॒सि॒ । सु॒-अ॒ग्र॒य॒णः । पा॒हि । य॒ज्ञम् । पा॒हि । य॒ज्ञ-प॑तिम् । विष्णु॑ः । त्वा॒ । इ॒न्द्रि॒येण॑ । पातु॑ । विष्णु॑म् । त्वम् । पा॒हि । अ॒भि । सव॑नानि । पा॒हि

Word by Word

उपयाम(this) ‘upayāma’ offering/acceptance-formula

गृहीतःtaken, grasped

असिyou are

अस्यof this

अग्रयणःthe ‘agrayaṇa’ (first-fruits/first portion)

असिyou are

सु-अग्रयणःa good/auspicious agrayaṇa

पाहिprotect

यज्ञम्the sacrifice

पाहिprotect

यज्ञपतिम्the lord/patron of the sacrifice

विष्णुःViṣṇu

त्वाम्you

इन्द्रियेणwith (his) power/strength

पातुmay (he) protect

विष्णुम्Viṣṇu

त्वम्you

पाहिprotect

अभिtowards, over, upon

सवनानिthe pressings/ Soma-pressing rites

पाहिprotect

Entities Mentioned

Viṣṇu

Agrayaṇa-graha (ritual power)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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