Mantra 48

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla-Yajurvedic school attribution; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Soma (as bright essence) with explicit solar bandhu (Sūrya-raśmi).

Chandas: Yajus (prose formula; not a fixed ṛgvedic metre).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्रेशी॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि कुकू॒नना॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि भ॒न्दना॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि म॒दिन्त॑मानां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि म॒धुन्त॑मानां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि शु॒क्रं त्वा॑ शु॒क्र आ धू॑नो॒म्यह्नो॑ रू॒पे सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिषु॑

Transliteration

vréśīnām tvā patmánnā dhūnomi kukūnanānām tvā patmánnā dhūnomi bhandanānām tvā patmánnā dhūnomi madíntamānām tvā patmánnā dhūnomi madhúntamānām tvā patmánnā dhūnomi śukráṃ tvā śukrá ā dhūnomy áhno rūpé sū́ryasya raśmíṣu

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าสะบัดท่าน—ผู้เป็นก้านสำหรับคั้น—ลงบนที่รองรับ; สะบัดท่าน—ผู้เป็นก้านเป็นพุ่ม—ลงบนที่รองรับ; สะบัดท่าน—ผู้เป็นก้านสำหรับผูกมัด—ลงบนที่รองรับ; สะบัดท่าน—ผู้ให้ความรื่นเริงยิ่ง—ลงบนที่รองรับ; สะบัดท่าน—ผู้หวานดุจน้ำผึ้งยิ่ง—ลงบนที่รองรับ. ท่านผู้สว่างไสวเอ๋ย ข้าพเจ้าสะบัดท่านด้วยความสว่าง—ในรูปแห่งกลางวัน ในรัศมีแห่งสุริยะ.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

व्रेशी॑नाम् । त्वा॒ । पत्म॒न् । आ । धू॑नोमि । कुकू॒नना॑नाम् । त्वा॒ । पत्म॒न् । आ । धू॑नोमि । भ॒न्दना॑नाम् । त्वा॒ । पत्म॒न् । आ । धू॑नोमि । म॒दिन्त॑मानाम् । त्वा॒ । पत्म॒न् । आ । धू॑नोमि । म॒धुन्त॑मानाम् । त्वा॒ । पत्म॒न् । आ । धू॑नोमि । शु॒क्रम् । त्वा॒ । शु॒क्रे । आ । धू॑नोमि । अह्नः॑ । रू॒पे । सूर्य॑स्य । र॒श्मिषु॑

Word by Word

व्रेशीनाम्of the vṛeśī(-plants/grass)

त्वाyou (as object)

पत्मन्in/at the patman (winnowing-basket/strainer)

आtowards; into; forth

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

कुकूननानाम्of the kukūnanā(-plants/grass)

त्वाyou

पत्मन्in the patman (winnowing-basket)

आinto; forth

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

भन्दनानाम्of the bhandanā(-plants/grass)

त्वाyou

पत्मन्in the patman

आinto; forth

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

मदिन्तमानाम्of the most intoxicating/most exhilarating (ones)

त्वाyou

पत्मन्in the patman

आinto; forth

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

मधुन्तमानाम्of the sweetest/most honeyed (ones)

त्वाyou

पत्मन्in the patman

आinto; forth

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

शुक्रम्bright; pure (as object)

त्वाyou

शुक्रः(I,) being bright/pure

आforth; into

धूनोमिI shake/winnow

अह्नःof the day

रूपेin the form/appearance

सूर्यस्यof the Sun

रश्मिषुin the rays

Entities Mentioned

Soma

Sūrya (Sun)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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