Mantra 13

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (yajus).

Devata: Savitṛ (impulsion), Bṛhaspati (brahman), and the addressed Vājins (prize-winners).

Chandas: Yajus.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यप्र॑सवसो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑र्वाज॒जितो॒ वाजं॑ जेषम् । वाजि॑नो वाजजि॒तोऽध्व॑न स्कभ्नु॒वन्तो॒ योज॑ना॒ मिमा॑ना॒: काष्ठां॑ गच्छत

Transliteration

devásyā́haṃ savitúḥ savé satyáprasavaso bṛ́haspáter vājajíto vā́jaṃ jeṣam | vā́jino vājajíto ’dhván skabhnuvánto yójanā mimānā́ḥ kā́ṣṭhāṃ gacchata |

Translation

ภายใต้แรงกระตุ้นของเทพสวิตฤ (Savitṛ) ผู้ส่งออกอย่างสัตย์จริง ขอข้าพเจ้าจงชนะรางวัล (vāja) ในฐานะผู้ชนะรางวัลของพฤหสปติ. โอเหล่าผู้ชนะรางวัล ผู้ชนะรางวัลทั้งหลาย ผู้ค้ำจุนเส้นทาง ผู้วัดระยะเป็นช่วง ๆ (yojanā) จงไปสู่หลักหมาย ปลายทาง (kāṣṭhā) เถิด.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

दे॒वस्य॑ । अ॒हम् । स॒वि॒तुः । स॒वे । स॒त्य-प्र॑सवसः । बृह॒स्पतेः । वाज॑-जितः । वाज॑म् । जे॒ष॒म् ।

वाजि॑नः । वाज॑-जितः । अ॒ध्व॑नः । स्क॒भ्नु॒वन्तः । योज॑ना । मिमा॑नाः । काष्ठा॑म् । ग॒च्छ॒त॒ ।

Word by Word

देवस्यof the god

अहम्I

सवितुःof Savitṛ

सवेin/at the impelling (impulse)

सत्यप्रसवसःwhose impulse is true

बृहस्पतेःof Bṛhaspati

वाजजितःof the winner of prize/strength

वाजम्the prize; strength

जेषम्may I win

वाजिनःthe prize-winners; the swift/strong ones

वाजजितःwinning the prize

अध्वनon the path

स्कभ्नुवन्तःpropping/supporting

योजनानिstages; yojanas (measures)

मिमानाःmeasuring

काष्ठाम्the goal-post; the limit/mark

गच्छतgo; proceed

Entities Mentioned

Savitṛ

Bṛhaspati

Vājins (prize-winners)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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