Adhyaya 32 Mantra 2 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tagalog | Vedapath

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Mantra 2

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (not explicit)

Devata: Puruṣa (cosmic Person), with lightning as generative image

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (approximate; requires full pada-count verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सर्वे॑ निमे॒षा ज॑ज्ञिरे वि॒द्युत॒: पुरु॑षा॒दधि॑ । नै॑नमू॒र्ध्वं न ति॒र्यञ्चं॒ न मध्ये॒ परि॑ जग्रभत्

Transliteration

sárve nimeṣā́ jajñire vidyútaḥ púruṣād ádhi | náinam ūrdhvám ná tiryáñcaṃ ná madhyé pári jagrabhāt

Translation

All the instants were born from the lightning, from the Puruṣa. Him none encompassed—neither above, nor across, nor in the midst—so as to seize Him round about.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

सर्वे । निमेषाः । जज्ञिरे । विद्युतः । पुरुषात् । अधि । न । एनम् । ऊर्ध्वम् । न । तिर्यञ्चम् । न । मध्ये । परि । जग्रभत्

Word by Word

सर्वेall

निमेषाःwinkings; instants

जज्ञिरेwere born; arose

विद्युतःlightnings

पुरुषात्from the Puruṣa

अधिupon; from (as governing the ablative here)

नnot

एनम्him

ऊर्ध्वम्upwards

नnor

तिर्यञ्चम्sideways; across

नnor

मध्येin the middle

परिaround; completely

जग्रभत्seized; grasped

Entities Mentioned

Puruṣa

Vidyut (Lightning)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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