Adhyaya 40 Mantra 3 - Shukla Yajurveda | Tagalog | Vedapath

Mantra 3

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional)

Devata: Ātman / Dharma (negative formulation: worlds of darkness for the self-denier)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अ॒सु॒र्या नाम॑ ते लो॒का अ॒न्धेन॒ तम॒सावृ॑ताः । ताँस्ते प्रेत्यापि॑ गच्छन्ति॒ ये के चा॑त्म॒हनो॒ जना॑:

Transliteration

asuryā́ nā́ma te lokā́ andhéna támasāvṛtā́ḥ | tā́ṃs te prétyā́pi gacchanti yé ké cā́tma-háno jánāḥ ||

Translation

Sunless, verily, are those worlds, and covered over with blind darkness; thither, after death, they go—whatsoever men are slayers of the Self.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

असुर्याः । नाम । ते । लोकाः । अन्धेन । तमसा । आवृताः । तान् । ते । प्रेत्य । अपि । गच्छन्ति । ये । के । च । आत्महनः । जनाः ।

Word by Word

असुर्याःsunless, devoid of the sun

नामindeed; namely

तेof you/thy

लोकाःworlds, realms

अन्धेनby/with blind (darkness)

तमसाby darkness

आवृताःcovered, enveloped

तान्those (worlds)

तेof you/thy

प्रेत्यhaving departed; after death

अपिalso

गच्छन्तिthey go

येwho

केany (whoever)

चand

आत्महनःself-slayers; those who kill the self

जनाःpeople

Entities Mentioned

Ātman

Dharma

Sūrya (as light)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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