Adhyaya 2 Mantra 21 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 21

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Śukla-Yajurvedic ritual corpus to the Adhvaryu-lineage (Yājñavalkya transmission); specific ṛṣi ascription is not explicit in the provided excerpt.

Devata: Veda (as sacral knowledge), the Gods as gātu-vidaḥ, and Manaspati (Lord of Mind); Vāta as carrier/impeller in the closing consignment.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-yajus (yajur-style formulae; not a single fixed metrical chandas).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वे॒दो॒ऽसि॒ येन॒ त्वं दे॑व वेद दे॒वेभ्यो॑ वे॒दोऽभ॑व॒स्तेन॒ मह्यं॑ वे॒दो भू॑याः । देवा॑ गातुविदो गा॒तुं वि॒त्त्वा गा॒तुमि॑त । मन॑सस्पत इ॒मं दे॑व य॒ज्ञᳪ स्वाहा॒ वाते॑ धाः

Transliteration

védo ’si yéna tváṃ deva veda devébhyo védo ’bhavas téna máhyaṃ védo bhūyāḥ | devā gātu-vido gātúṃ vittvā gātúm ita | mánasas-pate imáṃ deva yajñáṃ svā́hā vā́te dhāḥ

Translation

Thou art the Veda: by that whereby, O god, thou knowest, and whereby thou becamest Veda unto the gods—therewith may Veda be for me. Ye gods, knowers of the paths, having found the path, go ye upon the path. O Lord of Mind, do thou, O god, set this sacrifice—Svāhā!—in the Wind.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

वेदः । असि । येन । त्वम् । देव । वेद । देवेभ्यः । वेदः । अभवः । तेन । मह्यम् । वेदः । भूयाः । देवाḥ । गातु-विदः । गातुम् । वित्त्वा । गातुम् । इत । मनसः-पते । इमम् । देव । यज्ञम् । स्वाहा । वाते । धाः

Word by Word

वेदःthe Veda / sacred knowledge

असिyou are

येनby which

त्वम्you

देवO god

वेदyou know

देवेभ्यःto/for the gods

वेदःthe Veda

अभवत्became / came to be

तेनby that / therefore

मह्यम्to me

वेदःthe Veda

भूयाःmay you be / may it be (for you)

देवाःthe gods

गातुविदःknowers of the path/way

गातुम्the path / course

वित्त्वाhaving known

गातुम्the path

इतindeed / just / then (Vedic particle)

मनसःof the mind

पतॆO lord

इमम्this

देवO god

यज्ञम्sacrifice

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

वातेin the wind / in Vāta

धाःplace / establish

Entities Mentioned

Veda (as sacral knowledge)

Devas as gātu-vidaḥ (knowers of the paths)

Manaspati (Lord of Mind)

Vāta (Wind)

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