Mantra 2

Rishi: Varuṇa-hymn seer tradition (Ṛgvedic provenance).

Devata: Varuṇa

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (extended pādas; characteristic of Varuṇa supplication verses).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तत्त्वा॑ यामि॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ वन्द॑मान॒स्तदा शा॑स्ते॒ यज॑मानो ह॒विर्भि॑ः । अहे॑डमानो वरुणे॒ह बो॒ध्युरु॑शᳪस॒ मा न॒ आयु॒: प्र मो॑षीः ॥

Transliteration

tát tvā́ yāmi bráhmaṇā vandamānáḥ tádā́ śāste yájamāno havírbhiḥ | áheḍamāno varuṇéha bodhy úruśaṃsa mā́ na ā́yuḥ prá moṣīḥ ||

Translation

Therefore unto thee I come, with sacred speech doing reverence; therefore the sacrificer with oblations makes his request. Unangered, O Varuṇa, be here attentive, O widely praised; take not away our life.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

तत् । त्वा । यामि । ब्रह्मणा । वन्दमानः । तत् । आ । शास्ते । यजमानः । हविर्भिः । अहेडमानः । वरुण । इह । बोधि । उरुशंस । मा । नः । आयुः । प्र । मोषीः ।

Word by Word

तत्that (it)

त्वाyou

यामिI go / I approach

ब्रह्मणाwith sacred utterance / with prayer

वन्दमानःpraising / saluting

तदाthen

शास्तेhe instructs / he ordains

यजमानःthe sacrificer

हविर्भिःwith oblations

अहेडमानःnot angering / not offending

वरुणO Varuṇa

इहhere

बोधिbe aware / take notice

उरुशंसO widely-praised one

माdo not

नःour

आयुःlife-span

प्रforth / away

मोṣीःsteal / take away

Entities Mentioned

Varuṇa

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