Adhyaya 22 Mantra 20 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

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Mantra 20

Rishi: Yājñavalkya (traditional)

Devata: Prajāpati, Āditya, Sarasvatī, Pūṣan, Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu (and ritual ‘unknown’ recipient as opening device)

Chandas: Prose-yajus (svāhā litany)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

काय॒ स्वाहा॒ कस्मै॒ स्वाहा॑ कत॒मस्मै॒ स्वाहा॒ स्वाहा॒ऽऽधिमाधी॑ताय॒ स्वाहा॒ मन॑: प्र॒जाप॑तये॒ स्वाहा॑ चि॒त्तं विज्ञा॑ता॒यादि॑त्यै॒ स्वाहा ऽदि॑त्यै मह्यै॒ स्वाहा ऽदि॑त्यै सुमृडी॒कायै॒ स्वाहा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै॒ स्वाहा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै पाव॒कायै॒ स्वाहा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै बृहत्यै॒ स्वाहा॑ पू॒ष्णे स्वाहा॑ पू॒ष्णे प्र॑प॒थ्या॒य॒ स्वाहा॑ पू॒ष्णे न॒रन्धि॑षाय॒ स्वाहा॒ त्वष्ट्रे॒ स्वाहा॒ त्वष्ट्रे॑ तु॒रीपा॑य॒ स्वाहा॒ त्वष्ट्रे॑ पुरु॒रूपा॑य॒ स्वाहा॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ स्वाहा॒ विष्ण॑वे निभूय॒पाय॒ स्वाहा॒ विष्ण॑वे शिपिवि॒ष्टाय॒ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

kā́ya svā́hā kásmai svā́hā katamásmai svā́hā svā́hā’dhimādhītā́ya svā́hā mánaḥ prajā́pataye svā́hā cittáṃ vijñātā́yādityái svā́hā ’dityái mahyái svā́hā ’dityái sumṛḍīkā́yai svā́hā sárasvatyai svā́hā sárasvatyai pāvakā́yai svā́hā sárasvatyai bṛhatyái svā́hā pūṣṇé svā́hā pūṣṇé prapathyā́ya svā́hā pūṣṇé nárandhiṣāya svā́hā tváṣṭre svā́hā tváṣṭre turīpā́ya svā́hā tváṣṭre pururūpā́ya svā́hā víṣṇave svā́hā víṣṇave nibhūyapā́ya svā́hā víṣṇave śipiviṣṭā́ya svā́hā

Translation

To which (god)? Svāhā. To whom? Svāhā. To which of them? Svāhā. Svāhā to him that hath duly studied. Svāhā to Mind, to Prajāpati. Svāhā to Thought, to the Knower, to Āditya. Svāhā to Āditya the Great; svāhā to Āditya the Gracious. Svāhā to Sarasvatī; svāhā to Sarasvatī the Purifying; svāhā to Sarasvatī the Great. Svāhā to Pūṣan; svāhā to Pūṣan of the highway; svāhā to Pūṣan the unfailing helper of men. Svāhā to Tvaṣṭṛ; svāhā to Tvaṣṭṛ the swift-aider; svāhā to Tvaṣṭṛ the many-formed. Svāhā to Viṣṇu; svāhā to Viṣṇu the subduer; svāhā to Viṣṇu Śipiviṣṭa.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

काय । स्वाहा॑ । कस्मै । स्वाहा॑ । कतमस्मै । स्वाहा॑ । स्वाहा॑ । अधिमाधीताय । स्वाहा॑ । मनः । प्रजापतये । स्वाहा॑ । चित्तम् । विज्ञाताय । आदित्यै । स्वाहा॑ । आदित्यै । मह्यै । स्वाहा॑ । आदित्यै । सुमृडीकायै । स्वाहा॑ । सरस्वत्यै । स्वाहा॑ । सरस्वत्यै । पावकायै । स्वाहा॑ । सरस्वत्यै । बृहत्यै । स्वाहा॑ । पूष्णे । स्वाहा॑ । पूष्णे । प्रपथ्याय । स्वाहा॑ । पूष्णे । नरन्धिषाय । स्वाहा॑ । त्वष्ट्रे । स्वाहा॑ । त्वष्ट्रे । तुरीपाय । स्वाहा॑ । त्वष्ट्रे । पुरुरूपाय । स्वाहा॑ । विष्णवे । स्वाहा॑ । विष्णवे । निभूयपाय । स्वाहा॑ । विष्णवे । शिपिविष्टाय । स्वाहा॑

Word by Word

कायto whom?

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

कस्मैto whom?

स्वाहाsvāhā

कतमस्मैto which one (of them)?

स्वाहाsvāhā

अधिमाधीतायto the one who has been duly instructed/placed under discipline

स्वाहाsvāhā

मनःmind

प्रजापतयेto Prajāpati

स्वाहाsvāhā

चित्तम्thought, consciousness

विज्ञातायto the knower / to the one who is known

आदित्यैto Āditya

स्वाहाsvāhā

आदित्यैto Āditya

मह्यैto the Great One (Mahī)

स्वाहाsvāhā

आदित्यैto Āditya

सुमृडीकायैto the gracious/benign one

स्वाहाsvāhā

सरस्वत्यैto Sarasvatī

स्वाहाsvāhā

सरस्वत्यैto Sarasvatī

पावकायैto the purifying one

स्वाहाsvāhā

सरस्वत्यैto Sarasvatī

बृहत्यैto the great/expansive one

स्वाहाsvāhā

पूष्णेto Pūṣan

स्वाहाsvāhā

पूष्णेto Pūṣan

प्रपथ्यायto the guide of the paths

स्वाहाsvāhā

पूष्णेto Pūṣan

नरन्धिषायto Narandhiṣa (an epithet of Pūṣan)

स्वाहाsvāhā

त्वष्ट्रेto Tvaṣṭṛ

स्वाहाsvāhā

त्वष्ट्रेto Tvaṣṭṛ

तुरीपायto Turīpa (an epithet)

स्वाहाsvāhā

त्वष्ट्रेto Tvaṣṭṛ

पुरुरूपायto the many-formed one

स्वाहाsvāhā

विष्णवेto Viṣṇu

स्वाहाsvāhā

विष्णवेto Viṣṇu

निभूयपायto Nibhūyapa (an epithet)

स्वाहाsvāhā

विष्णवेto Viṣṇu

शिपिविष्टायto Śipiviṣṭa (Viṣṇu as ‘dwelling in/with rays’)

स्वाहाsvāhā

Entities Mentioned

Anirukta/Unknown recipient (kāya/kasmai/katamasmai)

Adhimādhīta (He who has duly studied)

Manas

Prajāpati

Citta/Vijñātā (Thought; the Knower)

Āditya

Sarasvatī

Pūṣan

Tvaṣṭṛ

Viṣṇu

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

Academic Analysis

Cross References

Yogic Application

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