Adhyaya 23 Mantra 55 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

Various Rishis

Mantra 55

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Vājasaneyin transmission (often anonymous/prājāpatya attribution for riddle-series)

Devata: Praśna (interrogative) addressed to the hidden agent; ultimately Prajāpati/Viśvakarman as the concealed referent in Brāhmaṇa hermeneutics

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (riddle-series; exact metrical classification is fluid in this section)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

का ई॑मरे पिशङ्गि॒ला का ईं॑ कुरुपिशङ्गि॒ला । क ई॑मा॒स्कन्द॑मर्षति॒ क ईं॒ पन्थां॒ वि स॑र्पति

Transliteration

kā ī́m are piśaṅgilā kā ī́ṃ kurupiśaṅgilā | ka ī́māskandam arṣati ka ī́ṃ panthā́ṃ ví sarpati

Translation

Who, prithee, is the tawny-speckled one? who, indeed, the Kuru-tawny-speckled? Who is it that rusheth at the onset, and who it is that creepeth along the path?

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

का । ईम् । अरे । पिशङ्गिला । का । ईम् । कुरु-पिशङ्गिला । कः । ईम् । आ-स्कन्दम् । अर्षति । कः । ईम् । पन्थाम् । वि । सर्पति

Word by Word

काwho? (which one?)

ईम्indeed; just; emphatic particle

अरेO! (vocative particle)

पिशङ्गिलाO tawny/variegated one (address)

काwho?

ईम्indeed

कुरुपिशङ्गिलाO Kuru-tawny/variegated one (address)

कःwho?

ईम्indeed

आtowards; unto (prefix)

स्कन्दम्Skanda (the deity)

अर्षतिmoves/flows/rushes

कःwho?

ईम्indeed

पन्थाम्path; way

विapart; forth; widely (prefix)

सर्पतिcreeps/crawls; moves along

Entities Mentioned

Prajāpati

Viśvakarman

Praśna (interrogative speech)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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