Mantra 2

Rishi: Traditional: Savitṛ-hymnic ṛṣi-lineage (ṛgvedic provenance); not explicitly marked in VS

Devata: Savitṛ

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (ṛgvedic-style verse with svāhā appended)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यु॒ञ्जते॒ मन॑ उ॒त यु॑ञ्जते॒ धियो॒ विप्रा॒ विप्र॑स्य बृह॒तो वि॑प॒श्चित॑ः । वि होत्रा॑ दधे वयुना॒विदेक॒ इन्म॒ही दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः परि॑ष्टुति॒ः स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

yuñjáte mána utá yuñjáte dhíyo víprā víprasya bṛható vipáścitáḥ | ví hótrā dadhé vayunāvíd éka ín mahī́ devásya savitúḥ paríṣṭutiḥ svā́hā

Translation

They yoke the mind, and they yoke the thoughts—the inspired ones—of the inspired, the great, the all-discerning. He, the one, the knower of ordinances, hath set in order the priestly offices: mighty is the encompassing praise of the god Savitṛ. Svāhā!

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

युञ्जते । मनः । उत । युञ्जते । धियः । विप्राः । विप्रस्य । बृहतः । विपः-चितः । वि । होत्राः । दधे । वयुना-वित् । एकः । इत् । मही । देवस्य । सवितुः । परि-ष्टुतिः । स्वाहा

Word by Word

युञ्जतेthey yoke / they harness

मनःmind

उतand / also

युञ्जतेthey yoke / they harness

धियःthoughts / insights

विप्राःinspired sages

विप्रस्यof the sage

बृहतःof the great

विपश्चितःof the discerning / wise

विapart; forth; distinctly

होत्राthe priestly function / hotṛ-office

दधेhe has placed / established

वयुनावित्the knower of (right) ways / ordinances

एकःone; unique

इत्indeed

महीthe great (power/earth); greatness

देवस्यof the god

सवितुःof Savitṛ

परिष्टुतिःpraise; encomium

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

Entities Mentioned

Savitṛ

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

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Vedic Cosmology

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