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Mantra 13

Rishi: Vājasaneyin late-kāṇḍa tradition (not consistently specified).

Devata: Yama/Antaka/Mṛtyu; Brahman; Viśve Devāḥ; Dyāvā-Pṛthivī; Agni as receiver of svāhā.

Chandas: Yajus (prose formulae)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य॒माय॒ स्वाहा ऽन्त॑काय॒ स्वाहा॑ मृ॒त्यवे॒ स्वाहा॒ ब्रह्म॑णे॒ स्वाहा॑ ब्रह्मह॒त्यायै॒ स्वाहा॒ विश्वे॑भ्यो दे॒वेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्या॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

Transliteration

yamā́ya svāhā́ ’ntakā́ya svāhā́ mṛtyáve svāhā́ bráhmaṇe svāhā́ brahmahatyā́yai svāhā́ víśvebhyo devébhyaḥ svāhā́ dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyām svāhā́

Translation

Obeisance by oblation unto Yama; unto Antaka, obeisance by oblation; unto Death, obeisance by oblation; unto Brahman, obeisance by oblation; unto Brahman-slaying, obeisance by oblation; unto all the Gods, obeisance by oblation; unto Heaven and Earth, obeisance by oblation.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

य॒माय । स्वाहा । अन्त॑काय । स्वाहा । मृ॒त्यवे । स्वाहा । ब्रह्म॑णे । स्वाहा । ब्रह्मह॒त्यायै । स्वाहा । विश्वे॑भ्यः । दे॒वेभ्यः । स्वाहा । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्याम् । स्वाहा ।

Word by Word

यमायto Yama

स्वाहाsvāhā (oblation-call)

अन्तकायto Antaka (the Ender)

स्वाहाsvāhā

मृत्यवेto Death

स्वाहाsvāhā

ब्रह्मणेto Brahman / sacred power

स्वाहाsvāhā

ब्रह्महत्यायैto brahma-slaying (the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa)

स्वाहाsvāhā

विश्वेभ्यःto all

देवेभ्यःto the gods

स्वाहाsvāhā

द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम्to Heaven-and-Earth

स्वाहाsvāhā

Entities Mentioned

Yama

Antaka

Mṛtyu

Brahman

Brahmahatyā

Viśve Devāḥ

Dyāvā-Pṛthivī

Agni

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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