Mantra 28
Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla Yajurveda school attribution).
Devata: Āpaḥ / Kṣiti / Oṣadhi (cosmic fertility triad).
Chandas: Yajus (prose formula).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कार्षि॑रसि स॑मु॒द्रस्य॒ त्वा क्षि॑त्या॒ उन्न॑यामि । समापो॑ अ॒द्भिर॑ग्मत॒ समोष॑धीभि॒रोष॑धीः
Transliteration
kārṣírasí samudrásya tvā kṣítyā ún-nayāmi | sám ā́po adbhír agmata sám óṣadhībhir óṣadhīḥ
Translation
Thou art the ploughshare of the ocean: with the earth I lift thee up. May the Waters come together with the waters; may the Plants come together with the plants.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
कार्षि॑ः । अ॒सि॒ । स॒मु॒द्रस्य॑ । त्वा॒ । क्षि॒त्या॒ । उत्-न॑यामि । सम् । आपः॑ । अ॒द्भिः॑ । अ॒ग्म॒त॒ । सम् । ओष॑धीभिः । उ॒रोष॑धीः
Word by Word
कार्षिः(you are) the ploughman / the ploughing one
कार्षिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकार्षि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हल/कर्षण-सम्बद्ध’)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
समुद्रस्यof the ocean / of the sea
समुद्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षित्याwith/through the earth; by the ground
क्षित्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
उन्नयामिI raise up / I lift up
उन्नयामि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-नी (धातु)
सम्together, completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जल’)
अद्भिःwith the waters
अद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जल’)
अग्मतwent / has gone / came
अग्मत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
सम्together, completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ओषधीभिःwith the plants/herbs
ओषधीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधीःthe plants/herbs
ओषधीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Entities Mentioned
Ā
Āpaḥ (Waters)K
Kṣiti / Pṛthivī (Earth)O
Oṣadhayaḥ (Plants)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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