Adhyaya 18 Mantra 58 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

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Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 18, Mantra 58

Rishi: Śukla-Yajurvedic tradition

Devata: Not a single devatā; addressed to the departing essence (tad/ātman) with ṛṣi-world as goal

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence, though transmitted as yajus with accent

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदाकू॑तात्स॒मसु॑स्रोद्धृ॒दो वा॒ मन॑सो वा॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ चक्षु॑षो वा । तदनु॒ प्रेत॑ सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒कं यत्र॒ ऋष॑यो ज॒ग्मुः प्र॑थम॒जाः पु॑रा॒णाः

Transliteration

yád ākū́tāt sám ásusrod dhṛdó vā mánaso vā sámbhṛtaṃ cákṣuṣo vā | tád ánu préta sukṛ́tāmu lokáṃ yátra ṛ́ṣayo jagmúḥ prathamajā́ḥ purāṇā́ḥ

Translation

凡由意向而汇聚流出者——或出自心，或出自意，或由眼所摄而聚——随后你当趋往善行者之世界；在那里，诸仙人已往，初生者，古昔之人。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यत् । आकूतात् । सम् । असुस्रुत् । हृदः । वा । मनसः । वा । सम्भृतम् । चक्षुषः । वा । तत् । अनु । प्रेत । सु-कृताम् । उ । लोकम् । यत्र । ऋषयः । जग्मुः । प्रथम-जाः । पुराणाः

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यत्which/that (thing)

आकूतात्from intention/resolve

सम्together, completely

असुस्रोत्flowed forth/issued

हृदःof the heart

वाor

मनसःof the mind

वाor

सम्भृतम्collected, gathered

चक्षुषःof the eye

वाor

तत्that

अनुafter, following

प्रेतgo forth; proceed

सुकृताम्well-made/meritorious

उindeed, verily

लोकम्world, realm

यत्रwhere

ऋषयःseers

जग्मुःwent, have gone

प्रथमजाःfirst-born, primeval

पुराणाःancient

Entities Mentioned

Sukṛtām Loka (world of the well-doers)

Ṛ

Ṛṣayaḥ (the seers), prathamajāḥ purāṇāḥ

Antaryāmin/Ātman (the departing essence, ‘tad’)

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