Adhyaya 20 Mantra 69 - Shukla Yajurveda | Chinese | Vedapath

Shukla Yajur Veda — Adhyaya 20, Mantra 69

Rishi: Traditional: associated with the Indra/Indriya Soma-cycle; transmitted in the Vājasaneyin school

Devata: Indra (with Aśvins and Sarasvatī as co-operating powers)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in VS prose-metrical style; to be verified against pada counts)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तमिन्द्रं॑ प॒शव॒: सचा॒श्विनो॒भा सर॑स्वती । दधा॑ना अ॒भ्य॒नूषत ह॒विषा॑ य॒ज्ञ इ॑न्द्रि॒यैः

Transliteration

tám índraṃ paśávaḥ sácāśvinóbhā sárasvatī | dádhānā abhyanūṣata havíṣā yajñá indríyaiḥ

Translation

那位因陀罗——诸畜生与万类众生，同两位阿湿毗那与萨拉斯瓦蒂，携持供献——以供物趋近而赞颂；连祭祀本身也以因陀罗之威力而（赞颂）。

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

तम् । इन्द्रम् । प॒शवः॑ । सचा॑ । अ॒श्विनो॒भा । सर॑स्वती । दधा॑नाः । अ॒भि । अ॒नूषत । ह॒विषा॑ । य॒ज्ञः । इ॒न्द्रि॒यैः ।

Word by Word

तम्him / that (one)

इन्द्रम्Indra

पशवःthe cattle / beasts

सचtogether with

अश्विनौthe two Aśvins

उभाboth

सरस्वतीSarasvatī

दधानाःbearing / placing / holding

अभिtowards, unto

अनूषतthey praised / invoked

हविषाwith the oblation

यज्ञःthe sacrifice

इन्द्रियैःwith powers / faculties (esp. Indra-like might)

Entities Mentioned

Indra

Aśvins (both)

Sarasvatī

Paśavaḥ (cattle/creatures)

Yajña (the Sacrifice personified)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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